Civil Remedies, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade

Louboutin International Trademark Dispute

by Anjali Shankar | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 5/24/2013

Those of us who love fashion and have closets overflowing with more pairs of shoes than we probably need are likely familiar with Louboutin pumps. These sky-high heels have a very distinctive look and design. Louboutin heels...more

District Court Judge Enjoins Standards-Essential Patent Owner From Enforcing ITC Exclusion Order

by Christopher Higgins, Jay Jurata, T. Vann Pearce, Jr., Matthew Poppe | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/22/2013

In a growing body of legal authority regarding standards-essential patents (SEPs), Northern District of California Judge Ronald Whyte ruled Monday that an owner of SEPs violated its licensing commitments by initiating a U.S....more

Patent Watch: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Genentech, Inc.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 5/16/2013

On May 10, 2013, in Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Genentech, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Rader, Dyk, Reyna*) affirmed the district court's denial of Genentech's motion to enjoin Sanofi from...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - March 2013

by King & Spalding on 4/5/2013

*News from the Bench: - First Sale Doctrine Applies To Copyrighted Works Lawfully Made Abroad. - Dissenting Federal Circuit Judges Abide By The Akamai Standard. - More On Joint Infringement and The Akamai...more

Supreme Court Strengthens Copyright First Sale Doctrine

by W. Edward Ramage | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 3/20/2013

The U.S. Supreme Court today issued its decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. In a 6-3 ruling, the Supreme Court held that the first sale doctrine, which protects the owner of a lawful copy of a copyrighted work,...more

Focus On Intellectual Property (IP) - March 2012: Counterfeiter’s Beware – Canada Introduces New Law To Deal With Counterfeit And...

by Robert D. McDonald | Dentons on 3/13/2013

In This Issue: - Counterfeiter’s Beware – Canada Introduces New Law to Deal with Counterfeit and Pirated Products - A “Sign” of Things to Come – How Bill C-56 Will Change Canadian Trade-Mark Law - Excerpt...more

Canada Combats Counterfeiting with Bill C-56 (Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act)

by Jeilah Chan, Jesse Goldman | Bennett Jones LLP on 3/11/2013

On March 1, 2013, the Government of Canada introduced Bill C-56 in the House of Commons (The Combating Counterfeit Products Act). Bill C-56 introduces a series of amendments to the Copyright Act and the Trade-marks Act,...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - February 2013

by King & Spalding on 3/6/2013

In This Issue: *News From The Bench: - Claim Construction: “Only One” Or “More Than One.” - No Need To Include Claim Construction in Design Patent Infringement Complaint. - CAFC Finds That Adapting...more

The Joint DOJ and PTO Perspective on Standards-Essential Patents as Compared to that of the FTC

by Erin Murdock-Park | BakerHostetler on 2/12/2013

On January 8, the U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division (“DOJ”) and the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (“PTO”) (collectively, “the Agencies”) issued a joint policy statement regarding remedies for Standards-Essential...more

New U.S. Laws Criminalize Theft of Quantitative Trading and Investment Models and Other Trade Secrets and Dramatically Increase...

by Diane Siegel Danoff, Edward Pittman, Kevin Scanlan | Dechert LLP on 2/6/2013

Introduction - The U.S. Congress recently passed two laws that raise the stakes dramatically for employees of financial services firms and anyone else who misappropriates trade secrets, including source code and other...more

"New Year Will See More Policing of Patent Conduct by US and EU Competition Agencies"

by Simon Baxter, Alec Chang, Ian John, James Keyte, Sharis Pozen, Ingrid Vandenborre | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2013

If recent events are any indication, U.S. and European antitrust agencies will remain focused this year on the intersection of intellectual property and competition law. In particular, the agencies have concluded that under...more

Trade Secret Owners Flock to the International Trade Commission to Combat Overseas Misappropriation

by King & Spalding on 1/28/2013

The International Trade Commission (“Commission”) has seen a spike in investigations related to the misappropriation of trade secrets since the Federal Circuit’s determination in TianRui Group Co. Ltd. v. U.S. Int’l Trade...more

Intellectual Property LEGAL NEWS - January 24, 2013 • Volume 1, Number 1

by Steven Gibson, Peter Pang, Steven Parks | Dickinson Wright on 1/25/2013

In This Issue: - FIGHTING COUNTERFEITS IN CHINA – LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL? - FEDERAL CIRCUIT EXPANDS SCOPE OF INDUCED INFRINGEMENT FOR METHOD PATENTS - JURISDICTIONS SPLIT ON WHEN COPYRIGHT REGISTRATION...more

Amendments to the Economic Espionage Act Broaden Trade Secret Protection

by Meredith Louis, Daren M. Orzechowski | White & Case LLP on 1/21/2013

Protecting and enforcing trade secrets in the United States has historically been challenging. Recent amendments to the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 (the "EEA"), which criminalizes theft of trade secrets, broaden the scope...more

Justice Department and Patent Office Issue “Policy Statement” Regarding Remedies for Standards-Essential Patents

by John L. Cooper, Alex Reese | Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 1/11/2013

In a statement likely to be influential with courts, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) on January 9 issued a joint Policy Statement urging limitations on remedies for infringement...more

Proposed Remedies in the Midst of the Patent Wars: EU and US Antitrust Watchdogs Push to Strengthen FRAND in Standard Setting

by McDermott Will & Emery on 11/20/2012

Chief Economists from the US Federal Trade Commission, the US Department of Justice and the EU Directorate General for Competition, have agreed on a set of four, non-binding suggestions that should—if followed by...more

DuPont Wins the Battle Over Kevlar . . . But Has It Won the War?

by Burr & Forman on 11/19/2012

After being slammed with a verdict of $919.9 million against it in September 2011, South Korean-based Kolon Industries suffered its second whammy in August when the United States District Court for the Eastern District of...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - November 2012

by King & Spalding on 11/19/2012

In This Issue: - Back to the Future: Fed Circuit Affirms Doctrine of Equivalents for Later-Arising Computer Technology. - Federal Circuit to Revisit §101 Issues Relating to Computer-Implemented Inventions. -...more

MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Fall 2012 - Volume 10, Issue 4: The TianRui Group Company...

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/15/2012

Trade secrets are often a key part of many companies’ operations and intellectual property portfolios. For U.S. companies doing business abroad that rely on off-shore manufacturing of their products, trade secret...more

MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Fall 2012 - Volume 10, Issue 4

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 11/14/2012

In This Issue: Conducting Efficient Patent Litigation Discovery - The costs associated with discovery, and particularly electronic document discovery, in patent litigation can be effectively controlled with upfront...more

Canada Modernizes Copyright Legislation

by Stephen D. Burns, J. Sébastien A. Gittens, Martin P.J. Kratz Q.C. | Bennett Jones LLP on 11/13/2012

Copyright reform in Canada has, after a decade of effort, finally moved towards implementation. On November 7, 2012, pursuant to an Order in Council, many provisions of the Copyright Modernization Act, SC 2012, c 20, came...more

King & Spalding's Intellectual Property Newsletter - October 2012

by King & Spalding on 10/8/2012

In This Issue: - News From the Bench - .. The en banc Court Speaks On Divided Infringement, But Not With One Voice. .. Can Recent Conflicting Decision On The Patent Eligibility of Business Methods Be...more

City of Paris ordered to pay for reverse domain name hijacking in groundbreaking decision

by Looper Reed & McGraw, P.C. on 9/25/2012

I was fortunate to work with the team that won a $125,000+ judgment against the City of Paris (France, not Texas) for reverse domain name hijacking. In laymen’s terms, that is when an alleged trademark owner overreaches and...more

The Reading List (No. 10)

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 8/30/2012

Today's Chicago Tribune Business section contains a lead article on the sentencing of Hanjuan Jin (right), the former software engineer who was caught boarding a plane to China with highly confidential documents...more

Fourth Circuit Affirms Personal Jurisdiction Over Non-U.S. Defendants, Upholds Extraterritorial Jurisdiction under the Copyright...

by Cadwalader - International Practice Law Group on 8/22/2012

Tire Engineering and Distribution, LLC et al. v. Shandong Linglong Rubber Company, Ltd. et al., No. 10-2271 (4th Cir. 2012), addresses several issues of international practice. The plaintiff sued non-U.S. defendant, not in...more

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