How Much Trade Secrecy is Necessary?
Dear Rich: I read your article about trade secrecy programs. You write: "A small start-up company need not implement the same type of trade secrecy program as a Microsoft or IBM." Why not? A resource...
View ArticleIndiana Trademark Litigation: Barrington Music Sues Guitar Center, Music...
South Bend, Indiana - Indiana trademark attorneys for Plaintiff Barrington Music Products, Inc. of Niles, Michigan filed a trademark infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Indiana. The...
View ArticleLimited Liability – a Definition
This post on the meaning of the term limited liability is based on a Quora answer that I provided. Please see What does limited liability and unlimited liability mean in case of companies? Meaning of...
View ArticleDerivative Works: Who Owns What?
Courts have recently been busy dealing with the puzzling concepts of derivative works, fair use, and transformation. “Transformation” is the underlying principle of derivative works created either by...
View Article3 Count: Spotify Again…
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Spotify Hit with Second Songwriter Lawsuit in Two Weeks First off today, Ryan Faughnder at The Los Angeles Times...
View ArticlePhase 3 trial starts for treatment for peanut allergy
It is estimated that more than 30 million people in the United States and Europe have a food allergy, and more than five million people in the United States and Europe have peanut allergy, including...
View ArticlePhase 3 trial starts for treatment for peanut allergy
It is estimated that more than 30 million people in the United States and Europe have a food allergy, and more than five million people in the United States and Europe have peanut allergy, including...
View ArticleSamuel Ernst on Reviving the Reverse Doctrine of Equivalents
Samuel Ernst (Chapman University) has recently posted The Lost Precedent of the Reverse Doctrine of Equivalents, which argues that this doctrine is the solution to the patent crisis. The reverse...
View ArticleTop 10 Developments/Headlines in Trade Secret, Computer Fraud, and...
Continuing our tradition of presenting annually our thoughts concerning the top 10 developments/headlines this past year in trade secret, computer fraud, and non-compete law, here—in no particular...
View ArticleChicago police must finally produce stingray records, judge orders
(credit: Tripp) A local activist has won an important intermediary step in his legal quest to force the Chicago Police Department (CPD) to produce documents that fully explain the department's use of...
View ArticleAre Hoverboards Hovering Above the Law?
By Denise Kim Hoverboard, glider, electric skateboard, or skywalker—the technology goes by many different names. But many in the public and the news use the term hoverboard. For those who are...
View ArticlePatent Docs rates Ariosa number one patent story of 2015
Patent Docs named Ariosa the number one patent story of 2015:1. Federal Circuit Decides Ariosa v. Sequenom and Denies Rehearing En BancIn June, the Federal Circuit decided Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v....
View ArticleVoter data security lapses call federal data protection, encryption practices...
Much of the data security world has been abuzz since a blog post at the digital privacy website DataBreaches.net reported the disconcerting news that the personal information of 191 million voters...
View ArticleSOLICITUD REGISTRO DE MARCA SIGNO DISTINTIVO CHAPO GUZMAN
Por Laura Martínez, Grupo Selco Respecto a los temas que se han derivado en razón de la captura por segunda ocasión del conocido líder del Cartel de Sinaloa, Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, han salido...
View ArticlePending Supreme Court Patent Cases 2016 (January 12 Update)
by Dennis Crouch As of January 12, the Supreme Court has granted two petitions for certiorari for this term. Both Halo and Stryker cover the same topic of enhanced damages, a.k.a. willfulness. Another...
View Article3 Count: Blurred Fees
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: Marvin Gaye Family Wants $3.4 Million More in “Blurred Lines” Lawsuit First off today, Eriq Gardner at The Hollywood...
View ArticleEt tu, Fortinet? Hard-coded password raises new backdoor eavesdropping fears
(credit: Fortinet) Less than a month after Juniper Network officials disclosed an unauthorized backdoor in the company's NetScreen line of firewalls, researchers have uncovered highly suspicious code...
View ArticleThe One Simple Step All Active-Duty Military Personnel Should Take
Mission focus is why we justly admire our active-duty and Veteran military personnel. Unfortunately for our service members and Veterans, “Playing with pain” often evolves from a mantra to a way of...
View ArticleHillary Clinton agrees patents be suspended until corporations pay their taxes
Last week in Iowa Hillary Clinton promised to use patents owned by giant technology companies as leverage to get them to pay higher taxes. If you listen to the actual exchange between Clinton and a...
View ArticleHillary Clinton agrees patents be suspended until corporations pay their taxes
Last week in Iowa Hillary Clinton promised to use patents owned by giant technology companies as leverage to get them to pay higher taxes. If you listen to the actual exchange between Clinton and a...
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