February 8, 2012

Legal Analysis and Law Articles on Intellectual Property / IP Law, Patent, Trademark, Copyright, Trade Secrets, Advertising Law

The National Law Review is a free resource of intellectual property articles addressing laws governing patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, false advertising, unfair competition, counterfeiting, and grey marketing. Legal topics include : trademark and trade dress infringement, copyright registration and infringement, counterfeit and infringing goods, patent litigation, intellectual property licensing, the Internet, e-mail and document and data retention policies. Details on intellectual property transactions and litigation including actions by the Federal Trade Commission “FTC” , the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and by other governmental agencies as well as civil actions are added daily.

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Restoration of Copyright in Foreign Works Passes Constitution Muster McDermott Will & Emery 2/8/2012
BLUE IVY CARTER: What to Get a Child Who Has Everything? A Trademark Registration. Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/7/2012
DMCA Safe Harbor Held to Protect Content-sharing Website McDermott Will & Emery 2/7/2012
Ginsburg, The Originalist (Golan v. Holder) Andrews Kurth LLP 2/6/2012
Exceptional Case Fee Award Appropriate if Patent Owner’s Litigation Conduct Is Deemed Vexatious McDermott Will & Emery 2/6/2012
Transfer of Ownership Requires a Written Assignment McDermott Will & Emery 2/5/2012
Chicken, Waffles and Copyrights—Ninth Circuit Upholds Infringement of Public Performance Rights by Restaurant Chain McDermott Will & Emery 2/4/2012
Overhaul of European Data Protection Law Announced Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2/4/2012
Can Holdover Franchisees Be Held Liable For Trademark Counterfeiting? Armstrong Teasdale 2/4/2012
Who Owns a Company’s Twitter Account (and Musings on Social Media and Trademarks)? Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/4/2012
They're Using My Trademark On Their Out-Of-State Website, Can I Sue Them In My State? Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 2/3/2012
Curtain Call: Supremes Bow to Congressional Authority on Copyright Terms Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/2/2012
The Trademark Audit: A Necessary Legal Check-up Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 2/2/2012
With Patent Reform Going into Effect, What Should Patent Holders Do Now? Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 2/2/2012
New Domain Name Registry Application Period Now Open Though Critics Urge Delay Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 2/2/2012
Supplemental Examination Decision Tree – Lots of Dead Branches? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 2/2/2012
Copyright Lessons from the Campaign Trail: Romney, Gingrich and Fair Use Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/31/2012
The Anatomy of Data Risk Management Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/31/2012
Proposals for Reform of the Data Protection Regime and Binding Corporate Rules McDermott Will & Emery 1/31/2012
The Emerging Risks of 2012 Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/30/2012
The Trademark Audit: A Necessary Legal Checkup Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/29/2012
Protecting Your Business from Cybercrime Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/28/2012
Comprehensive Data Protection Reform Proposal Released by European Commission Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. 1/28/2012
The Information Commissioner’s Office Publishes Briefing on Future of Data Protection in The European Union McDermott Will & Emery 1/28/2012
New Years Solicitations - Creative Marketing or Deceptive Advertising? Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/27/2012
WIPO Refuses to Order the Transfer of worldcup2011.com to The International Rugby Board McDermott Will & Emery 1/27/2012
PTO Proposes Supplemental Examination Rules – Extremely Expensive and Incredibly Complex Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 1/26/2012
Supreme Court Upholds "Restoration" of Copyright Protection to Foreign Works in the U.S. Public Domain — What Claims Will Follow? Schiff Hardin LLP 1/25/2012
Lawsuit Regarding Strip Club Ad Highlights Importance Of Franchise Brand Management Armstrong Teasdale 1/25/2012
The Federal Circuit Agrees to Consider En Banc Whether Intervening Rights Can Apply To Independent Claims Not Amended During Reexamination Andrews Kurth LLP 1/24/2012
Registration of Colour Marks: Cadbury’s Purple Registered for Chocolate McDermott Will & Emery 1/24/2012
Real Estate Development Dispute Over Copyright in Engineering Plans - State Court or Federal Court? Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C. 1/23/2012
Indictments of Megaupload Are a Greater Threat to Web Users Than Piracy Ifrah Law 1/23/2012
Post-Grant Review Aspect of New Patent Law Andrews Kurth LLP 1/23/2012
Lessons from the Facebook Privacy Fiasco Andrews Kurth LLP 1/22/2012
Appeal Against Exclusion From Patentability of Software to Protect Minors Online Allowed McDermott Will & Emery 1/22/2012
The America Invents Act—From the Perspective of the Small Business Andrews Kurth LLP 1/21/2012
Taiwan IP Update Andrews Kurth LLP 1/21/2012
Online Protests Hit Hard Against Anti-Piracy Bills Ifrah Law 1/21/2012
Could SOPA and PIPA Interfere with State Dept.’s Global Internet Freedom Agenda? Center for Public Integrity 1/20/2012
The Evolution of Social Media Law Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/20/2012
Trade Secrets – Protecting Your Confidential Information Varnum LLP 1/20/2012
AMP Petitions for Cert. and A Look Back Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 1/19/2012
Dyson v Vax Ltd: Court of Appeal Of England and Wales Finds “These are Different Designs” McDermott Will & Emery 1/19/2012
Top 2011 IP Stories on Patents4Life Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 1/18/2012
WIPO Launches New PCT Patent License Feature Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/17/2012
Securing Ownership of Your Company’s Digital Property Barnes & Thornburg LLP 1/13/2012
New Generic Top-Level Domain Names Available Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/13/2012
New Jersey Adopts Uniform Trade Secrets Act Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 1/12/2012
The Nine Billion Names of the Web [1]: More Internet Domain Names Coming Schiff Hardin LLP 1/11/2012
“Imitation Two-Year Provisional” Option Extended Through 2012 Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/10/2012
Defendants’ State of Incorporation Is Entitled to Little Weight in Transfer-of-Venue Analysis McDermott Will & Emery 1/10/2012
The Year In Review Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/9/2012
Amazon’s ‘One-Click’ Patent Still Alive in Canada McDermott Will & Emery 1/8/2012
Apple Denied Rights to “iPad” Trademark in China McDermott Will & Emery 1/6/2012
Prior Conception and Reduction to Practice Defeats Invention McDermott Will & Emery 1/4/2012
Cost-Shifting for Use of an Electronic Document Database Trumped by Parties’ Agreement to Share Costs McDermott Will & Emery 1/3/2012
Patent Fast Lanes Now Open Despite Holiday Rush! Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/3/2012
Equitable Claim to Patent Title Insufficient for Standing McDermott Will & Emery 1/3/2012
ITC Issues General Exclusion Order Based on Respondents’ “Willful Blindness” and Potential to Evade Order McDermott Will & Emery 1/2/2012
RIM Defeats Sherman Act Section 2 Claims At Pleading Stage Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/30/2011
Rooney and restraint of trade - the doctrine is still alive and kicking Greenberg Traurig, LLP 12/29/2011
Cyber Attacks on Corporate America continue to escalate in Frequency and Sophistication Barnes & Thornburg LLP 12/27/2011
FDA Public Meeting on Biosimilars (User Fees): Implications for the Forthcoming Biosimilars Regulatory Pathway Schiff Hardin LLP 12/22/2011
Court of Federal Claims Reaffirms Exceptions To The Anti-Assignment Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/21/2011
Password Apathy Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/20/2011
Patent Protection of Section 365(n) of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code Extended to U.S. Licensees of Foreign Debtors McDermott Will & Emery 12/15/2011
Inter PartesEstoppel Provision Applies Only After All Appeals Have Been Exhausted McDermott Will & Emery 12/15/2011
Strategies For Intellectual Property Licensees Who Depend Upon The Use Of Complementary Trademarks When A Licensor Files For Bankruptcy Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 12/13/2011
FTC Staff Report Summarizes Recent Pay-for-Delay Settlements McDermott Will & Emery 12/12/2011
California Appeals Court Rejects Antitrust Challenge to “Pay-for-Delay” Settlement of Patent Infringement Suit McDermott Will & Emery 12/11/2011
Waking up a Sleeping Giant McDermott Will & Emery 12/10/2011
Licensees Entitled to Seek Declaratory Judgment Despite a License McDermott Will & Emery 12/9/2011
A Green Light to Block Red Light Domain Names Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 12/8/2011
Algorithm Written in Prose Provides Sufficient Structure for a Means-Plus-Function Claim Term McDermott Will & Emery 12/8/2011
“One,” But Not the One and Only McDermott Will & Emery 12/7/2011
UK Supreme Court Steps Into line with Europe, but Rejects U.S. Approach McDermott Will & Emery 12/6/2011
Post-Therasense: Inequitable Conduct Really Is a Higher Standard McDermott Will & Emery 12/5/2011
Apple and Samsung Wage Patent War Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/5/2011
Proof that the Claimed Invention Worked Is Required for Reduction to Practice McDermott Will & Emery 12/4/2011
Q&A: The Risks of Social Media Spam Attacks Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 12/4/2011
Surprise! You Just Starred In Our Movie Armstrong Teasdale 12/3/2011
Trade Secret or Patent, Not Both McDermott Will & Emery 12/3/2011
Parties’ Contract Trumps Patent Act to Deny Prejudgment Interest McDermott Will & Emery 12/3/2011
Post-eBay Demise of the Presumption of Irreparable Harm for Awarding Injunctive Relief McDermott Will & Emery 12/2/2011
Claim Construct Tension Persists at Federal Court McDermott Will & Emery 12/1/2011
Intra-Circuit Split Continues as Federal Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc McDermott Will & Emery 11/30/2011
Social Media and Corporate Compliance Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 11/30/2011
The Importance of Drafting Clear Patent Assignments MHL Tek v. Nissan Motor Co. (Fed. Cir. 2011) Vedder Price P.C. 11/26/2011
How Visa Safeguards Its Operations Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 11/26/2011
How to Protect Your Company's Most Valuable Asset - Trademarks Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 11/25/2011
The Pitfalls of Using Open-Source Code Vedder Price P.C. 11/25/2011
Flowchart Inadequate Structure to Define a Computer-Implemented Means-Plus-Function Limitation In re Aoyama (Fed. Cir. 2011) Vedder Price P.C. 11/24/2011
“Can I Have a Do Over, Please?” Reflections on Certain Provisions of the America Invents Act Vedder Price P.C. 11/23/2011
Section 337 Violation May Be Based on Trade Secret Misappropriation Occurring Abroad McDermott Will & Emery 11/23/2011
Are Restrictive Covenants Enforceable in California? It Depends. Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/22/2011
Prometheus’s Supreme Court Brief – Don’t Confuse Us With “LabCorp” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 11/21/2011
U.S. Supreme Court: Bayh-Dole Act Does Not Supersede Inventors' Rights in Federally Funded Inventions Greenberg Traurig, LLP 11/20/2011
First Sale Doctrine of U.S. Copyright Law Does Not Apply to Foreign-Made Works McDermott Will & Emery 11/18/2011
Federal Question Jurisdiction Exists If Copyright Authorship, Rather than Ownership, Is in Dispute McDermott Will & Emery 11/18/2011
Constitutional Challenge to (File Sharing) Damage Award Rebuffed McDermott Will & Emery 11/17/2011
USPTO Revises Rules Governing Inter Partes Reexamination Requests McDermott Will & Emery 11/16/2011
Powell v. Home Depot – False Petition Not “Egregious Misconduct” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 11/16/2011
BPAI—What Constitutes a New Ground of Rejection McDermott Will & Emery 11/16/2011
Litigation Activities Generally Cannot Be Used to Establish a Domestic Industry for Purposes of § 337 McDermott Will & Emery 11/14/2011
“Universal Night Sight” Is a Descriptive Trademark McDermott Will & Emery 11/14/2011
Apple’s Software License Restrictions Not Misuse McDermott Will & Emery 11/13/2011
NIST issues “US Government Cloud Computing Technology Roadmap” Barnes & Thornburg LLP 11/12/2011
Court of Justice of the European Union Provides Further Guidance on Circumstances in which Keyword Advertising Constitutes Trademark Infringement McDermott Will & Emery 11/12/2011
Claim Term “a” Does Not Necessarily Include Singular or Plural McDermott Will & Emery 11/11/2011
Unclaimed Feature Not Limiting, Even When Required to Practice Claims McDermott Will & Emery 11/10/2011
Social Media Perils: A Primer for Businesses Much Shelist, P.C. 11/10/2011
Stent Wars: Return of the Dictionary and No Inequitable Conduct McDermott Will & Emery 11/10/2011
Practicing the Prior Art Is Not a Defense McDermott Will & Emery 11/9/2011
Ye Shall Reap What Ye Shall Sow McDermott Will & Emery 11/8/2011
Seller of George Forman Trademarks Down for the Count on Breach of Contract Claims McDermott Will & Emery 11/7/2011
Tenth Circuit Continues the Ambiguity of “Advertising Injury” Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation 11/7/2011
Navigating the Cloud: Minefields in the Uncharted Territory of Cloud Computing Much Shelist, P.C. 11/6/2011
Intervening Rights Can Apply to an Original Claim Based on Arguments Made During Reexamination McDermott Will & Emery 11/6/2011
New Defense Security Service Electronic Communications Plan Released Armstrong Teasdale 11/5/2011
Selecting a Company Name: A Trademark Lawyer’s Perspective McDermott Will & Emery 11/5/2011
International Protection of Trade Secrets - ITC Wields the "Hammer of Thor" Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/5/2011
$32 Million Damages Award Against Web Hosts Reduced by One-Third—Contributory Infringement Limited to Single Award of Statutory Damages McDermott Will & Emery 11/2/2011
No Disqualification Where Disclosure of Confidential Information Controlled by Joint Defense Agreement McDermott Will & Emery 11/2/2011
Hacking the Military Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/31/2011
Big Changes Coming to the Internet’s Domain Name System Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 10/31/2011
SEC Issues Guidance on the Disclosure of Cybersecurity Incidents and Costs Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/30/2011
Israeli Biometric Data Hacked Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/29/2011
Trade Commission Likely to Play Growing Role in U.S. Renewable Energy Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/28/2011
Long-Standing Software Patent Claim Format Under Attack Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 10/28/2011
The Federal Circuit’s Recent Reexamination Rulings Andrews Kurth LLP 10/28/2011
Convertible Debt Financing: Thoughts on the Default Conversion Price Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/27/2011
Protecting Your Brand in the New .XXX Top-Level Domain Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP 10/27/2011
Is an Isolated DNA Patentable? Andrews Kurth LLP 10/27/2011
The U.S. Has a New Patent Law Andrews Kurth LLP 10/27/2011
Transitioning to the Updated ISFO Process Manual v3.0 Armstrong Teasdale 10/26/2011
Three Large States Revise Their Security Breach Notification Laws and Texas Applies Its Law to Residents of Some Other States to Boot Andrews Kurth LLP 10/26/2011
What’s in a Tweet? Andrews Kurth LLP 10/26/2011
Safe-Harbor Provision of Hatch-Waxman Act Does Not Protect Post-Approval Research Activities Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/25/2011
Small Businesses Think They are Safer Than They Really Are Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/25/2011
SEC Asks Public Companies to Disclose Cyber Attacks Barnes & Thornburg LLP 10/24/2011
U.S. Patent Reform in 2011: President Signs the America Invents Act Much Shelist, P.C. 10/23/2011
America Invents Act: U.S. Will Become a First-to-File Patent System Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/22/2011
Tenth Circuit Finds Potential Insurance Coverage for Patent Infringement Claims Under “Advertising Injury” Provisions Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/20/2011
On Remand from the Federal Circuit, the District Court in Lucent v. Microsoft Rules Lucent Again Failed to Properly Apply the Entire Market Value Rule Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/20/2011
Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Decision and Rules that Isolated DNA Sequences Are Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 10/19/2011
Federal Circuit Affirms ITC's Determination that Litigation Generally Cannot Be Used to Establish a Domestic Industry McDermott Will & Emery 10/18/2011
Infringement by Unobvious Changes – A Look (Way) Back Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 10/18/2011
The Coverage Question Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 10/18/2011
Obviousness = Equivalence? Saint-Gobain v. Siemens Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 10/17/2011
Be Aware of Trademark and Patent Scams Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 10/15/2011
Easy Steps To Avoid Having Your Brand Used In An Adult Website Address von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 10/14/2011
USPTO Implements New Policy Change on Reissues in View of Recent Federal Circuit Decision McDermott Will & Emery 10/13/2011
Federal Circuit Wraps Up 10-Year Patent Infringement Suit for Tobacco Curing Patents McDermott Will & Emery 10/13/2011
Underlying Invention and Not Category Literally Invoked by Claim Determines Subject Matter Eligibility McDermott Will & Emery 10/12/2011
Federal Circuit Affirms Non-Obviousness Summary Judgment for Novel Formulation of Prior Art Active Drug Compound McDermott Will & Emery 10/11/2011
Defendant Not Allowed to Appeal Denial of a 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss After Trial McDermott Will & Emery 10/11/2011
SCO Can’t Claim Ownership of the UNIX Operating System McDermott Will & Emery 10/10/2011
The Top Five Intellectual Property Traps in M&A Transactions McDermott Will & Emery 10/9/2011
UK Supreme Court Holds that U.S. Copyright Claims Are Justiciable in English Courts McDermott Will & Emery 10/7/2011
Ninth Circuit Declares that “The King” Is Dead (in Copyright Cases) McDermott Will & Emery 10/6/2011
EMC Corp. Should Have Drafted a Better Non-Competition Clause McDermott Will & Emery 10/5/2011
Third-Party Web Ads Confer Jurisdiction over Nonresident McDermott Will & Emery 10/5/2011
Second Circuit Holds First Sale Doctrine Inapplicable to Foreign-Made Goods McDermott Will & Emery 10/5/2011
Cordis v. BSC – Therasense at Work Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 10/3/2011
Federal Circuit Wraps Up 10-Year Patent Infringement Suit for Tobacco Curing Patents McDermott Will & Emery 10/2/2011
FTC Proposes Changes to Children's Online Privacy Protection Rule; Issues Ruling on First Mobile App Case Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/30/2011
The Federal Circuit Applies Intervening Rights to Independent Claims Not Amended in Reexamination Andrews Kurth LLP 9/30/2011
What’s in a Name? Protecting Your Start-Up Trademarks Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/29/2011
Federal Circuit Unveils Model Order for E-Discovery in Patent Cases Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/28/2011
Pacific Standard Time - The Artist's Legacy Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/28/2011
USPTO Announces Effective Dates of America Invents Act Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/27/2011
ANDA Automatic Stay of FDA Approval Does Not Defeat Standing in Sham Litigation Antitrust Counterclaim Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/26/2011
Q&A for Employers: Understanding the Impact of Illinois' New Civil Union Act Much Shelist, P.C. 9/21/2011
President Obama Signs Patent Reform Into Law Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/20/2011
America Invents Act Update - Important Implementation Dates Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/19/2011
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act Vedder Price P.C. 9/19/2011
The Top Six Blunders in Dealing with the Cloud Andrews Kurth LLP 9/17/2011
President Obama Signs America Invests Act -i.e., Patent Reform - into Law Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/17/2011
Applications of China’s New Personal Information Protection Standards McDermott Will & Emery 9/16/2011
Myriad Petition For Rehearing Denied Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 9/14/2011
Proposed cybersecurity legislation would protect employers from information theft by departing employees, if a policy prohibits such conduct Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/14/2011
Fifty Ways To Leave Your Lover And Nine Ways To Attack Patents Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 9/13/2011
NTP Patents Revisited McDermott Will & Emery 9/13/2011
Patent Reform Becomes Law of the Land McDermott Will & Emery 9/13/2011
Copyright Infringement Suit Survives Dismissal Based on Proposed Amended Complaint McDermott Will & Emery 9/13/2011
OFCCP Restores and Updates Functional Affirmative Action Program Process for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/13/2011
Patent License Is Presumed to Cover Continuation Applications McDermott Will & Emery 9/12/2011
Narrowing Claim Amendment Blocks Application of the Doctrine of Equivalents, Again McDermott Will & Emery 9/12/2011
Let The Reformation Begin! Patent Reform Act Passes Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 9/12/2011
Congress Passes America Invents Act Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/12/2011
Second Circuit Dismisses $500M Telecom Antitrust Suit McDermott Will & Emery 9/11/2011
Immediate Changes for Patent Reform Under the America Invents Act Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 9/11/2011
Decision Time: Trademarks and the New World of Domain Names Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 9/11/2011
U.S. Congress Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill Barnes & Thornburg LLP 9/10/2011
Voluntarily Invoking Federal Jurisdiction Constitutes Waiver of Sovereign Immunity McDermott Will & Emery 9/10/2011
Special Post-Grant Review for Business Method and Software Patents Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 9/10/2011
Senate Passes Sweeping Patent Reform Legislation von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 9/10/2011
America Invents Act Passed by Congress Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/9/2011
Update: .XXX Top-Level Domain Sunrise Period Starts September 7th Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/9/2011
New Options for Challenging Patents Before the USPTO Under the America Invents Act Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 9/9/2011
Patent Reform Now One Signature Away: Senate Sends Historic Bill to President's Desk Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 9/9/2011
eBay Abrogates Presumption of Irreparable Harm in Copyright Cases in Ninth Circuit McDermott Will & Emery 9/9/2011
Protecting Your Brand in a .XXX World Greenberg Traurig, LLP 9/8/2011
Baseless Infringement Allegations (by an NPE) Warrants “Exceptional” Case McDermott Will & Emery 9/8/2011
10 Things To Know About Post-Grant Review Under The America Invents Act of 2011 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 9/8/2011
Personal Jurisdiction in Trade Secret Cases McDermott Will & Emery 9/7/2011
Protecting Your Trademarks In The New .xxx Domain Space Armstrong Teasdale 9/7/2011
America Invents Act A Likely Reality Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/7/2011
Ninth Circuit Adopts Lower Court’s Use of Its Own "Blades of Chaos" to Filter Out the Unprotectable Elements of a Plaintiff’s Copyright Infringement Claim McDermott Will & Emery 9/5/2011
Federal Circuit Jurisdiction over State-Law Tort Claim McDermott Will & Emery 9/5/2011
Eastern District of Texas Gives Generics a Headache McDermott Will & Emery 9/4/2011
Previous Litigation Results in Court Hanging Up on Plaintiff Based on Collateral Estoppel McDermott Will & Emery 9/4/2011
Kimberly-Clark Finds a Soft Touch on Appeal McDermott Will & Emery 9/3/2011
Alleged Trademark Sublicense Assignable in Bankruptcy McDermott Will & Emery 9/2/2011
Can Genes Be Patented? McDermott Will & Emery 9/1/2011
Obviousness Objections Based On Combinations Of References – Consistent Warnings From The CAFC Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 8/31/2011
Recent Cases Paint Troubling Picture of Art Experts in Poland Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/31/2011
REALITY BITES - Brand Protection, Reality TV Style Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/29/2011
Block Your Valuable Brand from .XXX Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 8/26/2011
Antitrust Counterclaim in Patent Infringement Action Lacks Plausible Allegations of Competitive Injury Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/24/2011
Italian Competition Authority Finds Abusive Conduct in Withholding Data and Internal Communications Praising Company Strategy McDermott Will & Emery 8/24/2011
Customer Letter Characterizing Competitor’s Patent as Invalid Not Enough to Create Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction McDermott Will & Emery 8/22/2011
Court Denies Louboutin Preliminary Injunction: Holds Fashion Blind to Single Color Marks Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/21/2011
“Dashboard” Mark Merely Descriptive of Automotive Information Services McDermott Will & Emery 8/21/2011
About Face: Lancôme's Airbrushed Makeup Ads Banned in the UK Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/21/2011
Patentability of Software-Implemented Inventions: Ineligible Method Claims Can Jeopardize Apparatus Claims As Well Vedder Price P.C. 8/20/2011
Going Down: Means-Plus-Function Elements on Claims to Elevator Invention Are Structural McDermott Will & Emery 8/20/2011
Really, “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan” McDermott Will & Emery 8/20/2011
Mutual Indemnification Clause Gives Rise to Attorneys’ Fees Regardless of Prevailing Party McDermott Will & Emery 8/18/2011
“Hot News” Cannot Be Enjoined Under Misappropriation Claim McDermott Will & Emery 8/18/2011
Fashion Designer Allowed to Prevent Use of His Name as Community Trademark, Despite Having Sold All Trademark Rights McDermott Will & Emery 8/17/2011
Broad Injunctive Relief and Damage Award for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Upheld McDermott Will & Emery 8/16/2011
Hitting Non-Practicing Entities Where It Hurts Andrews Kurth LLP 8/16/2011
I’m Singing the Blues—Sampled Song and Procedural Mish-Mash McDermott Will & Emery 8/14/2011
New Dosage of a Known Pharmaceutical: Obvious? McDermott Will & Emery 8/14/2011
Therasense Inequitable Conduct Guidelines Explained McDermott Will & Emery 8/13/2011
Is the Claimed Stent Described in the Specification? McDermott Will & Emery 8/12/2011
Ten Things You May Not Know About the New gTLDs McDermott Will & Emery 8/12/2011
Mobile Apps and Hidden Risks Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 8/11/2011
Strict Proportionality Not Required Between Attorneys’ Fees and Damages McDermott Will & Emery 8/11/2011
Lucasfilm Wins Right to Sue in UK for Infringement of U.S. Copyright Greenberg Traurig, LLP 8/11/2011
Trademark Protection Strategies in China McDermott Will & Emery 8/11/2011
Therasense Inequitable Conduct Guidelines Explained McDermott Will & Emery 8/10/2011
Well-Drafted Patent Claims Foreclose Competition Much Shelist, P.C. 8/8/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that Isolated DNA is Patentable Subject Matter Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/8/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that "Isolated DNA Molecules" Are Patentable Subject Matter and Method Claims Merely "Comparing" or "Analyzing" Are Not Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/8/2011
International Trade Commission Offers Guidance on Satisfaction of Domestic Industry Requirement McDermott Will & Emery 8/7/2011
International Patent Protection Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/6/2011
Myriad Federal Circuit Decision Affirms Patentability of Claims to “Isolated” DNA but Methods Involving Only “Comparing” or “Analyzing” DNA Sequences Unpatentable and No Declaratory Judgment for Those Who Simply Disagree With Patent Vedder Price P.C. 8/4/2011
Wegner Paper Probes Myriad Decisions Flaws Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 8/3/2011
Same-Sex Marriage Legalized in New York: Implications for Estate and Tax Planning McDermott Will & Emery 8/3/2011
Federal Circuit Upholds the Patentability of Isolated DNA in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 8/1/2011
Two New Patent Cases Join Supreme Court’s Fall Docket McDermott Will & Emery 8/1/2011
Naked Licensing Defense Barred Where Licensee Previously Failed to Contest Trademark Validity McDermott Will & Emery 8/1/2011
AMC v. Myriad – “Laws of Nature” Exception Does Not Include Isolated DNA Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 8/1/2011
This (Retractable) Needle Is Going to Sting a Bit: Next Chapter in the Adventures of Post-Phillips Claim Construction McDermott Will & Emery 7/31/2011
Increasing Level of Seizures by U.S. Customs Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/31/2011
Read, Not Seagate, Controls Enhanced Damages: Spectralytics, Inc. v. Cordis Corp., McDermott Will & Emery 7/30/2011
Divided Panel Finds DNA Molecules Patentable – Cancer Screening Claims Too Abstract Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/30/2011
Scarlett? Rhett? Frankly My Dear, I Don’t Give a Damn: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. et al. v. X One X Productions et al., McDermott Will & Emery 7/29/2011
Anonymous Bloggers And The First Amendment: When And How Your Company Can Identify Its John Doe Defendants Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/27/2011
Federal Circuit Ratchets Up Materiality Requirement for Inequitable Conduct McDermott Will & Emery 7/27/2011
Are Your Employees Stealing Your Data? Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/26/2011
Supreme Court Affirms Clear and Convincing Standard of Patent Invalidity Proof McDermott Will & Emery 7/26/2011
Patent Office Proposes New Materiality Rules Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/26/2011
Inequitable Conduct in Canada – Disarming the “Atomic Bomb” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/25/2011
Pleading Indirect Patent Infringement Post-Twombly Akerman Senterfitt 7/25/2011
ICANN Opens Registration to New Generic Top-Level Domains Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/25/2011
The New “Willful Blindness” Standard for Inducing Patent Infringement Andrews Kurth LLP 7/25/2011
EU Requires Consent Before Cookies Can Be Placed Andrews Kurth LLP 7/24/2011
Actual Knowledge an Element of § 271(B) Inducement, but Willful Blindness Will Suffice McDermott Will & Emery 7/24/2011
Patents by the Numbers Andrews Kurth LLP 7/22/2011
On Your .Mark, Get Set, GO! — ICANN Opens the Internet to Unlimited Generic Top-Level Domains Andrews Kurth LLP 7/22/2011
Recent Cases Should Make Software Licensors Review Their Distribution Methods and License Terms (and They May Even Make Us Look at Open Source Licenses in a Different Way) Andrews Kurth LLP 7/21/2011
Murdoch’s News Corp lobbied on privacy issues as hacking controversy bubbled Center for Public Integrity 7/20/2011
For Infringement Purposes, Preamble Can Define a Limiting Environment Rather than a Claim Limitation McDermott Will & Emery 7/19/2011
Endo Finds Pain Relief from Board’s “Erroneous Reasoning” McDermott Will & Emery 7/18/2011
In re Brimonidine Patent Litigation: Obviousness Determinations Revisited McDermott Will & Emery 7/18/2011
Trademark Owners Should Plan for the Arrival of .XXX Domain Names Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7/18/2011
Judge Michel Takes “Patent Reform” Bills To Task Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/18/2011
Patent Exhaustion Still Applies when Licensees Fail to Pay Royalties McDermott Will & Emery 7/16/2011
Analogous Art Must Address the Entire Problem Solved by the Patent McDermott Will & Emery 7/15/2011
Summary of the House and Senate Patent Reform Bills McDermott Will & Emery 7/14/2011
Boston Scientific Corp. v. Johnson & Johnson: Written Description Requirement Spreads its Wings Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/12/2011
eBay Standard Applies to Preliminary Injunctions in Trademark Cases McDermott Will & Emery 7/12/2011
Standing Under California § 17200 Only Requires Injury From Business Practice McDermott Will & Emery 7/11/2011
"Supreme Court Decision Limits Use of “Stream of Commerce” Jurisdiction Theory to Subject Foreign Manufacturers to Suit in the U.S." - Litigation Alert Barnes & Thornburg LLP 7/10/2011
Patents / Injunction Bond Wrongful Injunction Raises Presumption of Recovery of Bond: Patents / Injunction Bond McDermott Will & Emery 7/10/2011
Not Just Loose Change: Bottom Line Benefits of Sustainability Innovations Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/9/2011
Vendor’s Economic Injury Is Insufficient to Establish DJ Jurisdiction, but Implicit Claim of Contributory Infringement Is Enough: McDermott Will & Emery 7/8/2011
One Year Post-Bilski : How the Decision is Being Interpreted by the BPAI, District Courts, and Federal Circuit -§101 Case Summaries v. 2.0: June 28, 2010 – June 27, 2011 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 7/6/2011
The Perils of Email: Navigating the Legal Risks Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/6/2011
Keeping Your Trademarks From Becoming XXX-Rated Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/6/2011
Patent Reform is on the Immediate Horizon - New Options for Challenging Patents Before the USPTO Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 7/6/2011
Prejudgment Interest in Copyright Infringement Suit Tracks to Date of First Infringement - William A. Graham Co. v. Haughey McDermott Will & Emery 7/4/2011
ICANN Votes in Internet Expansion: Are you .ready? Greenberg Traurig, LLP 7/4/2011
Combining Disclosed Technology Can Be a Protectable Trade Secret McDermott Will & Emery 7/3/2011
Rambus Encore: Duty to Preserve Documents for Litigation Clarified McDermott Will & Emery 7/2/2011
Report From Bio International Convention in DC– Everyone In the Patent Pool! Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 7/1/2011
“Particular Machine” not required: Ex Parte Dietz et al., Appeal 2009-008029, BPAI Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/30/2011
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Caraco Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/28/2011
Delaware Court Expands Restrictions on Assignment of Intellectual Property Licenses in Mergers and Acquisitions Greenberg Traurig, LLP 6/28/2011
Patent Reform Is Imminent - House Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/28/2011
Italian patent data now in EPO database McDermott Will & Emery 6/27/2011
Patent Reform Bill Passed by the United States House of Representatives Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/24/2011
House of Representatives Passes Patent Reform Act Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/24/2011
Collision Occurs Between Copyrights and Misappropriation in Electronic News Media Space Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/24/2011
FTC Hosts Workshop on Preventing Patent “Hold-Ups” in Standard-Setting McDermott Will & Emery 6/23/2011
Preserving a CFAA Claim When Employees Misappropriate Data Poyner Spruill LLP 6/23/2011
Supreme Court Grants Cert. In Mayo v. Prometheus Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/22/2011
Dealings with Vendors Shouldn't Expose Trade Secrets Poyner Spruill LLP 6/22/2011
Brand Owners Prepare! ICANN Approves Seismic Shift of Internet Proportions by Expanding Generic Top-Level Domains Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/21/2011
Caraco – The Little Counterclaim That Could? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/21/2011
Fictitious “Conch Republic” May Receive Trademark Protection Upon Showing of Secondary Meaning McDermott Will & Emery 6/19/2011
Adding Only Dependent Claims Is Error Correctible By Reissue McDermott Will & Emery 6/18/2011
CMS Announces New Technology to Identify Medicare Fraud von Briesen & Roper, S.C. 6/18/2011
Supreme Court Rules That Knowledge Of Patent Is Required For Liability For Inducing Patent Infringement, But Willful Blindness Is Enough Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/18/2011
Assignments Are Always Subject to Prior Licenses McDermott Will & Emery 6/17/2011
Federal Circuit Changes Law for Post-Injunction Contempt Proceedings Against Modified Products Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/17/2011
The Federal Circuit Affirms the Delaware District Court’s Summary Judgment of Invalidity for Failure to Disclose the Best Mode Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/16/2011
.xxx Domain Names to Become Available from September 2011 McDermott Will & Emery 6/16/2011
Supreme Court Upholds “Clear and Convincing” Standard of Proof for Patent Invalidity While Suggesting Juries Be Instructed on the Weight of the Evidence Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/15/2011
Domain Name Registrant Found to Lack Bad Faith in UDRP Proceeding Later Loses Against ACPA Claim McDermott Will & Emery 6/15/2011
Supreme Court Upholds Inventor's Ownership of Patent Rights Under the Bayh-Dole Act Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/15/2011
Patent Law Unchanged by Microsoft Supreme Court Decision Vedder Price P.C. 6/15/2011
Supreme Court Upholds Clear and Convincing Standard for Invalidity but with a Twist Armstrong Teasdale 6/14/2011
Supreme Court Unanimously Maintains High Hurdle for Invalidity Defense Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/14/2011
Personal Jurisdiction Lacking Despite Twenty Internet Users from Forum State Signing Up for Defendant’s Website McDermott Will & Emery 6/14/2011
Best Mode Lacking Where Disclosure “Leads Away” From Commercial Embodiment McDermott Will & Emery 6/13/2011
Supreme Court: Evidence Of Invalidity Must Be “Clear And Convincing” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/13/2011
Common Sense Variation Is Unpatentable McDermott Will & Emery 6/12/2011
Patent Holder Takes a Shot at Nintendo over DSi Cameras Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/12/2011
Joint (Direct) Infringement Still Requires Control … But Stay Tuned McDermott Will & Emery 6/12/2011
A Four-Step Guide for Securing Patent Portfolios after Stanford v. Roche Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 6/11/2011
Supreme Court: Bayh-Dole Act Does Not Eclipse Inventor's Rights Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/10/2011
Nonanalogous Art Lives! In Re Klein Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/10/2011
Agree to Assign vs. Hereby Assign: In Stanford v. Roche, the Wording of Assignment Agreements Determines Patent Ownership Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 6/10/2011
Supreme Court Leaves Standard for Patent Invalidity Unchanged Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 6/9/2011
Supreme Court Attempts to Clarify Bayh-Dole Act Vedder Price P.C. 6/9/2011
Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership et al.: Supreme Court Observations Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 6/9/2011
Supreme Court decides Stanford v. Roche – Clarifies Scope of Bayh-Dole Act Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/9/2011
Even Under Bayh-Dole, Employee Inventor Has First Dibs McDermott Will & Emery 6/7/2011
Reexamination Practice: One Size Does Not Fit All Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 6/7/2011
Perils of Reissue - Recapture Doctrine Has Teeth! Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/7/2011
New Standards for Litigants in Patent Cases: Inequitable Conduct is No Longer a Boiler Plate Defense Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 6/6/2011
False Advertising Injunction Upheld; It’s All Good … And Good for You McDermott Will & Emery 6/5/2011
Pitfalls of Provisional Patent Applications Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/5/2011
Coming to America: Converting a UK Technology License Agreement To A US Technology License Agreement Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 6/5/2011
Bridal Shop Loses Trademark Rights for Naked Licensing - Eva's Bridal Ltd. McDermott Will & Emery 6/4/2011
Federal Circuit Attempts to Eradicate the Plague of Inequitable Conduct, Sets New Standards Vedder Price P.C. 6/4/2011
European Court of Justice Extends Injunction Granted in One Jurisdiction to Entirety of European Union McDermott Will & Emery 6/3/2011
Making Therasense of the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/3/2011
Idea Submission Case Involving “Ghost Hunters” Television Series Not Preempted by Copyright Law McDermott Will & Emery 6/3/2011
Turning a Blind Eye to Critical Facts leads to Induced Infringement Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 6/2/2011
Expanded Protection Against Employee Computer Data Theft Under Computer Fraud and Abuse Act McDermott Will & Emery 6/1/2011
The Hacker Who Avoided a False Marking Claim McDermott Will & Emery 6/1/2011
Federal Circuit Significantly Restricts the Doctrine of Inequitable Conduct in Therasense v. Becton Dickenson Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 6/1/2011
U.S. Supreme Court Establishes State-of-Mind Requirement for Inducing Infringement Liability Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 5/31/2011
Therasense Makes Sense of Inequitable Conduct Defense Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/30/2011
Patent Rights and Attracting Investors Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/29/2011
Therasense Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Company—The Federal Circuit tightens the standards necessary to establish the inequitable conduct defense by requiring a “but-for” showing of materiality Andrews Kurth LLP 5/27/2011
Can We Talk? Doing So Significantly Increases Early Allowance of Patent Applications Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/27/2011
Therasense Returns Common Sense to Law of Inequitable Conduct Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/27/2011
Federal Circuit Ruling Tightens Standard For Inequitable Conduct Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 5/26/2011
Patent Application Drafting for International Prosecution: Practice Tips Vedder Price P.C. 5/26/2011
Highlights on the Latest Patent Reform Bill Vedder Price P.C. 5/25/2011
Patent Owner Stay Motion Successful Based on Defendants’ Reexam Requests Filed on Eve of Markman Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/25/2011
IP Experience in the Due Diligence Process More Important than Ever Vedder Price P.C. 5/25/2011
Implementation of Track I of Enhanced Examination Timing Control Initiative by the USPTO Postponed Vedder Price P.C. 5/24/2011
Decision of the EPO Enlarged Board of Appeal – Sexual Crossing and Selection of Plants is Not Patentable Even When Using DNA Markers Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/19/2011
Patent Office Broadens “First Action Interview” Pilot Program Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/18/2011
Court Considers Whether Non-Competitor Can Bring Unfair Competition Claim Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/17/2011
Annette Campbell and Bente Zaber v Catherine Hughes (IAN ADAM): Name of Recently Deceased McDermott Will & Emery 5/17/2011
KINDER Not Confusingly Similar to TiMi KINDERJOGHURT McDermott Will & Emery 5/16/2011
KUBA KUBA Held to be Geographically Deceptively Misdescriptive for Cigars Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/15/2011
Specification Must Sufficiently Describe Claimed Invention to Show Possession of Claimed Subject Matter McDermott Will & Emery 5/15/2011
Federal Court Finds Allegations of "Bad Faith" in Sprinkler License Agreements to be "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 5/15/2011
District Court Decision Reversed as Genuine Issue of Material Fact Remained: Zobmondo Entertainment LLC v Falls Media LLC Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/13/2011
UK's Information Commissioner's Office Publishes Guidance on the "Cookie Directive" McDermott Will & Emery 5/13/2011
Gedeon Richter plc v Bayer Schering Pharma AG: “Obvious to Try” and “Fair Expectation of Success” McDermott Will & Emery 5/13/2011
Federal Circuit Invalidates Claims to Fully Human Antibodies for Lack of Written Description When Specification Is Limited To Murine and Chimeric Antibodies Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/13/2011
No Standing if Plaintiff’s Exclusive Rights Were Limited in Time McDermott Will & Emery 5/12/2011
Supreme Court Affirms No “First Sale” Defense for Foreign-Made Copies Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 5/12/2011
Football Dataco Ltd v Sportradar GmbH: Copyright and Database Right Infringement and Jurisdiction McDermott Will & Emery 5/12/2011
TiVo’s Reexamination Strategy Helps Win a Stay in the Northern District of California Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/11/2011
“Situs of the Injury” for Exercising Personal Jurisdiction over Defendant for Online Copyright Infringement Is Location of Copyright Owner McDermott Will & Emery 5/10/2011
No Likelihood of Confusion or Dilution Between CITIBANK and CAPITAL CITY BANK McDermott Will & Emery 5/10/2011
Software Compilation Not A Trade Secret Under State Law McDermott Will & Emery 5/9/2011
Lockwood Cert Petition Seeks Clarification of Redress for Alleged “Sham” Reexamination Request Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/9/2011
Ninth Circuit No Friend to Winklevoss Twins: Facebook Settlement Stands McDermott Will & Emery 5/8/2011
What Were They Thinking? A Second Look at Lilly v. Sun Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/8/2011
The House Enters the Patent Reform Fray McDermott Will & Emery 5/8/2011
Laser Board Game May Be Obvious Based on Laser Computer Game McDermott Will & Emery 5/7/2011
Oracle Ordered to Reduce the Number of Patent Infringement Claims against Google Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/6/2011
You Cannot “Game” the Appellate System by Filing a “Protective” Cross-Appeal McDermott Will & Emery 5/6/2011
Claim Construction: Too Much Structure Will Spoil the Brew McDermott Will & Emery 5/6/2011
Judicial Economy Is Not a Trump Factor in Deciding Transfer Motions McDermott Will & Emery 5/5/2011
Budget Crisis Derails the PTO Fast Track Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/4/2011
False Marking Claims Must Be Pled with Specificity as to Intent McDermott Will & Emery 5/2/2011
Appeals Court Overturns Stem Cell Ban Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 5/2/2011
PTO’s Prima Facia Case - In Re Jung McDermott Will & Emery 5/1/2011
Split Within Federal Circuit On Preemption In Ownership Disputes McDermott Will & Emery 4/30/2011
USPTO Postpones Procedure for Prioritized Examination of Patent Applications Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/27/2011
Patent System Fosters Eugenics – What Next? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/27/2011
The Patent Office Wants Your Ideas for Streamlining Reexamination Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/27/2011
“Innocent” Criminals: Criminal Copyright Infringement, Willfulness and Fair Use Pace University School of Law 4/26/2011
Frankenstein's Monster: Data Rights Changes Adopted In The National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2011 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/26/2011
Can Post Grant Review Enhance Patent Quality? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/25/2011
Petition Granted for Rehearing en banc of Akamai Technologies v. Limelight Networks Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/25/2011
International Trade Commission Finds No Violation In Inv. 337-TA-692 McDermott Will & Emery 4/25/2011
European Commission Releases Draft Regulations Governing Unitary Patent Protection McDermott Will & Emery 4/25/2011
More Than Just An Algorithm: Reconciling The Necessity For Disaggregating The Business Method, With Bilski’s Abstract Test Hofstra Law School 4/24/2011
False Patent Marketing: What You Need to Know 4/24/2011
New Directions in the Federal Circuit: Motivation to Combine Andrews Kurth LLP 4/23/2011
Hyatt v. Kappos: A New Standard for the Admissibility of Evidence in a Section 145 Action Andrews Kurth LLP 4/23/2011
Sanctions May Be Awarded for Violation of Injunction, Even Absent Infringement McDermott Will & Emery 4/22/2011
Facebook Wars: In the Age of Social Media, a Trademark Registration Is More Important Than Ever Andrews Kurth LLP 4/22/2011
From Trips to ACTA: Establishing the Intent to Uphold Access to Medicine in the Face of Ambiguity American University Washington College of Law 4/21/2011
Apple's Expanding App Reach Andrews Kurth LLP 4/21/2011
Federal Circuit Decision in In re Tanaka Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/21/2011
Antitrust, Intellectual Property Rights, and the Online Music Industry: An Antitrust Analysis of Apple’s Combination of Services and Products The University of Iowa College of Law 4/20/2011
Updates on Transfers in the Eastern District of Texas Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/20/2011
Apple Sues Samsung Over Galaxy Products Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/19/2011
HTC buys patents from ADC Telecommunications for $75 million Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/19/2011
Walker Digital Files 15 Patent Suits Against More Than 100 Companies Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/18/2011
Tweet Me! - The Southern District of New York Answers Copyright Questions Raised By Twitter and Twitpic Use Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/18/2011
The Federal Circuit Rejects the 25 Percent Rule as Fundamentally Flawed and Reviews the Entire Market Value Rule for Calculation of Patent Infringement Damage Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 4/17/2011
Patent Reform: Key Features of the Senate and House Bills Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/15/2011
Fixing The Holes – Proposed Patent Reform Bill Amendment De-Bugs Grace Period Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/13/2011
Myriad Oral Arguments – Section 101 vs. Chemistry 101? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/13/2011
PTO Issues Final Rule to Implement Prioritized Examination Track (Track I) Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/12/2011
Microsoft v. Barnes and Noble: Take The Design-Around Challenge Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/11/2011
The Patent Monopoly – More Than The Right To Exclude Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/11/2011
Protecting Trade Secrets In A Post-WikiLeaks World Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 4/11/2011
Use Petitions to Reverse Determination of No SNQ (Substantial New Questions of Patentability) in Inter Partes Reexamination Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/9/2011
Petitions Practice for SNQ Findings in Inter Partes Reexaminations Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/9/2011
United States Patent Reform Act Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/8/2011
CLS Bank Int’l: DC District Court Drives Stake into “Heart” of Business Method Patents Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/7/2011
Google Seeks to Acquire Nortel Patents for $900M Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/7/2011
Free Market Economists Rejoice - Kappos Moves PTO Train to the Fast Track Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 4/7/2011
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies the Pleading Standard for False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/6/2011
Federal Court Hears Myriad Gene Case This Morning Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/5/2011
Factors in Deciding Motions to Stay Litigation Pending Reexamination Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/5/2011
Microsoft V. i4i – Prosecution And The “Variable Proof Regime” Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/4/2011
New York Federal District Court Addresses the Pleading Standard and Constitutionality of False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 4/2/2011
One Step Towards an EJC Decision on the Patentability of Embryonic Stem Cells in Europe Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/2/2011
Banning Stem Cell Research — Or Cloning? Or Both? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 4/1/2011
Department of Energy Launches "America's Next Top Energy Innovator" U.S. Department of Energy 4/1/2011
Here’s a Question for Opponents of Software Patents Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 3/31/2011
Expanded Standing, or "Back to Basics"? Flash Memory Direct Purchasers Found to Have Standing to Assert Walker Process Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/31/2011
Patent Owner Reexamination Requests with Parallel Litigation Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 3/30/2011
Cleantech Patents: When is Trade Secret the Right Protection? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/28/2011
This Season, Cover Your Apps - Intellectual Property Concerns of Apps Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/27/2011
ICANN Steamrolls Forward with New Generic TLD Program and .xxx TLD Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/26/2011
Innovation Toys And Analogous Art – Defender Against Hindsight? Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A. 3/25/2011
In re Crystal Power Company: "Defendant" Means Defendant Andrews Kurth LLP 3/25/2011
Ninth Circuit Establishes Factors to Determine Keyword Advertising Infringement Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/21/2011
Reasonable Royalty Damages: The “25 Percent Rule” Is Dead! Vedder Price P.C. 3/21/2011
H.R. 848, The Performance Rights Act: The Recording Industry’s Saving Grace? New York Law School 3/18/2011
Notions of the Transformative in Law and the Visual Arts Brooklyn Law School 3/17/2011
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies the Pleading Standard for False Patent Marking Claims Under 35 U.S.C. § 292 Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/17/2011
Preparing for the Launch of New Generic Top Level Domain Names (gTLDs) in 2011 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 3/16/2011
There and Back Again: Supreme Court to Decide Whether Congress Can Provide Copyright Protection to Works Already in the Public Domain Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/15/2011
The "Initial Interest Confusion" Test - Analysis and Proposal for a Sensible Formulation for Use on the Internet Saint Louis University School of Law 3/15/2011
March Madness Isn't for Everyone - Trademark Usage Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/15/2011
Apparently Pigs Can Fly: Senate Passes Historic Patent Reform Bill Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 3/10/2011
EU Guidelines on Industry Standards (Technical or Quality Requirements) Greenberg Traurig, LLP 3/10/2011
America Invents Act Passed by the United States Senate Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/9/2011
How Microsoft v. i4i Could Change the Future of U.S. Patent Law Vedder Price P.C. 3/4/2011
Brands and Video Games: Three Steps for Finding a Perfect Match Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 3/3/2011
Enforcing Global Anti-Piracy Regulation Legal IQ, a division of IQPC 3/3/2011
Section 145 Action to Obtain a Patent Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/2/2011
A Federal District Court Rules That The Qui Tam Provision of the False Marking Statute is Unconstitutional Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 3/1/2011
Indirect Purchaser Plavix Class Actions Tossed for Lack of Antitrust Standing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/25/2011
Export Compliance - Is YOUR Company Ready? Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/22/2011
American Manufacturing and Innovation Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/20/2011
Back to the Future with Watson Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/19/2011
Patent Reform Act of 2011 Recently Approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 2/18/2011
Kappos Opts for Fast Track Examination Over 3-Track - for Now Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/17/2011
10 IT Risk and Security Trends to Watch Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 2/12/2011
The Ninth Circuit's Holding in Levi Strauss v. Abercrombie & Fitch - "Degree of Similarity" Is But One of Six TDRA Factors, Not the Threshold Test -- Marks An Important Decision Elucidating The Proper Dilution Standard Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/11/2011
Patent Reform Is Again Before Congress - The Patent Reform Act of 2011 Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/9/2011
FDA Announces Its Plan For Changes to the 510(k) "Approval" Pathway Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/2/2011
Are Video Game Companies Recession-Proof? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 1/29/2011
Federal Circuit Breaks the 25 Percent Rule of Thumb Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/14/2011
New gTLD's (generic Top-Level Domains) Are Coming...Keep Speaking Up, Your Voices Are Being Heard! Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 1/13/2011
Obama Artwork Copyright Case Dismissed Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 1/12/2011
Patent Litigants -- the 25% Rule is Dead! Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 1/11/2011
Federal Circuit Holds that Obviousness of Patent May Boil Down to Common Sense Andrews Kurth LLP 1/6/2011
Does your School Really "Own" its Intellectual Property? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 1/4/2011
Case Law Review: Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Sys., Inc. Vedder Price P.C. 1/3/2011
China Revamps Its Outdated Copyright Pledges System Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 1/2/2011
Patent Exhaustion Doctrine in China Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/29/2010
Specialized Seating, Inc. v. Greenwich Indus., L.P.- The Protection of Trade Dress. Vedder Price P.C. 12/28/2010
Sun Pharm. Indus. v. Eli Lilly & Co.- Care Should Be Taken in the Development of Patent Families Surrounding Particular Technology. Vedder Price P.C. 12/27/2010
Managing Your Internet Traffic Vedder Price P.C. 12/22/2010
The Uncertain Future of Isolated DNA Patents Vedder Price P.C. 12/21/2010
Outsourcing Intellectual Property: Do Risks Outweigh Potential Rewards? Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 12/17/2010
Is it "Fair" to Link to News Articles? 12/15/2010
USPTO Introduces Program that Allows Deferral of Patent Application Filing Fees Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/13/2010
Intellectual Property Traps When Using Federal Money for Renewable Energy Projects Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/9/2010
Adjusting the Inequitable Conduct Doctrine: Federal Circuit Hears Oral Arguments En Banc in Therasense Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 12/9/2010
Is Social Media Right For Your Business? Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 12/6/2010
PTO Expands Program Expediting Green Tech Patents Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 12/1/2010
Director Kappos Gives Early Holiday Present to Patent Owners of "Green Technology" Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 11/23/2010
USPTO Extends and Expands the Green Technology Pilot Program Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 11/13/2010
How to Avoid Losing Your Patent Rights, or, Possible Defenses to a Patent Infringement Claim: Two Sides of the Coin 11/11/2010
United States Weighs in on Myriad Genetics Case Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/7/2010
Supreme Court to Review Whether University Owns Patent Under Bayh-Dole Act Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 11/5/2010
Vampires vs. Zombies - Trademark Registrations Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 11/3/2010
Registration Symbol Misuse As Trademark Fraud? Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 11/1/2010
Nondisclosure Agreements (NDAs): Not Just a “Standard Form.” Pepper Hamilton LLP 10/29/2010
Avoiding Ambiguity in Patent License Agreements Pepper Hamilton LLP 10/27/2010
Patent Litigation – Risks and Rewards 10/26/2010
USPTO Extends and Expands Patent Application Peer Review Program Pepper Hamilton LLP 10/25/2010
Blog Hyperlinks to News Stories = Copyright Infringement or Not? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 10/22/2010
The Impact of ACTA on China’s Intellectual Property Enforcement American University Washington College of Law 10/22/2010
FTC Updates “Green Guides” to Environmentally Friendly Marketing Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 10/19/2010
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Induced Infringement Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 10/15/2010
Legal Risks Facing New Media Publishers Funkhouser Vegosen Liebman & Dunn Ltd 10/14/2010
The Medical Device Rodeo: Harnessing Innovation Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 10/11/2010
Life Sciences Patents Dealt a Significant Blow Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP 10/4/2010
Peeled, Inc. Seeks Injunction, Damages in Trademark Infringement Suit Against Peeled Fruit LLC Stoel Rives LLP 10/4/2010
Do You Know Who's Got Your Data? Poyner Spruill LLP 10/2/2010
When Employees Leave, Make Sure Your Information Security Doesn’t Walk Out the Door With Them Poyner Spruill LLP 9/29/2010
The Middle District of Florida Ranks Among the Best for Plaintiffs in Patent Infringement Cases Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 9/22/2010
Bilski: What to do now? Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 9/16/2010
ITAR License Exemption Amended To Allow Hand-Carrying Of Technical Data Outside The United States Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/16/2010
Second Circuit Finds Personal Jurisdiction Over California Vendor Based on the Shipment of a Single Product Bearing Counterfeit Mark to Brand Owner’s Attorneys in New York Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/9/2010
That May Be A $500 Bow Tie I'm Wearing - the Ruling in Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers, Inc. a Recent "False Marking" Claim Case. Andrews Kurth LLP 9/8/2010
Arguing Obviousness After KSR: Are We Coming Full Circle? (Fed. Cir. 2010) Vedder Price P.C. 9/6/2010
Internet Merchants owe a Greater Duty of Care to their European Clients - Louis Vuitton v. eBay [France] in contrast see Tiffany v. eBay [NY, US] Vedder Price P.C. 9/5/2010
The U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling in Bilski v. Kappos: Hedging Against Bright-Line Rules Vedder Price P.C. 9/4/2010
Patent Applicants Should Fully Describe Their Inventions in Originally Filed Applications - Ariad Pharm. Inc. v. Eli Lilly & Co. (Fed. Cir. 2010) Vedder Price P.C. 9/3/2010
The Innovative Design Protection and Privacy Prevention Act: Will Design Protection Be In Vogue in Congress? Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/3/2010
The Federal Circuit Holds That False Marking Plaintiff Has Standing to Sue in Stauffer v. Brooks Brothers Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 9/2/2010
FTC Provides Further Guidance to Advertisers Using Social Media Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/30/2010
False Patent Marking – Case Law Update: Threshold “Standing” Inquiry Dooms False Marking Claims Asserted By Plaintiffs Who Do Not Allege a Concrete or Particularized Injury-In-Fact Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/28/2010
Patent Precautions: Avoiding Errors in Inventorship Much Shelist, P.C. 8/26/2010
Sublicenses By Exclusive Licensees Of Copyrights - Copyright "Clarification" May Change The Law Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/25/2010
Bratz Hitz Back at Mattel Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC 8/25/2010
Why Spend Money on Intellectual Property? 8/24/2010
Google’s AdWords Policy Expanded to Europe and Canada Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/17/2010
What Lies Ahead? Business and Legal Issues in the Coming Decade Much Shelist, P.C. 8/6/2010
Is Network Neutrality a Thing of the Past for Google? Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 8/6/2010
Ninth Circuit Finds Employment Agreement Ambiguous As To Whether An Employee's "Ideas" Were Assigned To Employer Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/5/2010
Crowded Trademark Parties & Coexisting Store Names - Party Store Trademarks Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 7/28/2010
Prior Art Date for Patent Can Go Back to Provisional Filing Date Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/27/2010
Rocker and Reality Star Settles Suit Regarding Trademark Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 7/25/2010
Toyota Settles Hybrid Patent Case Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/23/2010
Supreme Court Rejects Bilski Claims, Overturns "Machine-or-Transformation" Requirement for Patent Eligibility of Processes Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/23/2010
MGE UPS Systems v. GE Consumer Industrial: A Trade Secrets Win With No Damages Andrews Kurth LLP 7/22/2010
Gucci's Attempt to Extend Trademark Infringement Liability to Credit Card Merchant Service Providers Survives Motion to Dismiss Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/16/2010
Tech Savvy: Understanding IT from a Risk Management Perspective Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/13/2010
The Pirate Bay Proves Not So Private - Copyright Infringement and Getting Hacked Themselves Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 7/13/2010
Challenging Patents Before the USPTO: Looking Ahead to a World of Patent Reexaminations, Post-Grant Reviews and Inter Partes Reviews Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 7/12/2010
Mexico Passes New Law on Data Protection Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/11/2010
ICANN Continues March Toward Generic Top Level Domains Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/9/2010
Supreme Court Decision on Patentability of Business Methods 7/9/2010
Use of Interferences to Challenge Patents Before the USPTO Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 7/8/2010
Bilski Decision Keeps Innovation Engines Humming Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 7/8/2010
Bilski v. Kappos Decided on June 28, 2010 Claims Were to an Abstract Idea, and Not Patent-Eligible Subject Matter. Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 7/2/2010
Supreme Court Strikes Business Method Claim as Seeking to Patent an Abstract Idea Michael Best & Friedrich LLP 7/2/2010
US Patent Office Expands Green Technology Accelerated Examination Program - More categories of invention are now eligible for expedited processing Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/2/2010
Sometimes "Compare To" Packaging Means Just What it Says Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 7/1/2010
The Sneaky Chef Cookbook Gets "Thin" Copyright Protection McDermott Will & Emery 6/30/2010
The Risks of Social Media: Legal Limits Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) 6/29/2010
International Luxury Brands May Face Product Quality Enforcement In China Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/28/2010
Smells Like Trademark Protection: Copycat Perfumes Cannot Engage in Comparative Advertising, on Odor of the Court in the UK and EU Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/25/2010
California Court Takes On Trade-Secret Preemption of Other Civil Claims Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/25/2010
China's Supreme People's Court Publishes White Paper on Intellectual Property Protection by Chinese Courts Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 6/22/2010
Don't Gamble with Internet Sweepstakes Much Shelist, P.C. 6/18/2010
Lid Blown Off Patent False Marking Claim Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/17/2010
Qualifying Barriers Lower for "Green Technology" Patent Applications Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 6/16/2010
Unless Users of Software Possess or Have Access to its Source Code, They Cannot be Held Liable for Misappropriating Trade Secrets Therein, California Appeals Court Holds Howrey LLP 6/1/2010
All Aboard! Accelerated Examination Plan Gets Expansion and Extension Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/28/2010
Patent Office Jumps into Social Media with Both Feet Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/25/2010
Could've. Should've? In Trademark Law - Just Because You Can - Should You? Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 5/13/2010
Tavern on the Green Trademark Dispute Rages On Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 5/13/2010
Penalty for Patent False Marking Set at Highest Sales Price Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/12/2010
Patent Office Ombudsman to the Rescue! Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 5/11/2010
Managing The Legal Risk of "Verbing Up" Brands and Trademarks Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 5/10/2010
Lunchtime Seminar or Invitation to a Trademark Infringement Lawsuit? Lowndes, Drosdick, Doster, Kantor & Reed, P.A. 4/24/2010
Grilling Some Barbecue Brands Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 4/23/2010
Out for Blood (or Money)? Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 4/21/2010
Ninth Circuit Finds Duty to Defend Patent Infringement Claims Under “Advertising Injury” Coverage Howrey LLP 4/20/2010
Best Buy, Resurrected From the Trademark Graveyard? Winthrop & Weinstine, P. A. 4/19/2010
New U.S. Law Establishes Long Awaited Abbreviated Approval Pathway for Biosimilars Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 4/12/2010
Second Circuit Supports eBay in Trademark Case Social Media Law Student 4/5/2010
What’s in Your Patent Portfolio? Beware of Marking Trolls Vedder Price P.C. 3/31/2010
Personalized Medicine and Patentability: Important Considerations After Healthcare Reform Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 3/24/2010
Gene Patents Under Attack Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 3/22/2010
Federal Circuit Issues Key Ruling on Functional Features in Design Patent Cases Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 3/12/2010
Federal Circuit Opts for Ordinary Observer Test in Anticipation Cases Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 3/11/2010
Court Orders Second Production of ESI in a Reasonably Usable Form and Rejects Argument that Foreign Privacy Laws or the Hague Convention Bars Production of Personal Information Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 3/9/2010
Federal Circuit Reverses ITC's Determination of Non-Infringement for Croc's Design Patent Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. 3/8/2010
Court Limits Copyright Statutory Damages to Number of Registrations Owned Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP 3/8/2010
European Union Takes Steps Towards Common Patent System Dinsmore & Shohl LLP 3/8/2010
Trademark Trial and Appeal Board Provides Post-Bose Guidance for Pleading Fraud on the Patent and Trademark Office Pattishall, McAuliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP 3/1/2010
Pepsi Unsuccessful In Attempt To Derail Powerade ION4 Launch* Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto 2/27/2010
USPTO Patent Reexamination – an Effective “Tool” to Acquire a Fresh View of Patentability at a Low Cost Compared to Litigation. Staas & Halsey LLP 2/27/2010
If You File Patent Applications in Multiple Countries, Such as in the U.S., Japan, Korea, and the EPO and Want to Accelerate Examination, the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) Can Be a Useful Tool. Staas & Halsey LLP 2/27/2010
The Southern District Of New York Sends A Clear Message To Retailers Selling Counterfeits That Failing To Exercise Due Diligence In Purchasing Products After An Injunction May Result In Trebled Damages Of Millions Of Dollars Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/26/2010
It's Not Over For MGA's Bratz Doll Line Yet Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 2/26/2010
New Interim Patent Term Adjustment Procedures Drawing to a Close Troutman Sanders LLP 2/23/2010
Coexisting with the Patent Office 2/23/2010
Should You Seek International Patent Protection for Your Invention? 2/23/2010
Three Small Victories in the Trademark Battle Against ICANN Bracewell & Giuliani LLP 2/1/2010
Soaring Patent Activity in Biofuel Technology Part II 1/27/2010
Soaring Patent Activity in Biofuel Technology Part I 1/27/2010
Generic Substitution and Biopharmaceuticals: Where Are All the Follow-on Biologics? And, How Much Money Will They Save? Carpenter Law Firm PC 1/1/2010
Proving Fraud Just Got Tougher in Trademark Cancellations: The Impact of the In re Bose Decision Vedder Price P.C. 12/31/2009
Five Common Employment Law Hazards for Start-Ups Foley Hoag LLP 12/31/2009
Customer Lists as Trade Secrets Dykema Gossett PLLC 12/30/2009
Network Interference: A Legal Guide to the Commercial Risks and Rewards of the Social Media Phenomenon Reed Smith LLP 12/29/2009
Non-Competition Agreements: Despite the Myths, Often a Powerful Method of Protecting Your Business Much Shelist, P.C. 11/22/2009
Psst! Can You Keep a Secret? No, Really. Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC 11/1/2009
A Cautionary Tale: Why Employers Must Define Acceptable Computer Use by Employees Bingham McCutchen LLP 11/1/2009
Creating the (Virtual) American Dream: User-Generated Content and Trademarks in Virtual Worlds Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 11/1/2009
TRANSAMERICA LIFE FOUND TO INFRINGE “BUSINESS METHOD PATENT” ON VARIABLE ANNUITIES Clark Hill PLC 9/16/2009
UMG v. Augusto: Allowing the Sale of Promotional CDs Under the First Sale Doctrine Could Affect Much More than the Music Industry Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/15/2009
Does Edwards v. Arthur Anderson Bar The Use of Employee Confidentiality Agreements? 9/8/2009
Cairns Patent Once Again Provokes The Promotions Industry To Re-Evaluate Online Promotional Games Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 9/7/2009
User Generated Content Promotions: Balancing The Sponsor's Rights Against Risks Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/31/2009
Joseph Abboud Is Back: Personal Name Trademark Controversy Continues Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/31/2009
Employers Should Carefully Consider Whether To Sue Former Employees For Threatened Trade Secret Misappropriation Based On Recent California Court of Appeal Decision Awarding Over $1.6 Million To Former Employees Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/30/2009
What Is the Jurisdictional Pre-Requisite for Copyright Litigation?: Do Denim v. Fried Denim Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/30/2009
What To Do When Your .CN Domain Name Is Already Taken Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/29/2009
Branded: Product Placement and Video Games Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/29/2009
Second Circuit Resolves Split Between the Circuits Regarding Sale of Keywords to Trigger Sponsored Links and "Use in Commerce" Under the Lanham Act Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/28/2009
Brave New Web: Trademark Rights in the Expanding Internet Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP 8/28/2009
Protecting Your IP in a Troubled Economy: A Modest (and Cost-Effective) Proposal Much Shelist, P.C. 8/14/2009
Is Your Intellectual Property (IP) ‘Insured’? 10 Tips to Protecting Your IP Investment Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/24/2009
Technological Surveillance in the Workplace Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/8/2009
Summary of Digital Legislation Affecting Colorado Fairfield and Woods P.C. 7/7/2009
Ninth Circuit Rules on Copyright Act -- Attorney's Fees Clark & Trevithick 6/30/2009
Licensing From Universities: Identifying And Managing Unique Issues Sills Cummis & Gross P.C. 6/2/2009
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act: A New Tool for Protecting Information Much Shelist, P.C. 6/1/2009
Supreme Court Rulings Affect Patent Holders Much Shelist, P.C. 6/1/2009
United States Patent and Trademark Office Publishes New Rules on Patent Applications Much Shelist, P.C. 5/31/2009
The Business Case for Intellectual Asset Management Much Shelist, P.C. 5/29/2009
The Financial Consequences of Using Unlicensed Software Clark & Trevithick 5/27/2009
Credit Card Companies Are Not Liable for Contributory Copyright Infringement Clark & Trevithick 5/27/2009
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