Intellectual Property

Intellectual property disputes take place on a daily basis in a variety of venues. From an employee’s right to a patent of company-developed products to patent wars between international companies for illegal use of a product/logo, the National Law Review is a great resource for updates on all things IP. The site covers litigation at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the  Patent Trial and Board Appeals (PTAB), as well as cases in front of the International Trade Commission (ITC) for international patent disputes. The National Law Review covers cases heard by the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS), or appeals which are now sitting in front of the patent-board on Inter partes review (IPR). Additionally, the National Law Review covers cases and decisions of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).

Copyrights, patent infringement claims, trade secrets, false advertising claims, unfair competition, and intellectual property laws which govern patent-litigation, are all areas which the National Law Review covers, in detail for readers. Patent disputes don’t only occur in the United States. When international countries including the United Kingdom, Brazil, China, India, and the European Union get involved, international laws are also taken into consideration by the PTO. Additionally, information on how to obtain patent protection internationally is also available on the National Law Review.

Intellectual property news on the National Law Review spans from topics including biosimilars, domain name registration, generic top-level domains (gTLDs), drug patents, non-compete agreements, trade secrets, and other industry-related battles which ensue, are covered on the site. Visitors can read about the latest legislation, laws, and news, as it relates to patents and intellectual property in general. Further, visitors to the National Law Review are going to find the latest stories and litigation as it unfolds in front of patent courts across the land. From email and data retention policies, patent disputes over medical devices, cloud computing and artificial intelligence the National Law Review has the details and expert intellectual property litigation legal analysis readers count on.

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May
7
2024
9-Year Prison Sentence and 600 Million RMB Fine for Criminal Copyright Infringement of Lego Sets Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
Oct
9
2014
9th Circuit: Plugged-In Furniture - What's Past Is Prologue Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Jun
9
2023
A 20-Year Consent Order Prohibiting the Use of Non-Compete Agreements – Antitrust Byte Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.
Apr
14
2020
A basic overview of trademark infringement Raymond Law Group LLC
Jun
12
2012
A Betrayal Among Friends: Privacy Issues Surrounding Posts on Facebook Giordano, Halleran & Ciesla, P.C.
Apr
25
2018
A Book Holder Is Not a Camera Holder McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
21
2024
A Brief Explanation of the USPTO’s Useful New AI-Assisted Invention Guidance Hunton Andrews Kurth
Feb
10
2022
A Broken Marriage: Bridal Designer Cannot Compete but Regains Control of her Social Media Accounts Jones Walker LLP
Dec
3
2012
A Carrier Is Not a Country McDermott Will & Emery
Sep
29
2013
A Case for Patentability of Software-Based Inventions Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Aug
16
2019
A Case of Bananas: Costume Copyright Infringement Stark & Stark
Apr
28
2021
A Case Where Non-Enabled Art Failed to Establish Obviousness Finnegan
Oct
5
2012
A Casebook Example of Evidentiary Rulings that Cause “Wasteful Litigation” McDermott Will & Emery
May
2
2019
A Cautionary Tale: Don’t Wait Until There Is A Problem To Protect Your Trade Secrets Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Nov
1
2009
A Cautionary Tale: Why Employers Must Define Acceptable Computer Use by Employees Bingham McCutchen LLP
May
6
2020
A Cautionary Trade Secrets Tale: Failure To Preserve Potentially Relevant Evidence Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP
Feb
17
2015
A Circuit Split or Just a Surface-Blemish: Why Kienitz v. Sconnie Nation LLC Doesn’t Conflict with Cariou v. Prince Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP
May
1
2014
A Claim of “Authorship” Does Not Raise an Inventorship Dispute McDermott Will & Emery
Oct
29
2020
A Clear Need: To Allege Misappropriation, Identify Trade Secret McDermott Will & Emery
Feb
18
2021
A Closed Book: No Past Infringement, No Reading Between the Lines into the Future McDermott Will & Emery
May
1
2015
A Combination Is Not Obvious If It Is Beyond the Level of Ordinary Skill in the Art, and Other Lessons McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2014
A Combination of References Need Only Provide a “Reasonable Expectation of Success” McDermott Will & Emery
Jun
16
2017
A Comparison of US and EPO Post Grant Practices       Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Jul
31
2014
A Compound Is Obvious Where Only Minor Changes to a Prior Art “Lead Compound” Are Required to Make the Claimed Compound McDermott Will & Emery
Mar
19
2024
A Continuation Application is an Implicit Admission of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting When Filed from a Parent Patent Mintz
Jul
27
2017
A Court Divided: Judges File Widely Varying Opinions on CBM Review Eligibility McDermott Will & Emery
Dec
20
2021
A December to Remember: The Trademark Modernization Act Implemented on December 18, 2021 Foley & Lardner LLP
Sep
27
2019
A Decision on Appeal is Final . . . Mostly McDermott Will & Emery
Nov
15
2017
A Deep Dive in Petition Filing Stats Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Oct
31
2017
A Different "Type" of Lawsuit: Ensuring Proper Use of Licensed Font Programs Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
Nov
19
2021
A Dispute Is Bubbling Over for the Prosecco Name Norris McLaughlin P.A.
Aug
18
2014
A Dozen Reasons Why Growth Companies (and Their Investors) Seek Federal Trademark Registrations Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
Apr
12
2021
A Fair Use Tale, or All's Well that Ends: The U.S. Supreme Court Holds Google's Use of of JAVA Code to be a Fair Use Under U.S. Copyright Law K&L Gates
Mar
1
2011
A Federal District Court Rules That The Qui Tam Provision of the False Marking Statute is Unconstitutional Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
May
29
2014
A Few Good Trademarks: The U.S. Military’s Trademark Campaign - OOHRAH! Mintz
 

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