Intellectual Property
McGuireWoods litigator Tom Spahn, a frequent speaker on ethics issues, discusses with legal technologists Sharon Nelson and Jim Calloway how […]
In a landmark Internet copyright ruling last month, the Court of Justice of the European Union found that users who […]
Defendants accused of misappropriating trade secrets have clever stratagems to avoid large damages. Plaintiffs need to be just as crafty to protect their commercial successes.
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals rejected an Eleventh Circuit notion that architecture is made up of “compiled works” of copyrightable elements, saying that the combination of many uncopyrightable elements come together to form the work, like any other piece of art.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling that relied on a broader concept of “use” in trade secret misappropriation, with the jury finding that one company’s misconduct led to adverse inferences against trade secrets.
Under pressure from Congress and the hi-tech industry, President Obama has reportedly decided against nominating Johnson & Johnson executive Philip Johnson as director for the USPTO, leaving the office without leadership for 18 months and counting.
Both the process of creating a bioprinted organ or tissue and the composition of such organs and tissues may form […]
LexisNexis and Westlaw can provide legal briefs to subscribers without running afoul of copyright law, Judge Jed Rakoff of the […]
A group of technology companies led by Google, who together hold tens of thousands of patents, have signed an agreement […]
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently addressed confusion surrounding the propriety and timing of filing “supplemental evidence” in response to an evidentiary objection. The option is outlined in PTAB rules, but no guidance was available before as to how to file that information.
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