News &
Events

IP NEWS

How President Trump Can Quash His Criminal Cases
Donald Trump's projected victory at the polls also translates to a win in the courts, as the second-term president will have the power to end [...]
An Early Look At Trump's Supreme Court Shortlist
Former President Donald Trump was projected to win the 2024 presidential election early Wednesday morning. With his return to power, and the Republicans' success in [...]
GOP's Senate Win Hands Future Of The Judiciary To Trump
Republicans were projected to take back the White House and Senate and possibly the House early Wednesday, putting the GOP in position to back Donald [...]
The Firms With An Inside Track To A New Trump Admin
Law firms that have represented Donald Trump and the Republican Party on everything from personal legal woes to election-related lawsuits could see the risks of [...]
Santos Wants 2nd Circ. To Revive Jimmy Kimmel Pranks Suit
Former U.S. Rep. George Santos on Monday asked the Second Circuit to undo a New York federal court's decision throwing out his claims against ABC [...]
Apple Stole Masimo Sensor IP, Calif. Judge Told At Trial's Start
Masimo and Cercacor Laboratories' counsel told a California federal judge at the opening of a bench trial Tuesday that after Apple struggled to implement blood [...]
Justices Urged To Take Up 9th Circ. Sesame Oil TM Decision
The U.S. Supreme Court is being asked to take up a Ninth Circuit ruling that disfavored an India-based sesame oil company, with the company arguing [...]
Day Pitney Adds Trademark, Copyright Pro In Boston
A former ArentFox Schiff LLP attorney has jumped to Day Pitney LLP's intellectual property law practice, bringing with her years of experience in Boston helping [...]
USPTO Says Hyatt Forfeit Appeal Relies On Rejected Args
A D.C. federal judge properly held inventor Gilbert Hyatt forfeited his rights to receive certain patents by delaying his applications for decades, and the inventor's [...]
MLB, Inventor Spar Over Viability Of Digital Ticket Patent
Major League Baseball's interactive division and the holder of a digital ticketing patent it is accused of infringing are both seeking sanctions against each other, [...]
Nokia Beats Patent Infringement Case Over Router Tech
A Texas federal jury found Tuesday that a licensing company hasn't proved that certain Nokia internet protocol routers infringe a trio of patents related to [...]
NJ Staffing Co. Says Rival Stole Employees And Trade Secrets
Medical staffing agency Aequor Healthcare Services LLC alleged in New Jersey federal court that a rival startup poached three of its employees, and those employees [...]
French Music Co. Hit With IP Suit Over Song Distributions
A French digital music business has been hit with a $500 million suit in New York federal court that claims it has been ripping off [...]
Google, Nvidia Push To Toss YouTuber's IP Class Actions
Google and Nvidia have asked a California federal court to dismiss a YouTube creator's proposed class actions accusing them and OpenAI in three nearly identical [...]
Warner Bros. Says New Series Is 'Entirely Different' From 'ER'
Warner Bros. Discovery's television unit is urging a California state judge to throw out contract claims brought by the widow of "ER" creator Michael Crichton, [...]
SCOTUS OKs SG Argument in Trademark Case on Scope of Profits Disgorgement Awards
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the U.S. Solicitor General leave to participate in oral arguments for Dewberry Group, Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., a [...]
The Judge Newman Story in Her Own Words: IPWatchdog Unleashed
We invited Judge Newman to speak at our annual Life Sciences program at IPWatchdog Studios, which gave Judge Newman a platform to tell her side [...]
McDermott Lands Pharma IP Attorney From DLA Piper
McDermott Will & Emery LLP has added to its intellectual property group a former DLA Piper attorney who, a firm leader said, will strengthen the firm's [...]
Nixon Peabody Taps Leader For New Fintech Group
A former mechanical engineering researcher who for years worked as a research assistant for his alma mater, Yale University, is moving his intellectual property and [...]
Managing Wi-Fi 6 SEP Licensing and Litigation Challenges in a $10 Billion Royalty Market
Connected devices like phones, laptops, tablets, and routers as well as smart homes, smart cars, smart factories, and smart cities are just a few examples [...]
The Fed. Circ. In October: Aetna And License-Term Review
The Federal Circuit's recent decision that Aetna's credit card licensing agreement with AlexSam did not give the insurer immunity from patent infringement claims serves to [...]
On The Ground: How Attorneys Are Safeguarding The Election
Attorneys are working tirelessly Tuesday to support citizens and election workers on the final day of voting in what is expected to be one of [...]
NYT Says Discovery In OpenAI Suit Isn't Going 'Smoothly'
The newspapers suing OpenAI and Microsoft Corp. over allegedly using copyright-protected news stories to train ChatGPT say they now have a "fundamental disagreement" with the [...]
Firm Says 3D Printer Biz Owes $7.2M For Patent Trial Win
Less than a year after obtaining a $17.3 million verdict from a Delaware federal jury in a patent case over 3D printing technology, one of the firms [...]

Christmas Season Greetings from W3IP Law *<[:{)

13th December 2016 - admin

The season is in the air! – W3IP Law Our closing date will be Friday, 23rd December 2016 and we will be re-opening on Monday, the 9th of January 2017. W3IP Law wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. For those of you working through the holidays and have enquiries, we are contactable […]

Read more...

Safety Net your Business with a Registered Trade Mark

5th December 2016 - admin

Why you need a Registered Trade Mark  There are very good reasons to obtain trade mark protection for your brand. Not the least of these is that a registered trade mark is a valid defence to allegations of trade mark infringement. Many small businesses take risks that would otherwise not have cost a lot to avoid. […]

Read more...

More than IP for the Success of Your Business

28th November 2016 - admin

There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come. – Victor Hugo The most powerful ideas are accelerating changes in markets in a way that has never been seen before.  The two great forces of our era driving progress are technology and globalisation. […]

Read more...

Bonfire of the Unicorns: Start-Up Conference in Sydney

27th November 2016 - admin

The largest conference in Australia for entrepreneurs, start-ups, marketers and growth and innovation teams. The theme this year is ‘How to survive and thrive in any economic environment’. Startcon 2016 features two days of exhibitions, a hackathon, a pitch competition, and international speakers including: Elena Verna, Vice President of Growth, Survey Monkey Nate Moch, Vice […]

Read more...

Design Registration Lawyers and Attorneys

24th November 2016 - admin

Protecting the Unique Shape and Appearance of your Design from being copied by Competitors Design law protects the unique look and shape of a product rather than the way a product is used and works. A registered design protects the unique shape of a product’s visual appearance. Designs cover the shape, configuration, pattern and ornamentation applied […]

Read more...
EVENT   |   14th March, 2017

ad:tech Technology Expo 2017, Sydney March 2017

Interactive Advertising and Technology Conference and Exhibition, Sydney The term Ad Tech is short for advertising technology. The term broadly refers to technologies, software and services for delivering and controlling advertising using analytics and digital tools. It refers to a disruptive force representing a breakthrough in accelerating change to improve the advertising of products and […]

Read more...
Property Lawyers Deal in Sydney

Intellectual Property Services in Sydney for the Digital Savvy

16th November 2016 - admin

Digital Evolution As the Internet evolves and businesses become increasingly digital,  every business needs to consider how intellectual property rights impact their business from how to protect their own IP and also not to risk infringing the rights of others. The globalisation of markets is at  hand where people and cultures are being integrated into […]

Read more...
Intellectual Property Lawyers

Intellectual Property Lawyers – Client services in Sydney

14th November 2016 - admin

What is Intellectual Property? Intellectual property is an area of the law that deals with patents, trademarks, designs, copyright and trade secrets. Lawyers that specialise in this field are trained to advise you on how to protect your intellectual property assets such as novels, scientific or business inventions, designs, new technology, computer programs or a […]

Read more...

Does your Service Level Agreement need a tune-up?

12th November 2016 - admin

Technology Lawyers that can help with IT Agreements A good technology agreement is written in plain English. It should properly define the expectations of the parties as to service type and quality by clearly setting out responsibilities and level of performance required. There are four principal types of IT Agreements. Firstly, Software Licence Agreements and […]

Read more...

Technology Lawyers Protecting the Intellectual Property in your Software

30th September 2016 - admin

The Rights granted by Copyright Law for Computer software Computer software is protected as a literary work under the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) (‘the Act’). A literary work includes: a table, or compilation expressed in words, figures or symbols; and a computer program or compilation of computer programs. In order to attract copyright protection, the work must […]

Read more...