Mark Cuban: “Get rid of all software patents”
A dim view of software patents does not make Mark Cuban unique, but his latest foray into the patent debate does provide interesting insights into his arbitrary views on innovation. Like your...
View ArticleExecutable Software Decompiler Patent Not Invalid Under 35 U.S.C. § 101
The court denied defendant's post-trial motion for judgment on partial findings that plaintiff's executable software decompiler patent was invalid for lack of patentable subject matter and found that...
View ArticleA Battle to the Death: How Cox is Fighting Against Google for its Claim on...
Cox Communications is taking capitalism to the next level by creating a delay with Google Fiber development in Arizona. With new a new player coming into the market in an area with no competition, Cox...
View ArticleEuropean Court of Justice Decision Casts Data-Sharing Pact Between U.S. and...
If one were to take a walk on one of the beaches on France’s famed Riviera, he or she may assume that Americans value their privacy more than Europeans. However, a recent decision by European Court of...
View Article“Cover the Earth”
– Brent Carlson-Lee I am a loyal Sherwin-Williams customer…despite the company’s logo, which is widely considered one of the worst in corporate America. Numerous articles...
View ArticleCalifornia Passes Four Bills Protecting Privacy Rights
Last week was a big one for California’s privacy regime. In a landmark move, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law four bills further protecting Californians’ privacy rights: three strengthen the...
View ArticleTwitter suspends sports media accounts after NFL says GIFs violate copyright
Twitter yesterday suspended two sports media accounts after the National Football League and other sports leagues filed takedown notices complaining that their sharing of short game videos violates...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Summarily Affirms Apple v. Samsung judgment without Merits...
Apple v. Samsung (Fed. Cir. 2015) (SamsungSummaryAffirm) Most recently in the patent battle between Apple and Samsung, district court Judge Koh awarded $550 million to Apple for based largely upon...
View ArticleFor Patent Trolls, Location Is Everything
This is the year for patent reform. Let’s put an end to forum shopping. There’s a bill on the U.S. Senate floor that would make it more difficult for patent trolls to pressure innovators with unfair...
View ArticleWhy You Care The E.U. Struck Down Safe Harbor Data Protection And What to Do...
Earlier this month the Court of Justice of the European Union struck down the EU-U.S. Safe Harbor Framework which previously provided U.S. companies comfort in that they could follow the framework and...
View ArticleSuccess in Sacramento: Four New Laws, One Veto—All Victories for Privacy and...
There’s an adage that goes: “As goes California, so goes the nation.” In all fairness, that’s said about a lot of states, but we believe it is especially true for California, since not only is the...
View Article“Happy Birthday to You” Song Copyright Stricken
by: Kelly A. Williams, a shareholder at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. Good Morning to You Productions Corp. v. Warner Chappell Music, Case. No. 2:13-cv-04460, C.D. Cal. is about whether...
View ArticleIndiana Patent and Trademark Litigation: Global Archery Sues Seattle-Based...
Fort Wayne, Indiana - An Indiana intellectual property attorney for Global Archery Products, Inc. of Ashley, Indiana commenced litigation in the Northern District of Indiana alleging trademark and...
View ArticleThere’s a new Popcorn Time-like free music streaming site, and RIAA sues
A screengrab from the aurous.me music streaming piracy site. (credit: Aurous) That didn't take long. The Recording Industry Association of America is suing a new music piracy site for the truly lazy...
View ArticleMBBP Attorney to Discuss Judicial Developments Pertaining to Venture Capital...
On Friday, October 23 from 1-2pm, MBBP Corporate Attorney Scott Bleier will sit as one of four panelists at a WebEx meeting hosted by the Private Equity and Venture Capital Committee of the American...
View Article'Walking Dead' Creator Frank Darabont Fights for Bigger Cut of...
His firing by AMC during the middle of the second season is the subject of scrutiny.read more
View ArticleSteed: Proving Conception
In re Steed (Fed. Cir. 2015) This decision offers an example of failures of the first-to-invent regime. Basically, Steed (acting pro-se in a pre-AIA application) attempted to swear behind a 102(e)...
View ArticleLionsgate's $1.3M Settlement With Ex-Interns Gets Preliminary Approval
The judge looks at a big 2nd Circuit opinion and decides it doesn't bar class certification here.read more
View ArticleWant attention and jail time? Post a violent threat on Yik Yak
(credit: Summer Skyes) At least three individuals nationwide have been arrested in recent days after they were accused of making violent threats on Yik Yak. The trio includes Emily Hikari Sakamoto, an...
View ArticleJay Z Testifies In "Big Pimpin' " Trial: "I Didn't...
The hip-hop mogul and producer Timbaland are defending the use of an Egyptian song in the 1999 hit.read more
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