I Will Be Speaking on IP Protection of 3D Shapes at AIPLA Oct. 22 in DC
Page 10 of the brochure: “What type of IP Do I Need? How to Figure Out How Best to Protect 3D Creations AIPLA October brochure.
View ArticleLaches as a defense to Ph.D. thesis plagiarism?
An interesting argument about "Ph.D. thesis plagiarism" appears at the end of the post Delays plague Chris Spence plagiarism hearing. Chris Spence is accused of plagiarizing portions of his UToronto...
View ArticleShould police have the capability to take control of driverless cars?
Driverless cars might be the norm some day—sooner than we think. So it's never too early to consider futuristic scenarios of a driverless car world. There have already been plenty of ethical questions...
View ArticleTwitter Axes Accountability Projects, Sparing Politicians Embarrassment
Accountability projects that track deleted tweets from politicians and public officials suffered a critical setback this week when Twitter killed their ability to collect that information. This move...
View ArticlePatent Rights panel at Texas Global Innovation & Intellectual Property...
I am headed out the door for Austin to participate in the Texas Global Innovation & Intellectual Property Summit tomorrow morning at the Hyatt Regency on lovely Town Lake. The program is hosted by...
View ArticleTarget/Visa Settlement: A Potential Guide Post in Data Breach Litigation
While the winter holidays are a time for spending and good cheer, the 2013 holiday season was one that continues to be costly for Target. On December 19, 2013, Target publicly announced that computer...
View ArticleIndiana Patent Litigation: Court Permits Bonutti to Withdraw Counterclaim,...
Hammond, Indiana - In the matter of Biomet, Inc. v. Bonutti Skeletal Innovations, LLC, the Northern District of Indiana, Hammond Division granted Defendant Bonutti's motion to dismiss with prejudice...
View ArticleNewly Released Emails Reveal Cozy Relationship Between U.S. Trade Officials...
As officials assert the legitimacy of using secretive trade negotiations to decide a wide range of Internet policies, multinational corporations have been more than thrilled to take advantage of this...
View ArticleCompanies Create Risk by Leaving IP Strategy Out of Innovation
I recently had to give bad news to a new client, the CEO of a successful global electronic hardware company. This CEO hired me earlier this year to help ensure that his company’s upcoming innovations,...
View ArticleEFF Announces 2015 Pioneer Award Winners: Caspar Bowden, Citizen Lab,...
Ceremony for Honorees on September 24 in San FranciscoSan Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is pleased to announce the distinguished winners of the 2015 Pioneer Awards: the late...
View ArticleLatest Update on Federal Trade Secrets Legislation
With increased activity regarding proposed federal trade secrets legislation expected next month and for the remainder of the fall Congressional session, Seyfarth Shaw’s dedicated Trade...
View ArticleConcerns new Tor weakness is being exploited prompt dark market shutdown
A dark market website that relies on the Tor privacy network to keep its operators anonymous is temporarily shutting down amid concerns attackers are exploiting a newly reported weakness that can...
View ArticleTexas Anti-SLAPP Law: The Expanding Scope of the Texas Citizen’s...
Go to Part 3 – The Schlumberger case and employment disputes Go to Part 2 – In Practice Go to Part 1 – The basics of the Texas Anti-SLAPP law Since we published Part 3 that discussed the details of an...
View ArticleBGH: not so fast, look-alike fasteners
Whether features of a (usually three dimensional) sign that was formely protected by a patent can be the object of a valid trade mark registration has been the subject of quite a few decisions (see...
View ArticleGermany trades citizens’ metadata for NSA’s top spy software
In order to obtain a copy of the NSA's main XKeyscore software, whose existence was first revealed by Edward Snowden in 2013, Germany's domestic intelligence agency agreed to hand over metadata of...
View ArticleFormer security intern admits developing super-stealthy Android spyware
A former intern at security firm FireEye has admitted in federal court that he designed a malicious software tool that allowed attackers to take control of other Android phones so they could spy on...
View ArticleArmors, Glory and... religion in a US trade mark clash
This GreeKat learns from the Washington Post that US-based sports apparel company, Under Armour, has initiated trade mark infringement proceedings against Armor&Glory, a small company producing,...
View ArticleAnother consultation from Brussels- anyone for SatCab?
In case anyone [other than the author] was under the impression that the European Commission closes entirely for August and goes en masse on holiday, you are mistaken. Just to keep us on our toes, the...
View ArticleGoogle rejects antitrust charges, digs in for a long fight
Google has responded to European Union regulators' claims that its search results violate antitrust law, saying its search results are focused on "improving quality" and are not anti-competitive....
View ArticleJawbone Plaintiff Can Invoke California Choice of Law Provision in Service...
Dmitriy Samorodinov / Shutterstock.com This is a lawsuit against Jawbone, a fitness tracker app, alleging that Jawbone’s battery life was significantly shorter than promised, and that it failed to...
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