Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 Would Create a Federal Private Right of...
On July 29, 2015, with bipartisan support, Congressional leaders in both the House and the Senate introduced identical bills, HR 3326 and S. 1890, respectively, entitled, the “Defend Trade Secrets Act...
View ArticleTaylor Swift's Promise of Charity in Groping Lawsuit Knocked as P.R. Stunt
Swift's adversary tells a judge the pop star tried to taint public sentiment with an improper counterclaim.read more
View ArticleCourt: King of Kong’s Billy Mitchell isn’t an exploding, floating cartoon head
We know it's hard, but do not confuse these two images. If you watched the 2007 documentary The King of Kong or follow the insular world of arcade high score competitions, you know Billy Mitchell as a...
View ArticleAT&T, Verizon try to prevent ban on text message blocking
(credit: Intel Free Press) AT&T, Verizon, and other wireless carriers are urging the Federal Communications Commission to reject a petition that would impose common carrier regulations on text...
View Article3D Scanning Jesus in Brazil
– Derek Mathers, Business Development Manager, Worrell Last week, in the 3D printing class I teach at the University of Minnesota, we discussed the legal and ethical issues surrounding the replication...
View Article101 issue for diagnostic method in Cleveland Clinic
From Holman's biotech blog:Tuesday, November 24, 2015The Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics: Judge Denies Preliminary Injunction Based on Likelihood That Diagnostic Testing Method...
View ArticleNo safe harbour for PORT CHARLOTTE trade mark registration, as GI storm brews
From Katfriend Nuno Sousa e Silva who teaches in the Law School of the Portuguese Catholic University, Porto (Portugal), comes an analysis of an issue that is not only sensitive within Europe in...
View ArticleSection 155 notices
Reeves J has sentenced Davies to 200 hours community service for non-compliance with a s 155 notice under the Competition and Consumer Act 2010
View ArticleWas Russian aircraft shot down because its satellite navigation was wrong?
A Sukhoi Su-24 of the Russian Air Force like this one was shot down near the Turkish-Syrian border today. 4 more images in gallery Was a Russian Su-24 strike bomber over Turkish airspace earlier today...
View ArticleMore organizations speak out against Congressman’s NOAA investigation
In a major move, seven scientific organizations came together today to send a message to the Chair of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Lamar Smith (R-Tex.). Smith is investigating...
View ArticleMPAA Wins $10.5 Million and Injunction in MovieTube Lawsuit
The member studios now will try to figure out who operated the streaming sites.read more
View ArticleDavid Letterman's Company Hit With Contract Lawsuit From Lee Gabler
Gabler, a former co-chairman of CAA, claims Letterman's company "inexplicably" stopped paying him in March.read more
View ArticleCome Out for the First-Ever Art & Law Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon!
The Art & Law Program and The Law Office of Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento are happy to announce the first ever Art & Law Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. Where: The School of Visual Arts (NYC), 33 West 21st...
View ArticleFarewell to Jeremy, and thank you, from the IPKat team
Jeremy Phillips, who retires from this blog to a unanimous chorus of praise, gratitude and affectionFollowing Jeremy’s post announcing his retirement from the IPKat blog, the entire blog team wishes to...
View ArticleCopyright Calm - Yoga Poses Refused Copyright Protection in the US
Many in the legal community could benefit from more relaxation and meditation, and today's fitness culture harbors a great appreciation for activities like pilates and yoga. As many of you will be...
View ArticleIf We Shouldn’t Punish Psychopaths, May We Still Blame Them for Bad...
Dana Kay Nelkin, Psychopaths, Incorrigible Racists, and the Faces of Responsibility, 125 Ethics 357 (2015). Kimberly Ferzan Dana Kay Nelkin’s recent work brings together an important dilemma in the...
View ArticleCourt Looks to Ordinary Meaning to Construe Patent Claims
Not Dead Yet Mfg., Inc. v. Pride Sol’ns, LLC, No. 13 C 3418, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Oct. 5, 2015) (Pallmeyer, J.). Judge Pallmeyer construed the claim terms of plaintiff Not Dead Yet’s (“NDY”) patents to...
View ArticleState Law Privacy Claims Still Baking in Google Cookie Suit
Consumers brought a class action case against Google, alleging that Google placed tracking cookies on users’ web browsers by disabling users’ cookie blockers, in contradiction to Google’s privacy...
View ArticleComputer and Internet Updates for 2015-11-26
KTZ fashion under fire for using Inuit design without family's consent https://t.co/1bb803bPNB -> Is it theft? German court mulls over sampling of Kraftwerk tune https://t.co/xFlGhrBXg4 -> Parody...
View ArticleLooking back over this GreeKat shoulder… Part I: Thou shall plain pack no...
One of the advantages of being part of the lively IP blogosphere is the opportunity to discuss with good friends and colleagues what’s keeping them busy, what alarms them and what they are looking...
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