Constitutional Law, Intellectual Property, International Law & Trade

Congress Conducts Hearings on Section 337 Litigation at the International Trade Commission

by King & Spalding on 4/30/2013

On April 16, 2013, the House Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, held a hearing on “Abusive Patent Litigation: The Issues Impacting American Competitiveness and Job...more

Federal Circuit Review - Volume 3 | Issue 2 February 2013

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: • Licensing to Foreign Manufacturers Satisfies Domestic Industry • Appeal Found to Be Moot in Light of “Side Bet” • Mere Design Choice Leads to Obviousness Finding • Design Patent Infringement...more

Antitrust and Competition Newsletter - February 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/8/2013

In This Issue: - A Modern Look at the Nine ‘No-Nos’ of Patent Licensing Under U.S. Antitrust Law: The First Four ‘No-Nos’ - Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Watson Reverse Payment Settlement Case - 7th Circuit...more

Copyright Issues in Textbook Case

by Cullen and Dykman LLP on 11/19/2012

On Monday, October 29, 2012 the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments on an action involving a college student who sold overseas editions of college textbooks to help finance his education. ...more

In Effort to Extradite UK Man in Piracy Case, DOJ Is Overreaching

by Jeff Ifrah on 7/23/2012

A current anti-piracy case demonstrates the U.S. government’s intent to enforce its copyright laws not just beyond national borders, but beyond the extent of logic. The U.S. Department of Justice has issued an arrest warrant...more

Bottling the Free Flow of Information: A Comparative Analysis of U.S. and EU Database Protection

by David Tamaroff on 4/19/2012

Tamaroff Law co-founder, David Tamaroff, was recently published as the lead billing in the Wake Forest Journal of Business and Intellectual Property Law. Tamaroff's article, Bottling the Free Flow of Information: A...more

Supreme Court Upholds Restoration of U.S. Copyright Protection for Foreign Works in the Public Domain

by Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/27/2012

If you confront the question whether a foreign book, movie, song, artistic work, or other work of authorship is still in copyright in the U.S. or whether such a foreign work is being infringed in the United States, take note...more

Curtain Call: Supremes Bow to Congressional Authority on Copyright Terms

by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP on 1/26/2012

The curtain has closed on judicial review of Congress’ authority regarding copyright terms, and now Congress reprises on center stage. The high court, in Golan v. Holder, recently bowed to Congress’ broad constitutional...more

Restoration of Copyright in Foreign Works Passes Constitutional Muster

by McDermott Will & Emery on 1/25/2012

A 1994 statute extended U.S. copyright protection to foreign works previously unprotected in the United States, removing an estimated “millions” of foreign works from free, public domain availability. Recently, the Supreme...more

Citizen of a State under Article IV, Section 2, Clause 1 can be a litigant in federal court

by Dan Goodman on 11/26/2011

The Fourteenth Amendment was adopted on July 28, 1868. The Fourteenth Amendment according to the Supreme Court of the United States, in the Slaughterhouse Cases, changed citizenship under the Constitution. ...more

October 2011: Appellate Litigation Update

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 11/10/2011

Overview of Intellectual Property Cases Before the Supreme Court in the October 2011 Term: In keeping with its recent trend, the Supreme Court has so far agreed to hear one copyright and several patent cases during the...more