Hasbro makes big gains on rival Mattel, pursues toy tech innovations
Toy licensing is proving to be a major wealth-building tool for Hasbro as it strives for dominance in the toy industry. Last September, the company was awarded a merchandising contract through Disney...
View ArticleWhen copying someone else without attribution, make sure your perceived...
A typical attempted defense to accusations of plagiarism is "lack of intent" to copy the work of another. If plagiarism is copying without attribution, intent does not matter.In 2010, there was an...
View ArticleMixed CAFC decision in ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC. v. COVIDIEN, INC.
Plaintiffs-appellants Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. andEthicon Endo-Surgery, LLC (collectively, Ethicon) sueddefendants-appellees Covidien, Inc. and Covidien LP(collectively, Covidien) in the U.S....
View ArticleLegal Beer Shipping Through US Mail? Maybe Soon.
Will shipping alcohol through the US Postal Service finally be legal?Legal alcohol shipping? Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California says she’ll introduce a bill that just might make it so. Announced...
View ArticleCops filmed behaving badly say pot shop’s camera illegally recorded raid
Did you hear the one about the cops not wanting to use a store's surveillance tape to help solve a crime? Who could blame these Santa Ana cops? Video shows them smashing surveillance cameras, harassing...
View ArticleClear Rules of the Road with the Do Not Track Policy
What if using the Web didn’t mean sacrificing your privacy? We’ve spent years thinking about simple ways for everyday users to demand real privacy online. And, working in consultation with privacy...
View ArticleIPO Annual Meeting
The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding its 43rd Annual Meeting on September 27-29, 2015 in Chicago, IL. Among the presentations being offered at the annual meeting are: •...
View ArticleWebinar on Biosimilars Litigation
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar on "The Evolving World of Biosimilars Litigation" on September 22, 2015 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this...
View ArticleAriosa is a Good Example of Outcome-Driven § 101 Decisions
The first and most critical task in most eligibility analysis is carefully and precisely defining the subject matter of the claims as well as the natural phenomenon that is potentially being claimed....
View ArticleIP Australia Has the Innovation Patent In Its Sights, Again!
IP Australia has initiated a consultation on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on Intellectual Property (ACIP), in its one-page statement issued in May 2015, that Australia’s second-tier...
View ArticleGraffiti Artist Rime Sues Moschino For Copyright Infringement
The Wall Street Journal Law blog reportedthis week that graffiti artist Rime is suing Italian fashion house Moschino and its designer, Jeremy Scott, for copyright infringement, in the Central District...
View ArticleComputer and Internet Weekly Updates for 2015-08-08
Commissioning party owns copyright in logo Atelier Eighty Two Ltd v Kilnworx Climbing Centre CIC [2015] EWHC 2291 http://t.co/qGzd7lMTbP -> Supreme Court of Canada upholds administrative monetary...
View ArticleThe path to prosperity requires sound patent policy, not more patent reform
Innovation is the lifeblood of a prosperous economy. Sound patent policy, which encourages the nexus between risk and ideas (especially for small entrepreneurs), makes invention profitable. The U.S....
View ArticleArkansas Strengthened Its Noncompete Law
“Arkansas in United States” by TUBS – This vector image includes elements that have been taken or adapted from: Usa edcp location map.svg (by Uwe Dedering); USA Hawaii location map.svg (by...
View ArticleCBS Sunday Morning on August 9, 2015
Charles Osgood, in a pastel rainbow tie and blue pinstripe suit, introduced the stories for August 9, 2015.Of note for patents, almanac began with animage of US patent 25,076 to Nathan Ames to a form...
View ArticleUniversity Can’t Quash Lawsuit by Professor Fired for Tweeting Political Opinion
Dr. Steven Salaita, a tenured professor at Virginia Tech, took a job at University of Illinois. After going through the interview process, UI sent him an offer letter for him to accept and sign. As is...
View ArticleMan accused of driving stoned takes selfie with arresting officer
Maybe it was the marijuana speaking in a slow voice, telling a 20-year Iowa man to take a selfie with the police officer who was arresting him for allegedly driving while being stoned. Or maybe Gilbert...
View ArticleFCC Clarifies (?) TCPA Autodialing Requirements
Take-home message: Do as we say, NOT as we do! Pursuant to “clarifications” provided in a recent FCC Declaratory Ruling on the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA), the FCC and FTC are both in...
View ArticleDMCA takedown laser brings down Vimeo videos with “Pixels” in title
The Internet didn't really need another reason to hate July's critically panned Columbia Pictures film Pixels, but it got one in the form of a sketchy DMCA takedown. The request comes from a copyright...
View ArticleUpdated USPTO Patent-Eligibility Guidelines Are a Must-Read
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently updated its patentable subject matter guidance. Anyone involved in making filing decisions and/or preparing and prosecuting software or business methods...
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