4 men reportedly arrested in relation to JPMorgan Chase hack
According to The New York Times and Bloomberg News, four men in Florida and Israel have been arrested in relation to the 2014 hack against JPMorgan Chase, which resulted in gigabytes of bank data being...
View ArticleEFF to Commerce Department: We Must Revise Overbroad Export Control Proposal
EFF has long advocated for greater vigilance over the potential sale of specially-developed surveillance tools to oppressive regimes that use technology to commit human rights abuses. We want those...
View ArticleLa-Z-Boy – A brand name, for more than just recliners
There comes a time in every company’s life where it just has to take a step back and figure out how to remain relevant or how to create a new realm of relevance entirely. For La-Z-Boy, that time is...
View ArticleHollywood Docket: DC Comics Hopes Trademark Suit Will Be Kryptonite to...
The week's entertainment law news includes a win for Jay Z over his sound engineer and arbitration for the Hollywood lawyer accused of turning a client into his sex slave. read more
View ArticleCity of Portland Defends its Historic Sign in Federal Court
The City of Portland bought the famous Portland Oregon sign – commonly known as the “White Stag” sign or the “Made in Oregon” sign – in 2010. The following year, in July 2011, the city registered its...
View ArticleMaintenance Fees 2015
By Dennis Crouch A substantial percentage of the USPTO budget arrives in the form of maintenance fee payments. This is “easy money” for the USPTO because the Office has already done the work of...
View ArticleShort Circuit: Payday for Infringers
In 1996, an amateur artist named Frederick Bouchat designed a logo for the Baltimore Ravens that the club later adopted as a team symbol without his awareness. The infringing symbol then appeared on...
View ArticleFTC accuses ID protection service LifeLock of scamming customers—again
LifeLock, the company that heavily advertises itself on TV and online as an identity theft protection service, came under the crosshairs of the Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday for allegedly failing...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Finds Biosimilar Patent Dispute Resoluation Procedures Optional
In Amgen v. Sandoz, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit issued its first decision interpreting the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA), and did so in a manner that appears to...
View ArticleToaster Challenge
I have made this point before: Energy is extremely cheap in our age, if you compare it to using human work. The last time my headline was “Energy Slaves”, because of an Wikipedia article with that...
View ArticleJeep Hack Shows Why the DMCA Must Get Out of the Way of Vehicle Security...
Security researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek have once again exposed automobile security flaws that allow attackers to take over a vehicle’s crucial systems. In their latest work, they learned...
View ArticleSilk Road heroin dealer who helped convict Ulbricht will serve 2.5 years
Michael Duch, who sold heroin on the Silk Road and later testified at the trial of the site's founder Ross Ulbricht, was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison, according to Reuters. Duch...
View ArticleThoughts on the Ashley Madison Hacking
Puzzle by Andreanna Moya Photography from Flickr (Creative Commons License) I have had a lot of different thoughts about the recent hacking of the Ashley Madison website – both as a lawyer and as a...
View ArticleCuring the “Bad Actor” Disqualification: Waivers and Due Diligence - Part II
In the previous blog post, I began discussing the “bad actor” concept as it relates to Rule 506 private placements. In that post, I focused specifically on who the potential “bad actors” are, and what...
View ArticleAmgen v. Sandoz (Fed. Cir. 2015)
By Kevin E. Noonan -- In a seriously fractured decision, the Federal Circuit construed the provisions of the Biologics Price Control and Innovation Act (BPCIA) today in Amgen v. Sandoz. In doing so,...
View ArticleTPP's Copyright Trap
Our Last Stand Against Undemocratic International Agreements That Ratchet up Term Lengths and Devastate the Public Domain Few arguments around copyright are as self-evidently fact-free as the length of...
View ArticleTrade (Not So) Secret: Possible Disclosure in the Age of FOIA and Open...
Evan Talley Trade secrets litigation isn’t discussed as often as patent, trademark, and copyright litigation, but it is important to stay abreast of, nevertheless. At the moment, unlike the other...
View ArticleThe CAFC addresses US discovery for use in foreign jurisdictions in In re Posco
POSCO (of Korea) was sued by Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation (“Nippon Steel") for patent infringement in thefederal district court of New Jersey. There was also a suit by Nippon against...
View ArticleISHTIP at Penn, part 2
Early Career, Panel 2 | Fiona Macmillan (Birkbeck, University of London), Moderator Monica Huerta (Duke University) | Some Singularities, Like the Human Face Famous Sarony photo of Oscar Wilde:...
View Article50 State Non-Compete and Trade Secret Desktop Reference
Seyfarth Offers 2015-2016 Edition of 50 State Desktop Reference:What Employers Need To Know About Non-Compete and Trade Secrets Law There is no denying that there exists a variety of statutes and case...
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