Look! A Quasar! … No, Wait – It’s a Fitbit!
Irony alert: radio astronomy organization hands out fitness devices that threaten interference to radio-telescope operation. Wrist-worn activity monitors like the Fitbit are good for radio astronomers....
View ArticleSoliciting lawsuits against TM owner isn't confusing use of TM...
AMCOL Sys., Inc. v. Lemberg Law, LLC, No. 3:15-3422, 2015 WL 8493955 (D.S.C. Dec. 10, 2015) AMCOL provides debt collection services and is subject to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)’s...
View ArticleApple v. Samsung: petition for Supreme Court to take first look at design...
As it announced in August, Samsung has filed a petition for writ of certiorari (request for Supreme Court review) today in its almost five-year-old litigation with Apple. While it's statistically very...
View ArticleTransformative work of the day, Omelas edition
I know I do a lot of these from The Toast, but that's kind of their thing.http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
View ArticleBill Cosby Countersues Accusers For Defamation, Interference With NBC,...
It's the rare mention of the comedian's shelved NBC sitcom and Netflix special in the legal drama ensuing from the sexual assault allegations against him. read more
View ArticleShannen Doherty: My Ex-Manager Tricked SAG Into Revealing Medical Information...
When Tanner Mainstain employee Kimberly Gabay was asked her name, she responded, "Shannen Doherty." The firm also was able to provide the actress' social security number.read more
View ArticleIndiana Copyright Litigation: Copyright Defendant Removes Lawsuit to Federal...
Indianapolis, Indiana - An Indiana copyright lawyer for Defendant Wrightspeed, Inc. of San Jose California filed a notice of removal in the Southern District of Indiana on the basis of both...
View ArticleA Victory for Privacy and Transparency: HRW v. DEA
In a victory for millions of people in the U.S. who have placed telephone calls to locations overseas, EFF and Human Rights Watch have confirmed that the Drug Enforcement Administration’s practice of...
View ArticleShow # 245 — David Brin on transparency and cyber-utopianism — posted
I’m pleased to post Show # 245, October 9, my interview with author David Brin, on transparency, reciprocal accountability, cyber-utopianism and the preservation of excitement in an age of cynicism....
View ArticleWhat the government should’ve learned about backdoors from the Clipper Chip
The MYK-78 "Clipper" chip, the 1990's version of the "golden key." In the face of a Federal Bureau of Investigation proposal requesting backdoors into encrypted communications, a noted encryption...
View ArticlePatentlyo Bits and Bytes by Anthony McCain
James Cosgrove: The Most Likely Art Units For Alice Rejections Donald Zuhn: Endo Pharmaceuticals v. Actavis Art Gollwitzer: Texas Patent Law Landscape Is Changing Andrew Nusca: Should Apple Receive All...
View ArticleSamsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc., No 15-___ (design patent scope and...
by Dennis Crouch Samsung Electronics Co. v. Apple Inc., No 15-___ (on petition for writ of certiorari) (Samsung Petition) Samsung has now filed its petition for writ of certiorari challenging the $400...
View ArticleJack Wolfskin v. New Millennium Sports
Written by: Roland Casillas, Web and Blog Editor Jack Wolfskin Ausrustung Fur Draussen GmbH & Co. KGAA v. New Millennium Sports, S.L.U., No. 14-1789 (Fed. Cir. 2015) Appellant, Jack Wolfskin...
View ArticleSeattle City Council votes to allow Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize
Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien speaking at an October event in support of his bill to allow Uber and Lyft drivers to unionize. In a first-of-its-kind law, the Seattle City Council voted 8-0 to...
View ArticleIntroduce Mining Schedules, Oil First
Phaseout Profit Theory works for all flavors of fossil fuel. But oil should come first actually implementing it. There are several reasons for that. For one, oil will run out substantially faster than...
View Article3 New Copyright Articles: Buccafusco, Bell & Parchomovsky, Grimmelmann
My own scholarship and scholarly reading focuses most heavily on patent law, but I've recently come across a few interesting copyright papers that seem worth highlighting:Christopher Buccafusco, A...
View ArticleA Systematic Approach to a Successful Patent Licensing Program
Patent licensing is becoming increasingly challenging and it requires thorough preparation on the licensor’s part to convince a potential licensee that a license is both required and inevitable and to...
View ArticleA Systematic Approach to a Successful Patent Licensing Program
Patent licensing is becoming increasingly challenging and it requires thorough preparation on the licensor’s part to convince a potential licensee that a license is both required and inevitable and to...
View ArticleCan YouTube ‘Remove And Relocate’ User Videos Capriciously?–Darnaa v. Google...
Photo credit: RELOCATE word written on wood block // ShutterStockMost of us uploading YouTube videos aren’t deeply invested in their continued availability. If YouTube removed our videos or relocated...
View ArticleSightsound v. Apple: CAFC can review PTO on whether patents are CBM
From the precedential decision:SightSound Technologies, LLC (“SightSound”) is theowner of U.S. Patent No. 5,191,573 (the “’573 patent”) and5,966,440 (the “’440 patent”). Apple Inc. (“Apple”)...
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