On April 8, 2013, India became the 90th member of the Madrid Protocol, a trade agreement that allows citizens of participating countries to receive trademark protections in all 90 member countries with one
[Read More]GE and the 4 year-old product development company Quirky have come to an agreement that will allow the public to use many GE patents to spur invention and innovation. The initial deal will
[Read More]A New York federal judge recently ruled that ReDigi, a company that allows people to upload their old song files to resell to others (while deleting them on their own computers) was liable
[Read More]A Facebook post from Netflix Chief Executive Reed Hastings sparked a recent SEC investigation into how companies communicate with their investors. The agency ruled that postings on social media outlets such as Facebook
[Read More]Google just announced the “Open Patent Non-Assertion Pledge” or OPN as a way to decrease patent threats surrounding open-source software. Open-source software is freely available to public and private entities, with its complete
[Read More]The Supreme Court recently rejected a proposed class-action antitrust lawsuit against cable provider, Comcast. This decision overturned an appellate ruling which certified a class of approximately two million existing and former Comcast subscribers.
[Read More]The Supreme Court made an interesting and unanimous ruling this week regarding requirements for class action lawsuits. As it stands under the Class Action Fairness Act, class action lawsuits in which plaintiffs seek
[Read More]On Tuesday this week the Supreme Court ruled that goods made and sold abroad can be re-sold in The United States or online by third parties. Publisher John Wiley & Sons had brought
[Read More]Last week, in an unexpected turn of events, Nokia filed a brief in support of Apple in their lawsuit against Samsung. The brief was filed under seal but a summary provided with the
[Read More]Starting March 15, the US patent office is implementing major adjustments to the existing system of filing for patents. The system will no longer go by the “first-to-invent” rule that has existed since
[Read More]The U.S. may have finally found a way to stop, or at least limit, patent trolls from continuing to wreak havoc on the legal system. A proposed “loser pays” update to the Shield
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