Deadline for Biennial Ownership Reports Pushed Back 30 Days
Forget what the rules say – this year 323s are due on December 2, NOT November 1. Get out your calendar and some Wite-Out®. We’re coming up on the deadline for full-power commercial AM, FM, TV, LPTV...
View ArticleIs Buck Rogers in the public domain? New movie hangs in the balance
Last month, science fiction fans gave a collective thumbs-up when Team Angry Filmworks announced that it was planning to produce a new Buck Rogers flick—Armageddon 2419 A.D. The Rogers character,...
View ArticleIPSC: Other IP
Other IP [Insert wry commentary about "fringe" fields like advertising law] Sarah Burstein, The University of Oklahoma College of Law Reviving Ornamentality Fed. Cir. killed the doctrine. Statute...
View ArticleUpdate: Mitchell Lazarus Says Thanks … Again
… this time to a lot of his friends. [Blogmeister’s Note: A few months ago our colleague and friend, Mitchell Lazarus, used this space to thank an anonymous donor who provided blood stem cells to help...
View ArticleMan films cop, who quickly unholsters his weapon for no apparent reason
In the most recent incident involving authorities, filming, and firearms, a new viral phone video from California depicts a bizarre situation where a local police officer unholsters his weapon at a man...
View ArticleHappy National Root Beer Float Day!
Ann Robl Whether or not you can have a float today, at least enjoy this patent for a “Root Beer Float Strainer and Method of Reducing Foam.” I want one of these!
View ArticleFirst FDA Approved 3D Printed Pharmaceutical
Lewis Craft The first FDA approved 3D printed pharmaceutical is an epilepsy drug produced by Aprecia Pharmaceuticals Company (“Aprecia”). In its press release, Aprecia noted that the epilepsy drug,...
View ArticleIndiana Patent Litigation: Lilly Asks Indiana Court to Rule That It Has Not...
Indianapolis, Indiana - An Indiana patent attorney for Eli Lilly and Company of Indianapolis, Indiana filed a patent-related lawsuit against Uropep Biotech GbR of Garbsen, Germany in the Southern...
View ArticleFilm Producer Wants Buck Rogers Character Declared in Public Domain
A lawsuit is filed after threats come upon the announcement of an 'Armageddon 2419 A.D' film.read more
View ArticleIPSC, Copyright and Society
Third Breakout Session: Copyright & Society Clemens Appl & Philipp Homar, Vienna University of Economics & Business, Education 4.0: Recent Challenges to Copyright From user-generated...
View Article“PING SUSP PHONE”—An Oakland shooting reveals how cops snoop on cell phones
OAKLAND, Calif.—"He’s got a trapper." Officer Eric Karsseboom merely wanted to find a four-door, white Dodge car on the evening of January 21, 2013. Instead, someone else found him. The Oakland Police...
View ArticleThursday thingies
Forthcoming events. Apart from the usual treats that are listed on the IPKat's Forthcoming Events page, there are some more exotic attractions in store for readers of this weblog. One such attraction...
View ArticlePrivacy Badger 1.0 Is Here To Stop Online Tracking!
Privacy Badger 1.0 – New Ways to Stop Sneaky Trackers EFF is excited to announce that today we are releasing version 1.0 of Privacy Badger for Chrome and Firefox. Privacy Badger is a browser extension...
View ArticleAs patent reform stalls, “non-practicing entity” nabs a $40 million verdict
Finjan CEO Phil Hartstein. Finjan Holdings Finjan Holdings, a patent-licensing company operating in the cybersecurity space, won a hefty $39.5 million jury verdict (PDF) on Tuesday, when a San Jose...
View ArticleCanadian Filmmaker Fears for Creative Freedom Under the TPP
The following is a guest post from Brett Gaylor, Canadian filmmaker and creator of RiP!: A Remix Manifesto. Most people's experience with copyright begins and ends with the FBI warnings that play...
View ArticleEmployer’s Action for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets Against Former...
There are indeed limits to the reach of the anti-SLAPP statute, particularly in the trade secret context. In West Hills Research and Development, Inc. v. Terrence M. Wyles, a California appellate...
View ArticleAd of the day: does Louboutin have a claim?
Association? Dilution? Would any of the dilution exceptions apply? Via SocImages.http://tushnet.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
View ArticleIPSC: Copyright again
Copyright History Shyam Balganesh University of Pennsylvania Law School The Questionable Origins of the Copyright Infringement Analysis Jerome Frank’s infamous/canonical © infringement test from...
View ArticleRepublican Debate: Removing Roadblocks more Important than Incentives
The first Republican Presidential Debate was enjoyable, if also scary. No mention of patents or invention other than Dr. Carson’s remarks about how American became great: America became a great nation...
View ArticleFourth blogger hacked to death with machetes this year in Bangladesh
The Bangladesh branch of Al-Qaeda is claiming responsibility for Friday's murder of a secular blogger in the capital city of Dhaka, the fourth blogger in Bangladesh slaughtered with machetes this year...
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