Update on Section 101 Rejections at the USPTO
By: Robert R. Sachs In my June post, The One Year Anniversary: The Aftermath of #AliceStorm, I surveyed the frequency of Section 101 rejections at the USPTO. My analysis was based on approximately...
View ArticleHash Register: Startup Sees Opportunity in Point of Sale Terminals for Legal...
By Jeff Bess Legalization of recreational cannabis in four states and Washington, D.C.—and potentially another twelve states by the end of 2016—has brought a host of challenges and opportunities for...
View ArticleLaw Office Management: Logitech Keys-To-Go Portable Keyboard (for tablet,...
I'm the only person that I know that is comfortable typing on the on-screen keyboard on an iPad, but I have now switched to a portable Bluetooth keyboard, mainly so that the keyboard no longer takes up...
View ArticleCall for Projects/Papers/Participation for Sixth Annual Internet Law...
[Eric’s note: I’m passing along this invitation from Ari Ezra Waldman, who is running the 2016 edition of the Internet Law Works-in-Progress conference. Some background about the conference series. Due...
View ArticleApple CEO Tim Cook blasts encryption backdoors
Apple's Tim Cook rails against encryption backdoors. (credit: WSJDLive) Apple chief Tim Cook took to the WSJDLive stage Monday night to again declare that Apple would not bake encryption backdoors into...
View Article2015 ED Bench Bar starts tomorrow
Just a reminder that the 2015 ED Bench/Bar starts tomorrow at 3pm in Plano with a panel on oral argument featuring judges from the 5th Circuit, Federal Circuit and EDTX. I am up third as a member of...
View ArticleSupreme Court to review Willful Patent Infringement and Damages standards
Recently, the Supreme Court agreed to hear two cases which involve questions regarding the proper standards for willful patent infringement and the enhancement of damages for infringement.[1] The...
View ArticleRelativity Makes Emergency Motion Over $30 Million in Promised Investment...
VII Peaks is said to have put conditions on the money it has pledged to Ryan Kavanaugh.read more
View ArticleTransformative works of the day
R. Sumantri MS, from Indonesia, paints DC and Marvel superheroes juxtaposed with Asian folk and mythological characters. Here: Guan Gong vs. Iron Man, Nezha vs. Batman, and Guan Gong vs. Captain...
View ArticleHomeland awkwardly tackles spy tech again, this time with stingrays
This is what Showtime imagines a stingray looks like. (credit: Showtime) Spoiler alert: If you haven’t yet seen Season 5, Episode 3 of the show, stop reading now. Let me be clear: Homeland, I love you....
View ArticleMBBP Co-Hosts Boston Innovation Start-Up Tour 2015
Earlier this month, MBPP’s Robert Finkel co-hosted the Boston Innovation Start-Up Tour 2015, a three-day event organized by the IE-Club and the MIT Club of France. The Tour group of French...
View ArticleReno Gazette-Journal says Tesla Gigafactory guards accosted journalists
A stripped down Model S. Tesla batteries will be made at a factory site outside of Reno. On Monday, a lawyer for local news outlet the Reno Gazette-Journal sent a letter to Tesla contradicting the...
View ArticleHeather Nolan to speak at Women Leaders in Advertising Law conference this week
Join Heather Nolan at ACI’s Women Leaders in Advertising Law conference this Thursday, October 22nd, at the Carlton Hotel in New York City. She will host a panel comprised of leading self-regulatory...
View ArticleSupport scams that plagued Windows users for years now target Mac customers
Enlarge (credit: Malwarebytes) For years, scammers claiming that they're "calling from Windows" have dialed up Microsoft customers and done their best to trick them into parting with their money or...
View ArticleSupreme Court takes 1st patent case of term, and plaintiffs could benefit
(credit: Getty Images) In 2012, 15-employee Halo Electronics won a patent case against Pulse Electronics, a much larger competitor it accused of copying its technology. The company and its lawyers...
View ArticleCOSON Set to Inaugurate the Nigerian Digital Music Monitoring Group
October 20. 2015 — According to the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON), it has concluded plans for the inauguration of the Nigerian Digital Music Monitoring Group. Setting up of the Nigerian Digital...
View ArticleU.S. Patent No. 7,654,901: Video game system using bio-feedback devices
U.S. Patent No. 7,654,901: Video game system using bio-feedback devicesIssued Feb. 2, 2010Summary:The ‘901 patent describes a game system where a player puts on a headset which measures his...
View ArticleNext Week: "New Federal Rules" presentations in Houston & Austin
Next week will be nearly as busy as this week, as I will be speaking in both Houston and Austin on issues generally revolving around the December 1, 2015 amendments to the discovery rules in federal...
View ArticleFASTR Ensures that Publicly Funded Research Belongs to the Public
When taxpayers pay for research, everyone should have access to it. That’s the simple premise of the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research Act of 2015 (S.779, H.R.1477), or FASTR. If enacted,...
View ArticleUnivision Lays Out Reasons for Dismissal of Donald Trump's $500 Million...
Among other reasons, Univision attorney Miguel Estrada said that Trump's infamous remark that Mexicans are "rapists" made it impossible for Univision to carry forward with the Miss USA broadcast.read more
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