MBBP Clients Earn 2015 Beacon Award for Diversity & Inclusion
On Thursday, November 19, 2015, the Boston Bar Association will present six Massachusetts Affinity Bar Associations with the 6th Annual Beacon Award for Diversity & Inclusion. Amongst the six award...
View ArticleVolkswagen says 800,000 European cars have false CO2 emissions levels too
If you thought that the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal couldn't get any worse, you were sadly mistaken. The company is now reporting that it has found "irregularities" in the carbon dioxide...
View ArticleIn the UK, Web browsing history must now be stored for a year
The UK home secretary, Theresa May, confirmed today that the UK government will seek to force all ISPs to retain a record of your Web browsing history for the previous year, even though the existence...
View ArticleBaltimore Orioles Triumph in MLB Civil War Over TV Money
A New York judge agrees that in adjudicating a spat between two teams, MLB demonstrated an utter lack of concern for fairness.read more
View ArticleShort a ship, the Navy tells Congress of “carrier gap”
Navy Undersecretary Sean Stackley told House members yesterday that the Navy would continue to see gaps in aircraft carrier deployments until the number of carriers returned to the 11 mandated by law....
View ArticleEvery Single Word, spoken no longer due to abusive copyright claim
Dylan Marron's "Every Single Word Spoken by a Person of Color in [X]" series, where X is a mainstream film, is a powerful indictment of popular culture. Too powerful for Warner Brothers when it came...
View ArticleMPAA shuts down major torrent sites, including Popcorn Time
The site that provides much of the content for illegal movies shown on the "Popcorn Time" app, PopcornTime.io, has been shut down after the Motion Picture Association of America won court orders in...
View Article176 Trademark Registrations Issued to Indiana Companies in October 2015
The U.S. Trademark Office issued the following 176 trademark registrations to persons and businesses in Indiana in October 2015 based on applications filed by Indiana trademark attorneys:Registration...
View ArticleMeteorologists defend NOAA; Congressman repeats allegations of fraud [UPDATED]
UPDATE: Even as third parties tried to defend the scientific record (see original article, below), Congressman Lamar Smith's office has continued his war of words against the National Oceanic and...
View Article“NUT SACK” BEER GETS APPROVAL
Beer can sometimes be described as having a nutty flavor. Some brands have NUT in the name. But, what if the beer is called NUT SACK? Is it offensive or humorous? Engine 15 Brewing Co., located in...
View ArticleHurricane LTE-U: Don’t Let Wi-Fi Get Blown Away
A storm is brewing over use of the 5.8 GHz unlicensed band of the radio spectrum as telecommunications companies plan to expand their LTE networks outside their traditional, licensed ranges and into...
View ArticleTrust, trade marks and trouble in the Glens: how far can trust go?
GlencoeFor this Kat, whenever he hears the word "Glen" he thinks of Scotch whisky -- and when he discovered a trade mark tussle over Glencoe and Glenfinnan, he automatically assumed that this was...
View ArticleFBI official: It’s America’s choice whether we want to be spied on
FBI General Counsel James Baker discussing encryption with cybersecurity policy expert Susan Landau. (credit: Jon Brodkin) FBI General Counsel James Baker today spoke about how encryption is making it...
View ArticleSave the Date - Fed Cir Bar "Training the Next Generation of...
Please save the date of January 21, 2016 for a very interesting program to be held in Plano, Texas. I have been fortunate in recent weeks to be working with Natalie Bennett of McDermott, Will &...
View ArticleTrade mark trouble again: Tartan Army frustrated as director gets off Scot free
This item, the second guest Katpost in succession to emanate from North of the Border, might as well have been entitled "From Glen to Glennie". Coincidentally, it's also the second Scottish post in a...
View ArticleWednesday whimsies
All that glisters is not Golding, but don't let that put you off. The UK's Competition Law Association is giving away money, fame and a chance to advance one's career once again in the form of the 2016...
View ArticleThe word yellow is descriptive of online directories
The Full Court has dismissed Telstra's appeal against "Yellow" being found descriptive of print and online directories.
View Article“I’m dying from boredom”—juror’s Facebook musings lead to $1,000 fine
(credit: BEV Norton) "I continued my personal life as if I was not there to judge a trial," is how Kimberly Ellis explained herself to the New York Daily News. "It was my first time as a juror, and I...
View ArticleCAFC reviews PTAB's Belden decision; CAFC finds claims 5,6 obvious,...
From Belden v. Berk-Tek -->Belden Inc. owns U.S. Patent No. 6,074,503, whichdiscloses and claims a method for making a communicationscable. On a petition for inter partes review under 35U.S.C. § 311...
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