Cancellation of Progressive’s Business Method Patents Confirmed on Appeal
Progressive Insurance v. Liberty Mutual Insurance (Fed. Cir. 2015) This case stems from a set of seven overlapping post-grant-review proceedings (CBM PGR) before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board...
View Article“Dallas Buyers Club” Explores Singleton Cases in California’s Southern District
In the past two months, nationwide mass copyright plaintiff Dallas Buyers Club, LLC has filed a modest number of lawsuits against John Doe parties in the U.S. District Court, Southern District of...
View Article'Empire' vs. 'Boardwalk Empire': Fox Gets HBO's...
As Fox seeks to register a trademark, both companies agree to take necessary steps to minimize any confusion.read more
View ArticleFTC can sue companies with poor information security, appeals court says
On Monday, a federal appeals court ruled that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has the power to take action (PDF) against companies that employ poor IT security practices. The ruling, from the United...
View ArticleMotions to Stay District Court Cases Pending Post-Grant Proceedings
Stays pending reexamination of a patent have always been an important consideration in the patent litigation process. In recent years, the America Invents Act created new proceedings, including inter...
View ArticleChina Poised to Tighten Grip on Cybersecurity with New Law
By Andrew H. Fuller As Cybersecurity becomes a prominent global issue for nation states, governments consider options to curb their nation’s digital vulnerability. On July 6th, China, an undisputed...
View Article3rd Circuit Affirms FTC’s Authority to Regulate Data Security and Privacy
Data Security and privacy lawyers around the country have been closely monitoring the matter of FTC v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp pending in the 3rd Circuit. The case arose over multiple data breaches...
View ArticleStar Wars? It's all Greek, but opposition succeeds in the end
Case T‑521/13 Alpinestars Research Srl v Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market, Kean Tung Cho and Ling-Yuan Wang Yu, a General Court of the European Union (Third Chamber) decision going back...
View ArticleSony Aims to Use Other Corporate Hacks to Fend Off Ex-Employee Class Action
The studio stresses the individualized nature of identity fraud.read more
View ArticleBreaking News: PTAB declines Bass hedge fund IPR challenges in Ampyra dispute
What's to watch, when there is excitingIP news to blog about? Just as she was getting settled for some mindless television viewing after a long day, the AmeriKat received news that the USPTO's Patent...
View ArticleCan Florida Ban Attorneys from Advertising Past Results?
In an era when toddler birthday parties are inspired by commercials for personal injury lawyers, it can be easy to forget that just a few decades ago, attorneys were prohibited from advertising their...
View ArticleCAFC affirms PTAB in covered business method case of Profressive v. Liberty;...
The CAFC affirmed the PTAB on its decisions on covered business methods:For the foregoing reasons, the judgments of the Boardare affirmed.Of details:Liberty Mutual Insurance Company initiated...
View ArticleThe IPR petitions of Kyle Bass on Acorda/Ampyra denied by PTAB
Susan Decker of Bloomberg wrote of Kyle Bass's loss at PTAB on Acorda/Ampyra:The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said Monday the hedge-fund manager hadn’t come up with enough evidence to challenge two...
View ArticleDo EU principles of free movement trump trade mark rights or vice versa?
Lauren Millward, Solicitor, Browne Jacobson LLP In recent times trade mark law in the UK has developed to comply with the fundamental principles of the EU including the free movement of goods and...
View ArticleAnthony Pellicano's Prison Sentence Vacated by Appeals Court
The imprisoned private eye's sentence for computer fraud was set aside for further proceedings.read more
View ArticleFeds’ cyberbullying reverses cops’ convictions for shooting unarmed people
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina back in 2005, five former New Orleans police officers were sentenced to six to 65 years in prison in connection to on-the-job deadly shootings of unarmed...
View ArticleMeet the crayfish species named after NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden
He may not receive a pardon any time soon, but NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden now has a namesake in the animal kingdom. This week, an Indonesian crayfish species has been named after the man who...
View ArticleGoogle defeats Apple in Germany's highest court: slide-to-unlock not a...
Well over a year ago, Apple and Google announced an armistice under which they withdrew all pending patent infringement lawsuits against one another. I described that one as a second-class settlement...
View ArticleThe PTAB denial of the Bass IPR petitions on Acorda's Ampyra patents:...
Further to an earlier IPBiz post, there has been discussion of PTAB's denial of Kyle Bass's petition on Acorda's Ampyra. The reason for denial by PTAB turned on the issue of whether or not two poster...
View ArticleA chicken sandwich cannot be copyrighted, court rules
There are many things you can copyright, but a chicken sandwich is not one of them, a US appeals court panel ruled Friday. Because of the ruling, a former employee of a fried chicken franchise is not...
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