In a recent decision, the Delaware Court of Chancery noted that a plaintiff-franchisor did not take adequate protections to safeguard the confidentiality of its purported trade secrets while using a remote audiovisual...more
8/31/2020
/ Confidential Information ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Popular ,
Remote Working ,
Risk Management ,
Security Standards ,
Trade Secrets ,
Videoconference ,
Zoom®
The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act, which bars registration of marks that “disparage” a group of people, is an unconstitutional infringement of First Amendment free speech...more
1/13/2016
/ Continuing Legal Education ,
Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Lanham Act ,
NFL ,
Offensive Language ,
Redskins ,
Trademark Registration ,
USPTO ,
Webinars
In most litigation, each party pays its own attorney fees and costs, regardless of the outcome of the case. The Patent Act of 1952, however, allowed for an award of fees to the prevailing party in patent litigation in...more
9/30/2015
/ Attorney's Fees ,
Exceptional Case ,
Fee-Shifting ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Prevailing Party ,
Webinars
Some may know that Abraham Lincoln is the only president to apply for and be granted a U.S. Patent (No. 6,469 – “A Device for Buoying Vessels Over Shoals”), but few are aware that he was also an active patent litigator and a...more