Everyone blames someone else as classified military smartphones lack patches
(credit: Getty Images) This story was co-published with the Daily Beast. You would think the nation’s military would move with lightning speed to patch cell phones vulnerable to hackers, particularly...
View ArticleRolling Stone Sued For $25M By Fraternity Implicated in Rape Story
The lawsuit from the University of Virginia frat joins cases from three former members and the associate dean of the university.read more
View ArticleWhen litigants must be responsible -- and what happens when they're not:...
Lyrica returns to court. Warner-Lambert Co LLC v Sandoz GmbH, Sandoz Ltd and Lloyds Pharmcacy Ltd [2015] EWHC 3153 (Pat) is the latest in a series of decisions in the ongoing patent infringement...
View ArticleWeeks before NSA bulk phone spying ends, US judge (kinda) reins in program
Last week, we told you of a federal appeals court decision that said the National Security Agency's bulk telephone metadata spying could continue because the program Edward Snowden revealed was...
View ArticleA monkey, an animal-rights organization and a primatologist walk into federal...
Patent Litigator Andy Dhuey is also representing Photographer David John Slater who has been sued by the monkey Naruto for copyright infringement. In the 9th Circuit Brief, Dhuey writes: A monkey, an...
View ArticleBradley University now requires students to pass plagiarism quiz
Pantagraph talks about a "plagiarism quiz" now required of Bradley University students:--Plagiarism has consequences in higher education. This fall, failure to pass a quiz on plagiarism awareness has...
View ArticleLaw360 reports on trade secrets issue in Koninklijke Philips NV et al. v....
As to the outcome: A California federal judge refused Monday to sanction Philips and its counsel, Reed Smith LLP, for allegedly misusing confidential information obtained in its trade secret suit...
View ArticleCan My YouTube Video Get Fair Use?
Dear Rich: Can you check out my video and let me know if I can get fair use?We can't tell whether your video qualifies as a fair use because Viacom has "blocked it on copyright grounds." We also can't...
View ArticleKen Ziffren Donates $5 Million to UCLA for Entertainment Law Center
The prominent attorney and Los Angeles Film Czar is an alum.read more
View ArticleFederal Circuit Confirms That Obscure Trade Court Cannot Regulate the Internet
Today, in a strong opinion from the Federal Circuit, an attempt for rightsholders to use an obscure trade court to block the “importation” of digital data was rejected. The Federal Circuit held that a...
View ArticleFTC is entitled to presumption of reliance in enforcing consent order
FTC v. BlueHippo Funding, LLC, No. 1:08-cv-01819 (S.D.N.Y. Nov. 6, 2015) BlueHippo stipulated to a final judgment and permanent injunction against certain sales practices. The FTC moved for a contempt...
View ArticlePhotographer seeks to dismiss “Monkey Selfie” copyright lawsuit
We previously wrote a blog entry on whether copyright protection could be obtained for a “Selfie”. A novel question of copyright law was raised in that blog entry regarding the ability of an Indonesian...
View ArticleAl Jazeera Targets YouTube "Pirate" to Comply with Egyptian Ban
Two Egyptians are hauled into California federal court by the Qatari-based news org.read more
View ArticleWill the real monkey who snapped those famous selfies please stand up?
(credit: court documents) How much more bizarre could a lawsuit get in which the plaintiff is a monkey who is suing a nature photographer and a publisher for copyright infringement? Answer: a lot more....
View ArticleUS tries, and fails, to block “import” of digital data that violates patents
A federal appeals court today struck down an International Trade Commission (ITC) ruling in a patent case that attempted to block electronic transmissions of digital data from overseas. The ITC’s...
View ArticleOn Verge of TV Deal, Magician Says 'Illusionists' Partners Left Him...
After escaping the country, Brett Daniels now says he's due royalties by contract and damages for copyright infringing illusions.read more
View ArticleDo universities face a reputational cost in enforcing patent claims?
A post from Brookings investigates the role of universities as plaintiffs in patent infringement suits: Patent infringement suits have a reputational cost for universities .Yes, WARF did come up,...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Bites Back against USITC Expansion into Electronic Importation
By Dennis Crouch In ClearCorrect v. ITC and Align Tech, the Federal Circuit reversed the ITC’s prior determination – holding instead that the Commission’s jurisdiction over the importation of “articles...
View ArticlePanel: Theory Meets Practice: Dynamic Changes in the Election Law Landscape
Panelists: - Don Harmon, JD’95, Illinois State Senator - Dan Johnson, JD’00, Progressive Public Affairs - Blake Sercye, JD'11, Associate, Jenner & Block - Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Assistant...
View ArticleUS charges three men with widespread hacking whose targets included JP Morgan
JPMorgan Chase was one of at least five US banks hit by a sophisticated attack against its networks that netted the attacker large volumes of bank account data—for an unknown purpose. (credit: Joe...
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