Letter from Japan 3: Copyright and industrial design: trapped in the Tripp...
Here's the third in the series of occasional guest posts from Japan from one-time guest Kat and Class 46 trade mark blogger Laetitia Lagarde. Laetitia's first post, on product placement, can be read...
View ArticleRecent FCC Order Helps Shopkick Defeat TCPA Claims
This is a TCPA lawsuit against Shopkick, a rewards-based app that lets shoppers accumulate and use in-store rewards. Plaintiff brought a putative class action, alleging that Shopkick caused invites to...
View ArticleNBCUniversal Headed to Trial Over Reporter's Age Discrimination Claims
Frank Snepp, former KNBC investigative reporter, was fired at the age of 69.read more
View ArticleTwitter and the (Alleged) $10 Million Tweet
As social media companies and businesses rely more heavily on their social media platforms to make important company announcements, state law claims asserting negligent misrepresentation or failure to...
View ArticleThe Top Social Media Platforms’ Efforts To Control Cyber-Harassment
Social networking platforms have long faced the difficult task of balancing the desire to promote freedom of expression with the need to prevent abuse and harassment on their sites. One of social...
View ArticleMICHIGAN STATE ORDERED TO DISCLOSE SUSPECT’S INFORMATION REDACTED FROM...
Earlier this month, a Michigan Court of Appeals affirmed a trial court’s order that Michigan State disclose the names of suspects redacted from university police incident reports. ESPN, Inc. v....
View ArticleAmarin, FDA talking settlement
In a letter dated August 28, an attorney representing Amarin Pharma, Inc. advised the judge overseeing Amarin’s case against FDA, that “The parties have agreed to explore the possibility of settlement...
View ArticleIndiana Patent Law: Court Orders TapLogic to Provide Additional Detail...
Fort Wayne, Indiana - Magistrate Judge Susan Collins ordered TapLogic, LLC to serve Agri-Labs with more-detailed preliminary non-infringement contentions ("PNICs") in the ongoing patent litigation...
View ArticleNewly Released EEOC Directive To Assist Federal Employees Alleging...
As you may know from past posts, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) enforces five federal laws that prohibit employment discrimination against applicants for federal employment,...
View ArticleUpcoming Webinar: So You Want an Injunction in a Non-Compete or Trade Secret...
On Thursday, September 24 at 12:00 p.m. Central, Seyfarth attorneys Eric Barton, Justin K. Beyer and Robert C. Stevens will present the seventh installment in its series of 2015 Trade Secret Webinars....
View ArticleRalph Lauren Gets Hit with Patent Infringement Claims Over Handbag
IPNews® - An inventor of technology for equipping handbags with lights and USB ports has sued legendary fashion house Ralph Lauren. The inventor claims that one of Ralph Lauren’s top selling handbags...
View ArticlePoint: The Economist is Infallible - Patents need to be questioned
In good, old high-school debate style, Neil and I are doing a point-counterpoint. The dividing line? This Economist article from August 8th. The article kicks off with the fundamental economic...
View ArticleThe Case for Rate Regulation of Hospital Prices
Erin C. Fuse Brown, Resurrecting Healthcare Rate Regulation, 67 Hastings L. J. (forthcoming, 2015), available at SSRN. Jessica Lind Mantel With health spending in the U.S. outpacing both general...
View Article5 Essential Tips to Align Your IP Portfolio with Your Corporate Strategy
In a survey by IQPC (International Quality and Productivity Center) 52% of corporate respondents cited failure to align business strategy with IP coverage as one of the key risks to their company’s IP...
View ArticleWednesday whimsies
Never too late! On the Monday of every week this weblog publishes a "Never Too Late ..." feature in which it summarises, complete with links, the topics covered in the previous week's Katposts. This...
View ArticleComputer and Internet Updates for 2015-09-01
Computer and Internet Updates for 2015-08-31: Computer and Internet Updates for 2015-08-30: Ashley Madison's m… http://t.co/PSIJ0MPFGI -> Computer and Internet Updates for 2015-08-31...
View ArticleSixth Circuit Tackles “Metaphysical Quandary” Of Design Separability: Rules...
Varsity Brands, Inc. v. Star Athletica, LLC, Case No. 14-5237, 2015 WL 4934282 (6th Cir. Aug. 19, 2015). Addressing a subtle issue of copyright law that has perplexed other district and appeals courts,...
View ArticleDistrict Court Allows Discovery to Re-Open to Permit Plaintiff to Compel...
Isola USA Corp. ("Isola") moved to compel Taiwan Union Technology Corp. ("TUC") to provide updated sales data in response to document requests an interrogatories. In response to this discovery, TUC had...
View ArticleRobert Thomson’s keynote address on the distributionists
Last month, Robert Thomson, the CEO of News Corp., gave a keynote address at the 2015 Lowy Institute Media Awards dinner. He spent a good part of that speech addressing challenges to the creative...
View ArticleCan a Google Search Save Your Company $5 Million?
It sounds like a scam, but I swear, there is some truth to this headline. Just ask Hasbro, Inc., the owner of the Littlest Pet Shop line of toy animal figurines. If you have never seen one before,...
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