Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s CBM Determinations
The PTAB was not arbitrary and capricious in determining that patent claims directed to transmitting digital data were Covered Business Method (CBM) claims, despite a seeming recitation of...
View ArticleAs Venezuelan economy collapses further, gov’t targets US-based currency news...
(credit: ruurmo) The US-based website that publishes a daily unofficial exchange rate between American dollars and Venezuelan bolivares has recently filed a vigorous defense in a strange international...
View ArticleGet It While You Can
Business Insider has interviewed Jim Chanos, who has made a name for himself in investing as a specialist for shorting companies. Chanos thinks people should short oil companies. Here is his reason as...
View ArticleDunnington's 75 Last Minute Year-End Tax Saving Tips For 2015
Dear Friends, Family and Clients,Each year Congress changes provisions in the laws affecting taxpayers. Joe Michaels, the leader of our law firm’s tax practice, provides us with an annual update and...
View ArticleOne Centimeter Over My Back Yard: Where Does Federal Preemption of State...
The proliferation of small unmanned aircraft systems (microdrones) invites reconsideration of the limits of exclusive federal authority over aviation, which currently preempts state law. Public...
View ArticleVirtual Schools, Student Rights, and the First Amendment: Adjusting the...
The advent of virtual schools has created uncertainty for school officials seeking to discipline students for speech. This uncertainty is fueled partly by the ostensibly omnipresent nature of virtual...
View ArticleThe Costs of Regulatory Redundancy: Consumer Protection Oversight of Online...
Every administration in recent history has attempted to reduce regulatory redundancies. One area of regulatory redundancy that deserves attention is the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) and Department...
View ArticleNakamoto SAtoshi
I just noted what you get if you take the three letters spelled in capital above. Of course that may be just a slightly weird coincidence worth noting only for its entertainment value. On the other...
View ArticleInfluencer Marketing: Tips for a Successful (and Legal) Advertising Campaign
In an age of explosive growth for social media and declining TV viewership numbers, companies are partnering with so-called “influencers” to help the companies grow their brands. Popular users of...
View ArticleHillary Clinton wants “Manhattan-like project” to break encryption
Enlarge / Hillary Clinton. (credit: Clinton campaign.) Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has called for a "Manhattan-like project" to help law enforcement break into encrypted communications. This...
View ArticleNo Fee Shift In Bogus Lawsuit Against Review Website–Roca v. PissedConsumer
Photo credit: enameled house number two hundred and thirty // ShutterStockIn October, a court issued a really interesting and decisive Section 230 defense win. I ran out of time to blog it, but a...
View ArticleIP|Job: Rechtsanwaltsfachangestellte/r gesucht
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View ArticleDMCA exemption for 3D Printers (Part 6 of 6)
As we have reported, the sixth triennial rulemaking proceeding by the Librarian of Congress resulted in a wide range of DMCA exemptions. Today, in our final post, we cover a new exemption involving the...
View ArticleIndiana Trademark Litigation: Indiana Botanic Gardens Sues VitalMax Vitamins...
Hammond, Indiana - Plaintiff Indiana Botanic Gardens, Inc. of Hobart, Indiana filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana alleging that Almark Products, Inc. d/b/a...
View ArticleEFF to Court: Lifetime GPS Tracking Violates the Fourth Amendment
All too often, new police surveillance tools are initially applied to only the “worst of the worst” and then slowly—but surely—expanded to include an ever-growing number of less culpable individuals....
View ArticleFrench consumer group sues for right to resell Steam games
(credit: Kyle Orland) A French consumer group has brought a lawsuit against Valve, saying that Steam and its required terms of service infringe on a number of European legal rights, including the right...
View ArticlePTAB dings Applicant for citing to cases without analogizing facts
Takeaway: An Applicant appealed claims that described structure in terms of segments with joined endpoints, along with profiles for each segment. The Applicant argued that the Examiner had interpreted...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Denies Request For Rehearing In O’Bannon
Last week, a three-judge panel for the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit voted 2-1 to deny the O’Bannon plaintiffs’ petition for a rehearing en banc of the Ninth Circuit’s September...
View ArticleDwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg sued over copyright infringement for show...
Recently, Home Box Office, Inc. (“HBO”), Dwayne Johnson and Mark Wahlberg were sued for copyright infringement over the HBO show “Ballers.”[1] The lawsuit was brought by two writers who allege that the...
View ArticleUniversal Settles Profit Dispute Over 'Knight Rider,'...
Glen Larson alleged fraud and was due to take his case to trial in January.read more
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