Cuozzo v. Lee: The Problem of Standing
The AIA-Trial claim construction issue is important and many of us would like to see the Supreme Court address it in Cuozzo. However, there is one legal matter that has been an elephant-in-the-room...
View ArticleKees van der Leun Was Wrong
He wrote five years ago that solar would be the cheapest option by 2018, expecting it to go below 6 cents a kWh by that time. Now Bloomberg reports on the latest auction results in Mexico, where solar...
View ArticleResponding to Federal Housing-Bias Complaints: What You Need To Know
Responding to Federal Housing-bias Complaints Imagine this typical situation. A person who owns a couple of rental properties on the side, calls a property law attorney in a tizzy: she has just...
View ArticleUSPTO Director Michelle Lee delivers pro-patent speech at MIT
This speech by Director Lee is exceptionally important for two reasons. First, the strong and explicit recognition that abuse can and does happen on both sides of a patent dispute, which can and does...
View ArticleUSPTO Director Michelle Lee delivers pro-patent speech at MIT
This speech by Director Lee is exceptionally important for two reasons. First, the strong and explicit recognition that abuse can and does happen on both sides of a patent dispute, which can and does...
View ArticleJudge who ordered man to be shocked must take anger management classes
Robert Nalley. A Maryland judge who pleaded guilty (PDF) to civil rights violations for ordering a deputy to remotely shock a defendant with a 50,000-volt charge was sentenced Thursday to a year of...
View ArticleUSPTO Announces Amendments to PTAB Trial Rules
Ann Robl On March 31, the USPTO announced in its “Director’s Forum” blog that it is publishing the Final Rule containing the amendments to the Rules of Practice for trials before the Patent Trial and...
View ArticleMarch 31, 1880: the day electricity lit up Wabash, Indiana with Brush's...
The first electrically lighted city in the world was Wabash, Indiana and the city was lit not by light bulbs, but by four giant arc light towers. The date was March 31, 1880.Link:...
View ArticleCAFC says profit recovery in Lanham Act requires evidence of willful...
The CAFC in Romag v. Fossil:We conclude that the 1999 amendment to the LanhamAct left the law where it existed before 1999—namely, itleft a conflict among the courts of appeals as to whetherwillfulness...
View ArticleDealing with an "attraction for theft"
From the CAFC decision in Clare v. Chrysler:The ’795 and ’583 patents are directed to a hiddenstorage compartment in the side of the bed of a pickuptruck. The specifications of the patents, which are...
View ArticleFather begs Apple CEO to help unlock his dead 13-year-old son’s iPhone
Enlarge (credit: Megan Geuss) An Italian father has reportedly written to Apple CEO Tim Cook, pleading for help to unlock his dead 13-year-old son’s iPhone 6 so that he can retrieve the photos stored...
View ArticleLawLawLaw #39
Technology, Law, Baseball, Rock ‘n’ Roll. About LawLawLaw My name is Erik Heels, and this is my LawLawLawTM newsletter. Since 2001, LawLawLaw has documented trends in technology, law (mostly patents...
View ArticlePlaygro v Playgo
PLAYGRO v PLAYGO Well, you’ll never guess what? It turns out that: is deceptively similar to: No April Fool’s. Now, maybe some of you (like me) are thinking, “Wait a minute, there must be ‘gazillions’...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Confirms: USITC has no Jurisdiction over Purely Electronic...
ClearCorrect v. Align (Fed. Cir. 2016) In its panel opinion, the Federal Circuit held that the USITC jurisdiction over the importation of “articles that infringe” does not extend to the “electronic...
View ArticleAlleged “Conspiracy” Among Disgruntled Ex-Employees Defeats Section...
[Note: as I’ve mentioned before, sometimes Westlaw randomly spits out cases months after they were issued. This opinion is 4 months old but just appeared in my Westlaw alerts this week. Despite its...
View ArticleAmnesty International: Encryption is a Human Rights Issue
New Report Analyzes How Crypto Backdoors, Interference with Crypto, and Compelled Disclosure of Encryption Keys All Impact Free Expression and Privacy Defending encryption is a human rights issue,...
View ArticleReddit removes “warrant canary” from its latest transparency report
(credit: Cyrus Farivar) Reddit has removed the warrant canary posted on its website, suggesting that the company may have been served with some sort of secret court order or document for user...
View ArticleLAMMB, un esfuerzo para impulsar el desarrollo de la biotecnología en México
AUTOR: Carmen Báez FUENTE:AGENCIA INFORMATIVA CONACYT Ciudad de México. 23 de marzo de 2016 (Agencia Informativa Conacyt).- Creados a partir de ingeniería genética y células vivas, los medicamentos...
View ArticleOne-Court Alice Backlash: Delaware’s Judge Robinson, Critical of Recent...
Judge Sue Robinson—the longest-serving judge in the District of Delaware, among the most popular patent venues in the nation—bucked the trend in patent-eligibility law. Recently, she issued three...
View ArticleDeadmau5 Sues Vape Company for Trademark Infringement
The deadmodz vape brand is confusing deadmau5 fans who think the electronic music star is behind the electronic cigarette line, according to the lawsuit. read more
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