Mag Aerospace v. B/E Aerospace: Assignor Estoppel
By Jason Rantanen Mag Aerospace Industries, Inc. v. B/E Aerospace, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016) Download OpinionPanel: Prost (author), Mayer, Reyna This case involves an advanced patent–but ancient...
View ArticleCAFC addresses estoppel issues in IPRs in Shaw v. Automated Creel
This case touched on procedural matters in IPRs:We can see benefit in the PTO having the ability toinstitute IPR on only some of the claims and on only someof the proposed grounds, particularly given...
View ArticleThe Law Behind the Hulk Hogan $140 Million Verdict Against Gawker
A few days ago, a jury in Florida awarded Hulk Hogan (real name Terry Bollea) $140 million because Gawker posted a leaked sex video of the former wrestler. Rather than focus on the lurid details...
View Article"The Good Wife" does plagiarism on March 20, 2016
From time-to-time, IPBiz mentions legal aspects arising from the CBS show The Good Wife (e.g., http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2016/02/neil-gross-character-on-good-wife-right.html). The episode "Shoot,"...
View ArticleObama Has Gotten 3,000+ Tweets about Encryption. Let’s Double That.
EFF, ACLU, and Access Now released a statement in support of Apple and its stance on encryption last week. We called on the President to reject any attempt to force backdoors like the one the FBI was...
View ArticleRepresentatives say NSA must end plans to expand domestic spying
Today, two representatives from the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee sent a letter (PDF) to Michael Rogers, director of the National Security Agency (NSA), asking him to discontinue...
View ArticleIdaho Noncompete Reform: Senate Passes Bill
Wikimedia Commons On March 22, 2016, the Idaho Senate voted 22-13 to pass a bill (H487) to modify Idaho noncompete law. (This follows the March 14 vote by the House to pass the bill 40-27-3.) The bill...
View ArticleLaunching the Electronic Frontier Alliance
We're excited to announce the formation of a new grassroots network, the Electronic Frontier Alliance. Bringing together community and campus organizations across the U.S., the Alliance will serve as...
View ArticleCan I Origami TV and Movie Characters
Dear Rich: Some origamists create figures that resemble characters from tv shows, movies, comic books, etc. When the diagrams to fold those figures are published in an origami book or magazine they...
View ArticleArizona’s New Revenge Porn Law
Bound by Connor Tarter from Flickr (Creative Commons License) Arizona has rejoined the ranks of U.S. states that have criminal law against revenge porn. This bill was announced with much fanfare in...
View ArticleAmicus brief in Fox v. TVEyes appeal
Arguing that TVEyes' database and its functions are fair use. Thanks to the signers, especially Chris Sprigman, & I'm also grateful for the last-minute help of Michael Leavy, for when I discovered...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Patent Case Between Apple and Samsung
IPNews® - The U.S. Supreme Court will hear the long standing patent case between Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co. Apple sued Samsung in 2011, accusing it of copying the designs of its phones...
View ArticleCan “SQUARE DONUTS” be a trademark for square-shaped donuts?
I donut know. But this lawsuit should give us the answer. First off, I like when complaints have a nice succinct Nature of the Action section at the beginning. This one sums up the lawsuit well:...
View ArticleImpression Cert Petition Misleads on International Patent Exhaustion Policy
As expected, Impression Products has petitioned for Supreme Court review of the Federal Circuit's en banc decision on post-sale restrictions and international patent exhaustion. I've followed the...
View ArticleHulk Hogan's Attorneys Discuss Gawker Trial, Coming Appeal
"We're all in favor of the First Amendment too," says attorney Charles Harder. "And you protect it by not abusing it. And we protect privacy. We're for both. They are only for one."read more
View ArticleCertified Ethical Hacker website caught spreading crypto ransomware
Embedded code used in a drive-by attack on the website of EC-Council, the professional organization that maintains the Certified Ethical Hacker program. (credit: Fox IT) For the past four days,...
View ArticleFederal grand jury indicts 7 Iranians for “campaign of cyber attacks”
The indictment against employees of the Iranian information security firm ITSecTeam, unsealed today, alleges the company was one of two involved in state-sanctioned attacks against US banks and SCADA...
View ArticleDivestitures: minimizing transition costs and maximizing value
Divestitures present unique challenges that make it difficult for companies to realize full value potential. Even companies with established competency in M&A transactions can struggle to optimize...
View ArticleFBI director says fight with Apple about terrorism, not setting precedent
FBI Director James Comey testifies to the House Judiciary Committee on March 1. (credit: C-Span3) FBI Director James Comey is defending the agency's battle with Apple, saying it is about fighting...
View ArticleJudge Lets 54 Sudanese Refugees Pursue Copyright and Fraud Claims Over Reese...
A judge says that what was said in taped interviews — later used as source material for a script — is creative enough.read more
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