Back in June, when a European Parliament’s Committee on Legal Affairs passed a controversial copyright law, sending it for a full-parliament vote in July, critics were sounding the alarm that it would drive
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Late last week, the Federal Circuit affirmed, in an en banc opinion, a district court’s earlier ruling that a patent applicant does not have to reimburse the United States Patent and Trademark Office
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In June, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff in South Dakota v. Wayfair, clearly overturning the 1992 Quill v. North Dakota decision, and firmly eliminating the physical presence test for
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Although the debate continues on Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, the interest in and application of blockchain technology — an essential component of cryptocurrency architecture — is growing. In July, the U.S. Patent and
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When a computer scientist named Jarek Duda contacted Ars Technica claiming that Google was attempting to patent a technique he put into the public domain, the publication investigated it and found the company’s
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The U.S. Supreme Court recently refused to hear two appeals to Major League Baseball’s antitrust exemption, which has been intact since the early 20th century. Why was it deemed exempt in the first
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The pressure on firms continues to increase, applied by clients, other businesses and prospective talent. Revenue growth is dragging while cyber threats are speeding up. Firms can no longer simply rely on cutting administrative
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In June, the ACC’s 2018 Legal Operations Conference keynote in Chicago were four general counsel who shared their approaches to reducing costs through legal operations and demonstrating value to the business. As reported
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Last month, Judge Kathleen O’Malley of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gave Coca-Cola rival Dr. Pepper Snapple Group Inc. renewed hope in the trademark fight over “Zero.” As reported
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As the number of shared electric scooters continues to multiply, at times precariously, along the streets and sidewalks of major cities, some personal injury lawyers see a potential new source for business. Bloomberg
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In May, we posted about the Constitutionality of IPRs after the Supreme Court upheld the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s inter partes review process, ruling that it doesn’t violate Article III of
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