House Judiciary Committee Approves Patent Reform Bill by Substantial,...
Washington, D.C. - The House Judiciary Committee recently approved the Innovation Act (H.R. 9) by a vote of 24-8. This bipartisan bill takes steps to combat the ever-increasing problem of abusive...
View ArticleAfter Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 Program
After a final Office Action has been issued, prosecution of a patent application is considered to be closed. This means that the Examiner will not automatically consider or enter further arguments or...
View ArticleAT&T field techs can be punished for wearing “Prisoner of AT$T” shirts
A federal appeals court has ruled that AT&T may prohibit its unionized field technicians from wearing white T-shirts with black stripes displaying the phrase "Prisoner of AT$T." The workers, based...
View ArticleN-N-N-Nineteen and Sony spat
Thanks to a public stand by artists such as Taylor Swift, and the UK campaigning organisation The Featured Artists Coalition, the music buying public are becoming increasingly aware of the often poor...
View ArticleACLU to appellate court: Please halt NSA’s resumed bulk data collection
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has asked one of the nation’s top appellate courts to order the National Security Agency to stop its bulk records collection, which resumed in limited form...
View ArticleViacom Under Attack Over Management of MMA Outfit
By cutting back on Bellator events and divering tens of millions from in-show sponsorship integrations, Viacom is allegedly engaged in self-dealing.read more
View ArticleMS kills critical IE 11 bug after exploit was shopped to Hacking Team
Microsoft has killed at least two security bugs linked to the compromised malware developer Hacking Team, including a critical remote-code execution hole that worked against people using the latest...
View ArticleAshley Ludlow Joins FHH
Wilkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome! Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth is pleased to announce that Ashley Ludlow has joined our team as an associate attorney effective July 14, 2015. Ashley is a 2013 graduate...
View ArticleHow to Sue Richard Prince and Win
Artist and writer, Nate Harrison: “Artists should be encouraged to explore the possibilities that copying provides. But that doesn’t absolve them from taking responsibility for their actions. Artists...
View ArticleGerman court orders Random House to pay relatives of former top Nazi
Joseph Goebbels in 1932.Joseph Goebbels in 1932. German Federal Archives via Wikimedia. The diary of Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler’s minister of propaganda, is a unique look inside the Nazi war...
View ArticleRegal Hit With New Antitrust Lawsuit Over Distribution of Blockbuster Movies
A new complaint is filed in New York as the Justice Department conducts its own investigation.read more
View ArticleBe Careful When Choosing Your Company’s Logo
An Ohio-based logistics company finds itself in litigation over its use of a logo similar to the logo of luxury automaker, Jaguar. Panther Premium Logistics recently updated its logo to include a...
View ArticleJune Court Decision Round-Up
JDS Technologies, Inc. v. Avigilon USA Corp., Case No. 15-10385, 2015 WL 3603525 (E.D. Mich. June 5, 2015) U.S. District Judge Avern Cohn denied Avigilon’s motion to dismiss for failing to adequately...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Panel Concludes That It Lacks Jurisdiction to Review PTAB...
Recently, the Federal Circuit held that it lacks jurisdiction to review non-final Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) decisions, such as decisions to vacate or terminate a post-grant proceeding. In...
View ArticleProxyHam’s early demise gives way to new and improved privacy devices
Privacy advocates disappointed about the sudden and unexplained demise of the ProxyHam device for connecting to the Internet have reason to cheer up: there are two similarly low-cost boxes that do the...
View ArticlePatent Reform Slows Down in Congress
by Dennis Crouch Acting in bi-partisan fashion, leadership in the House of Representatives has reportedly removed Rep. Goodlatte’s Innovation Act (H.R. 9) from House Floor consideration for this summer...
View ArticleJudge releases video of cops killing suspect despite PD objections
(video link) A suburban Los Angeles law enforcement agency fought two years to keep secret the dashcam video of Gardena Police Department officers shooting two suspects, one of whom was fatally...
View ArticleNew EFF Tool Makes Emailing Congress Just a Few Clicks Away
Democracy.io Streamlines a Complicated System into a Quick and Easy ProcessSan Francisco - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has created a new tool that makes emailing your congressional...
View ArticleDoes TM Registration Provide Priority for All Items Within the Class?
Dear Rich: Does a trademark registration grant the right to use a trademark only for the specific goods or for any/all goods within the category? For example, does a registration in Class 9 for an app...
View ArticleRule 506(d) “Bad Actor” Disqualifications: Who’s a Bad Actor and Why are They...
Rule 506 is by far the most widely used Regulation D exemption for conducting private placements. According to the SEC, about 90-95% of all private placements are conducted pursuant to Rule 506. This...
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