Intellectual Property
After a recent David Ortiz/President Obama Oval Office ‘selfie’ was revealed to be a publicity stunt organized by Samsung, IP advocates are revisiting the right of publicity.
The “Hunger Games” attorney, the Linguist and the John Wayne are just a few of the “types” you’re likely to see at a scheduling conference in the Eastern District of Texas courtroom for the patent litigation docket.
Vermont’s attorney general won a major victory in its groundbreaking effort to use the state’s consumer protection law to crack down on “patent trolls.”
There are two primary venues for U.S. patent holders to pursue infringement claims: federal district court or a Section 337 […]
An art project meant to stir debate over privacy and security, two adjunct professors have debuted ‘Conversnitch,’ a device that […]
Ad networks should do more to keep advertising off piracy sites, the House International Anti-Piracy Caucus said in a letter […]
Many critics have said the current patent process often fails to perform one of its basic functions, as defined by […]
How copyrights are taxed – capital gains or ordinary income – has a colorful history, involving half-done paintings of FDR and a talking mule.
Ellen Chen Yeh admitted downloading Texas Instruments proprietary information before leaving the company for a China-based semiconductor manufacturer, but was recently acquitted on all counts. What companies can take away about the trickiness of proving intent beyond a reasonable doubt.
Protecting domain names under the expanded gTLD landscape may be costly and, in the end, ineffective. But Fenwick & West LLP attorneys say that companies taking the longer view can count on mobile eclipsing web domains in the not-so-distant future anyway.
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