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Ex-Music School Director Dodges Trade Secrets Trial
A New York federal judge gave the Bronx Conservatory of Music's former executive director a pretrial win on Thursday by closing a case lodged by [...]
Motorola Beats Phone Camera Lens Patent Claims At PTAB
Smartphone maker Motorola has convinced judges on an administrative patent tribunal that language in a patent application filed by a prominent Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphone [...]
TTAB Makes 'Captain Cannabis' Decision Precedential
The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board has made precedential a decision that sided with a comic book creator in a dispute over the "Captain Cannabis" [...]
Waiving COVID-19 IP Protections Would Harm US Industry
President Joe Biden should turn down a World Trade Organization proposal to waive crucial intellectual property protections behind COVID-19 tests and diagnostics — protections that [...]
Patent Officials To Send Correction Notices Digitally
Federal patent officials plan to start a process of digitally issuing corrections that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office makes in patents to the patent [...]
EU Agreement on the Text of a New AI Act
On December 8, 2023, provisional agreement was reached between the European Union (EU) Parliament and the EU Council on the basic content of the new [...]
McCarter & English Rips Bid To Bring New Malpractice Claims
McCarter & English LLP asked a New Jersey state court Thursday to deny a request from a biotech company to amend its complaint accusing the [...]
Ex-Shook Hardy IP Pro Named USPTO's Chief Policy Officer
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday named former Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP partner Sharon Israel as its newest Chief Policy Officer and [...]
Music Licensor Asks 2nd Circ. To Affirm Royalty Rate Win
A music licensor asked the Second Circuit to uphold higher royalty payments from the North American Concert Promoters Association decided on by a New York [...]
Ex-CEO Of Texas Biotech Co. Sues It In Del. For Legal Fees
The founder and former chief executive of an Austin, Texas-based biotechnology company has sued the company in Delaware Chancery Court seeking legal fees and expenses [...]
Patent Filings Roundup: New NPE Campaign Dominates December; Calls Against Fintiv Continue
Looking back over the final few weeks of 2023, patent filings were typical at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) and slightly above average [...]
Fed. Circ. Patent Decisions In 2023: An Empirical Review
The Federal Circuit decided 306 patent cases last year, which is still well down from the pre-pandemic norm of around 440, and on the whole [...]
What The Law Firm Of The Future Will Look Like
As the legal landscape shifts, it’s become increasingly clear that the BigLaw business model must adapt in four key ways to remain viable, from fostering [...]
Looking Ahead At AI Regulation In The EU And UK
With AI regulation agreed upon in Europe and a U.K. regulatory authority on the horizon, organizations developing AI should consider deploying governance, addressing accountability and [...]
Judge Rips Fla. Agency As TM 'Bully' In Online School Row
A Florida federal judge on Tuesday sided with online education company Stride Inc. in a trademark infringement dispute over its now-renamed "Florida Online School," slamming [...]
Samsung's Claims Against Ex-Attys Merit Trial, Judge Says
A Texas federal magistrate judge on Wednesday recommended resolving Samsung's claims of misconduct against two of its former in-house intellectual property attorneys through a bench [...]
Judge Won't Dismiss Botox Trade Secret Dispute
Revance Therapeutics must face a trade secrets suit by Botox manufacturer Allergan after a Tennessee federal judge on Wednesday kept intact claims that Revance engaged [...]
Galderma Labs Seeks OK Of Award Over Botox-Like Treatment
Galderma Laboratories has asked a Texas federal court to enforce an arbitral award in its trade secrets dispute with Ipsen Biopharm over an application seeking [...]
Sporting Goods Co. Can't Shake Football Helmet Patent Case
An Illinois federal judge said Wednesday a jury should decide the issues in a lawsuit claiming a brand of helmets made by sporting goods manufacturer [...]
Full Fed. Circ. Is Asked To Rethink Pipette Definition
Delaware-based TA Instruments-Waters LLC wants the full Federal Circuit to rethink a panel decision that said a federal court flubbed an interpretation of a key [...]
Wellness Co. Sues Theragun Maker For Patent Infringement
Wellness brand Hyperice hit Therabody with a lawsuit in Delaware federal court on Wednesday, accusing a group of its competitor's massage devices of infringing a patent [...]
CAFC Distinguishes Forum Selection Clause Language from Precedential Cases in Win for Abbott
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential ruling that affirmed a district court’s denial of preliminary injunction to [...]
PTAB Wipes Out Most Of Fintiv's Fintech Patent
Judges on an administrative patent board have decided that most of the language in a patent issued to a defunct Austin, Texas-based mobile payment startup was [...]
Safety Co. Reaches Settlement In Alarm Patent Suit In WDTX
A safety equipment manufacturer has told a federal court in Waco, Texas, that it has settled a legal fight over patents covering notifications used in [...]
Technology : ABA TECHSHOW 2016, Chicago IL

26th January 2016 Events | Lara Alexandra

For thirty years, technology enthusiasts and lawyers have come to...

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Opening of W3IP Law

15th January 2016 News | ADMIN

We are very pleased to announce the opening of W3IP...

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INTA Annual Conference May 2016 – Orlando, USA

18th January 2015 Events | Lara Alexandra

The International Trademark Association (INTA) 2016 Annual Conference is a...

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