Best Buy patents focus on universal chargers, personalized gift cards
Thus far in 2015, Best Buy has earned 20 patents from the USPTO. Although most of the company’s research and development is in disparate fields, as the text cluster from Innography shows us at least...
View ArticleShort Fiction for IP Attorneys
I enjoyed SciFi author Kim Stanley Robinson’s new short essay Oral Arguments. Quoting precedent is not usually characterized as sarcasm, Your Honor. The patent law is broadly written, and your...
View ArticleTech companies urge Congress to drop fight against net neutrality rules
Net neutrality protest at the White House in November 2014. (credit: Stephen Melkisethian) A group of tech companies has urged Congressional leadership to abandon a GOP plan to kill the Federal...
View ArticleThe CopyKat - a Friday round up
MPR reports that former 'Prenda Law' attorney and much criticised 'copyright troll' Paul Hansmeier has been ordered by a federal judge to sell his assets to pay his creditors. Earlier this year,...
View ArticleJared Leto files copyright lawsuit against TMZ over video about Taylor Swift
Recently, Actor/Musician Jared Leto, through his company Sisyphus Touring, Inc., filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against celebrity gossip/entertainment news company TMZ.[1] The Plaintiff alleges...
View ArticleJudge says FanDuel and DraftKings must stop operating in New York state
(credit: Ian Kennedy) On Friday, New York Supreme Court Judge Manuel Mendez ruled that FanDuel and DraftKings—two daily fantasy sports websites—must cease operations in New York, at least as long as...
View ArticleAmerican, United, Delta, British Airways all ban “hoverboards”
(credit: Ben Larcey) On Friday, three major US airlines’ ban against so-called "hoverboards" goes into effect. American, United, and Delta banned the devices on Thursday out of concern that their...
View ArticleDisney drops—then doubles down on—DMCA claim over Star Wars figure pic
Finn and Rey, in the official Star Wars trailer. (credit: Lucasfilm) A Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notice sent by the Walt Disney Company earlier this week seems to have truly awakened The...
View ArticleAustralia Non-Compete Update: the Difference Between Winning and Losing...
By Michael Tamvakologos and Justine Giuliani An enforceable restraint of trade can be a key business asset. Or some might think about it as an insurance policy. The capacity to preserve customer...
View ArticleBaby Murlocs and Work For Hire - Activision Blizzard fighting Appeal of...
Amanda Lewis v. Activision Blizzard, IncNinth Circuit, Case No. 13-17391Appeal Filed 11/21/2013From NDCA Case No. 12-cv-01096Back in November 2010, a former World of Warcraft game master sued Blizzard...
View ArticleTWiL 330: North Korean Santa And His Jolly Sack Of Nails
Hosts: Denise Howell Guests: Melissa Force, Rob Frieden, Larry Martinez Hurdles and threats dealing with space debris, outer space treaties and space mining, space law in the movies and more! Photo...
View ArticleReading list: Redskins as insult and brand
C. Richard King, Redskins: Insult and Brand (2016) Passionate, if somewhat repetitive (as perhaps all moral calls to action are), argument about the poisonous nature of the Washington football team’s...
View ArticleComputer and Internet Updates for 2015-12-11
Insurer now offering “troll insurance” for victims of online harassment https://t.co/PTNCYCjnDg -> Aurous Shut Down, Marketing by Lawsuit gets TKO https://t.co/S4WW5Ff6IW -> National | The TPP...
View ArticleU.S., EU work towards safe harbor replacement that balances privacy,...
Safe harbor in the world of international digital data transfer has been a major topic of discussion in the tech world in recent weeks. Since 1998, data transferred from European citizens to American...
View ArticleU.S., EU work towards safe harbor replacement that balances privacy,...
Safe harbor in the world of international digital data transfer has been a major topic of discussion in the tech world in recent weeks. Since 1998, data transferred from European citizens to American...
View ArticleUber doesn’t want drivers to sue again, so it pushes them to arbitration
(credit: Uber) On Friday, Uber pushed a new 21-page agreement on to all of its 400,000-plus drivers nationwide, forbidding them from filing a lawsuit in the event of a future labor dispute. Drivers...
View ArticleDisney loses TV subscribers but innovates in amusement rides and robotics
Through most of 2015, the Walt Disney Company had earned a total of 206 U.S. patent grants from all of its subsidiaries, with significant development in the fields of display devices, media content,...
View ArticleDisney loses TV subscribers but innovates in amusement rides and robotics
Through most of 2015, the Walt Disney Company had earned a total of 206 U.S. patent grants from all of its subsidiaries, with significant development in the fields of display devices, media content,...
View ArticleUK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stuff they already own
(credit: sailko) Changes to UK copyright law will soon mean that you may need to take out a licence to photograph classic designer objects even if you own them. That's the result of the Enterprise and...
View ArticleChief Judge Stark Denies Defendants’ Motion to Stay in Patent Action
By Memorandum Order entered by The Honorable Leonard P. Stark in Greatbatch Ltd. v. AVX Corp., et al., Civil Action No. 13-723-LPS (D.Del., December 10, 2015), the Court denied the motion to stay of...
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