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ITC Section 337 Update - May 15, 2013

by King & Spalding on 5/20/2013

Federal Circuit Affirms Commission Determination That Litigation Activities Unrelated To Licensing Do Not Satisfy Domestic Industry – On May 13, 2013, the Federal Circuit affirmed a January 2012 Commission determination that...more

CIS Legal Update - May 2013: Developing Russia’s Military-Industrial Complex

by Dechert LLP on 5/18/2013

On October 16, 2012 the President of the Russian Federation signed a federal law establishing the Advanced Research Foundation (“ARF”) , a specialized legal entity that will be responsible for research and development in the...more

Demystifying European Antitrust Law

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 5/17/2013

In the first of a series of WSGR Alerts, the firm's Brussels attorneys outline the European Commission's proposed changes to the antitrust rules on licensing patents, software, know-how, and other intellectual property....more

Patent Watch: Motiva, LLC. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 5/15/2013

The "Commission is fundamentally a trade forum, not an intellectual property forum" [and] litigation expenses directed at preventing, instead of encouraging manufacture of, articles incorporating patented technology does not...more

Senators Back 12-Year Data Exclusivity Period for Biosimilars and President Obama (Once Again) Does Not

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/10/2013

On March 22, Senators Max Baucus (D-MT) and Orrin Hatch (R-UT), the Chairman and Ranking Member, respectively, of the Senate Committee on Finance, sent a letter to Ambassador Demetrios Marantis, the Acting United States Trade...more

Trade Secret “Watch List”: Bill Would Establish Monitoring List Of Countries Engaging In Cybertheft, And Make U.S. Intelligence...

by Robert Isackson | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/10/2013

Here’s another sign of the rising urgency of trade secret theft as a national security issue: the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee wants the head of the nation’s intelligence bureaucracy to track countries that...more

Global Connection - May 2013: Counterfeit Electronic Components in the Supply Chain—Avoiding and Coping with U.S. Customs...

by Richard Katz | Snell & Wilmer L.L.P. on 5/6/2013

On May 21, 2012, the Senate Armed Services Committee issued a report of its inquiry into counterfeit parts in the Department of Defense Supply Chain. The Committee’s report stated that the problem of counterfeit electronic...more

Energy Newsletter - May 2013

by King & Spalding on 5/3/2013

In This Issue: - DISPUTE RESOLUTION: - Oil & Gas Litigation: New Decision May Impede Fracking on Federal Land - Intellectual Property: Non-Practicing Entities (Patent Trolls) Target Oil and Gas...more

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

by Michael Spillner | Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 5/1/2013

There’s been a lot of news lately about the Chinese military allegedly launching cyber attacks to steal U.S. trade secrets. This has gotten people riled up, including the President of the United States, who issued a 5-point...more

Dispelling the Myriad Gene Patent Harmonization Myth

by Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff | Foley & Lardner LLP on 5/1/2013

In the wake of the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Myriad “gene patent” case, most commentators are predicting that the Court will uphold the patent-eligibility of non-naturally occurring DNA sequences (such as cDNA), but...more

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

Google AdWords Trade Mark Policy – Important Changes

by Caroline Cossio, Jonathan Feder | K&L Gates LLP on 4/19/2013

Google has revised its AdWords trade mark policy which is currently in place in Australia, Hong Kong, China, Macau, Taiwan, New Zealand, South Korea and Brazil and these changes will come into effect on 23 April 2013. 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

Q & A: ICANN's Global Trademark Clearinghouse

by Wendy Robertson, Maia Woodhouse | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/5/2013

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), the body tasked with coordinating and preserving global Internet stability, is embarking on its largest expansion ever of the domain name system. Last week, on...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2013

by Sarah Bro, Melissa Nott Davis, Paul Devinsky, Susan Evans, Raymond M. Gabriel, D. Jeremy Harrison, Donna M. Haynes, Sungyong “David” In, John Low, Ulrika Mattsson, Christopher May, more +Christina Ondrick, Alexander P. Ott, Philip Ou, Sara Sunderland, Rose S. Whelan, Bruce Yen, Rita Yoon | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/29/2013

In This Issue: Supreme Court - Supreme Court Finds That “First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Works Patents - Joint Actors as It Relates to Method Claim Infringement; Federal Circuit Ruling Clears Way...more

IP/IT & Media Newsletter - Issue 1/2013

by Daja Apetz-Dreier, Thomas Fischl, Alexander Klett, Stephan Rippert, Kathrin Schlüter, Philipp Süss, Katharina Weimer | Reed Smith on 3/25/2013

In this issue: - Cookies, Clouds and Other Challenges – Retrospect and Prospect in Data Protection - Employee Data Protection – What’s Down the Road? - German Federal Supreme Court Decides Another...more

Supreme Court Holds that “First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Copies of a Copyrighted Work Lawfully Made Abroad: Kirtsaeng v. John...

by Marc Hearron, Craig Whitney | Morrison & Foerster LLP on 3/21/2013

The Supreme Court of the United States issued its much-anticipated decision in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., holding that the “first sale” doctrine protects a buyer or other lawful owner of a copy of a copyrighted...more

U.S. Responding To Cyber-Espionage: White House Acknowledges Increasing Threat

by Odia Kagan, Sharon Klein, Jeffrey Vagle | Pepper Hamilton LLP on 3/15/2013

No longer cut from the cloth of 007’s expensive suits, fast cars or well-mixed drinks, present-day espionage is carried out, to a great extent, through computer screens, proxy servers and spoofed e-mail addresses. Dubbed...more

Trademark Management and the New Generic Top Level Domains

by Thomas Dover | Nossaman LLP on 3/12/2013

Everyone navigates the Internet. It is the new Grand Commons of society – the place for communication, commerce and information. Web sites populate and inform the internet. Every web site has a domain name such as...more

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Misappropriation Justice Has International Reach: Connecticut Court Has Jurisdiction Over...

by Walter Judge | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 3/7/2013

An important federal appeals court has determined that a Connecticut court has jurisdiction over a Canadian citizen whose only act in Connecticut was accessing information on a computer server located in Connecticut. In...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

News from Abroad: Bill to Diminish Term of Patents for Medicaments

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/6/2013

Originally published in Olivares & Cia. on March 4, 2013. In January, the Mexican Senate published a Bill adding article 23 bis to the Industrial Property Law (IP Law). This Bill intends to establish a "special" life...more

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Misappropriation Justice Has International Reach: Connecticut Court Has Jurisdiction Over...

by Walter Judge | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 3/5/2013

An important federal appeals court has determined that a Connecticut court has jurisdiction over a Canadian citizen whose only act in Connecticut was accessing information on a computer server located in Connecticut. In...more

Getting Real on the Counterfeit Goods Front: The Growing Problem on Distribution of Counterfeit Products Through the Internet

by Julianne Davis, Jay Smith-Hill | Lane Powell PC - Intellectual Property Law &... on 3/5/2013

Originally published in the Portland Business Journal on February 22, 2013. Counterfeit sales make up as much as 7 percent of worldwide trade. All told, counterfeiting is a $650 billion industry. An estimated...more

Trade-Mark Rights: Across the Border & on the Web

by Richard Stobbe | Field Law on 3/4/2013

Here are three concepts that are not new: trade-marks, borders and the internet. But the courts are still trying to work out how to handle the three when they collide, as they did in the case of HomeAway.com, Inc. v....more

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ITC Section 337 Update - May 15, 2013

CIS Legal Update - May 2013: Developing Russia’s Military-Industrial Complex

Demystifying European Antitrust Law

Patent Watch: Motiva, LLC. v. Int'l Trade Comm'n

Senators Back 12-Year Data Exclusivity Period for Biosimilars and President Obama (Once Again) Does Not

Trade Secret “Watch List”: Bill Would Establish Monitoring List Of Countries Engaging In Cybertheft, And Make U.S. Intelligence...

Global Connection - May 2013: Counterfeit Electronic Components in the Supply Chain—Avoiding and Coping with U.S. Customs...

Energy Newsletter - May 2013

The Real Lesson of Chinese Cyberhacking

Dispelling the Myriad Gene Patent Harmonization Myth

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

Google AdWords Trade Mark Policy – Important Changes

Intellectual Property Newsletter - March 2013

Q & A: ICANN's Global Trademark Clearinghouse

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2013

IP/IT & Media Newsletter - Issue 1/2013

Supreme Court Holds that “First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Copies of a Copyrighted Work Lawfully Made Abroad: Kirtsaeng v. John...

U.S. Responding To Cyber-Espionage: White House Acknowledges Increasing Threat

Trademark Management and the New Generic Top Level Domains

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Misappropriation Justice Has International Reach: Connecticut Court Has Jurisdiction Over...

Intellectual Property Newsletter - February 2013

News from Abroad: Bill to Diminish Term of Patents for Medicaments

Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Misappropriation Justice Has International Reach: Connecticut Court Has Jurisdiction Over...

Getting Real on the Counterfeit Goods Front: The Growing Problem on Distribution of Counterfeit Products Through the Internet

Trade-Mark Rights: Across the Border & on the Web

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