Are Flying Cars Really in Our Future?
By Danielle Olero The vintage cartoon, The Jetsons, inspired many to predict there would be flying cars by the year 2000. But amongst our many modern conveniences, flying to work in a car has not been...
View ArticleA Houston Patent Attorney’s Review of: PFIZER INC. v. LEE
Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) is utilized by the Patent Office so that an inventor’s patent protection is not limited by delays caused by the Patent Office. The Patent Term Guarantee Act (“the Act”), 35...
View ArticleGerry Elman and Josh Waterston to present cybersecurity seminar at Delaware...
We are proud to announce that Elman Technology Law attorneys Gerry Elman and Joshua Waterston will be presenting the legal seminar “Cybersecurity Ethical and Legal Challenges: How to Protect your...
View ArticleIndiana Patent Law: Court Rules on Eighteen Disputed Terms in Patent...
Indianapolis Indiana - Following a Markman hearing, Judge Sarah Evans Barker considered 18 disputed terms in five patents owned by Plaintiff Bonutti Research, Inc. of Effingham, Illinois and licensed...
View ArticleUSPTO white paper on remix, first sale, and statutory damages
Here. No love for an exception for noncommercial user-generated content (Canada's YouTube exception), but at least some support for the viability and importance of fair use, including discussion of...
View ArticleSocial Media 2016: Addressing Corporate Risks
As Socially Aware readers know, social media is transforming the way companies interact with consumers—indeed, some pundits have referred to social media as the greatest development for marketers since...
View ArticleTrademarks in Patent Claims
Can I use a trademark in a patent claim? The quick answer is yes, but the follow-up question is why? Is there a specific reason that a particular type of product needs to be named – can the generic...
View ArticleWhy Are Universities Fighting Open Education?
A Tired Argument Over Software Patents Is Holding Up Common-Sense Reforms In December, over 3,000 of you rallied in support in support of a proposed Department of Education (ED) policy that would make...
View ArticleEl Chapo and Trademarks
Just wrapped up an interview with Noticias 62 about Joaquin “Chapo” Guzman, the notorious drug lord who was recently captured, and trademark issues related to him believe it or not. Evidently, his...
View ArticleRelativity’s Emergence from Chapter 11 May Come Down to a Single Objection
The bank that extended a production loan on the forthcoming film, 'Masterminds,' is suddenly one of the most important players in whether the studio can put its plan for reorganization in motion. read...
View ArticleUS Commerce Department wants courts to be kinder, gentler to file sharers
(credit: Mike Seyfang) A US Department of Commerce task force recommended Thursday that Congress alter the Copyright Act in a bid that likely would reduce financial damages for file sharing copyright...
View ArticleBerkeley’s cell phone radiation warning law can go into effect, judge rules
(credit: Daniel Parks) After complying with a federal judge’s order on Wednesday, the city of Berkeley, California, will now be allowed to go forward with its cell phone radiation warning law, as it...
View ArticleMedium's Sitewide Encryption Confronts Censorship in Malaysia
Blogging platform Medium is now blocked in Malaysia, apparently in an effort to censor an investigative news outlet critical of the government. The Sarawak Report has mirrored its articles on Medium at...
View ArticleNow Available: The January Issue of Our Socially Aware Newsletter
The latest issue of our Socially Aware newsletter is now available here. In this issue of Socially Aware, our Burton Award-winning guide to the law and business of social media, we offer practical tips...
View ArticleWhen are shapes sufficiently distinctive to function as trade marks?
Two High Court decisions in the UK last week highlight that it is not always easy to register and enforce shape trade marks even when the shapes themselves are iconic and recognisable by the public....
View ArticleBusinesses Take Heed: FTC’s Recent Report, Conference Signal Big Data’s the...
FTC Kicks Off New Year with New Report on Growing Use of Big Data Analytics Across All Industries Without so much as a week of 2016 having lapsed, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC” or “Commission”)...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary Committee Passes Amended Defend Trade Secrets Act. What...
By Guest Blogger Sharon K. Sandeen Photo credit: “3d rendering of business person presentation of trade secret word” // ShutterStockThe Defend Trade Secrets Act (S. 1890) passed out of the U.S. Senate...
View ArticleSenate Judiciary Committee Votes in Favor of Passage of an Amended Defend...
Earlier today, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a voice vote in favor of the passage of the now amended Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016 (“DTSA”). At this point, the Committee has not yet revealed...
View ArticleSeyfarth Shaw is pleased to announce the publication of the Trading Secrets...
The 2015 Trading Secrets Year in Review is a compilation of our significant blog posts from throughout last year and is categorized by specific topics such as: Trade Secrets; Computer Fraud and Abuse...
View ArticleEthical norms in "intellectual property" scholarship?
Note the publication of the paper Open Letter on Ethical Norms in Intellectual Property Scholarship by Feldman, Lemley, Masur and Rai with abstractAs scholars who write in intellectual property (“IP”),...
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