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Matthew Borick	News From Our Own Vermont Backyard: Proposed Legislation On Password Privacy And Ownership Of Inventions Last month the Vermont Legislature kicked off its 2013-2014 Legislative Session, and already a couple of bills have our attention here at the IP Stone…more Assignment of Inventions, Injunctions, Inventions, Ownership of Works, Passwords	See All Updates »
R. Bradford Fawley	Who Let The Dogs Out? Barking About Whether To “Unleash” Patent Lawyer Is Not Privileged. Characterizing Out RAGE LLC’s position as reflecting “a Pavlovian reaction that any communication in which the word ‘lawyer’ or ‘attorney’ is mentioned is the bell that causes the dog named Privilege to salivate” a federal judge…more Attorney-Client Privilege, Confidential Communications	See All Updates »
Jamie J. Fitzgerald	CAFC Scandalized By “Vulgar” Mark For Sweet Product Today we address suggestive marks – “suggestive” as in meretricious, not as one of the measures of trademark strength. It was three strikes and you’re out for Ms. Marsha Fox, who in 2001 applied to register COCK SUCKER and…more Appeals, Seven Dirty Words, Suggestive Marks, Trademark Act, Trademarks	See All Updates »
Walter Judge	Speaking Of . . . Trade Secrets - Damages For Misappropriation Can Be Full Refund Of Ex-Employee’s Severance Pay When your trade secrets are stolen, you might sue the ex-employee who stole them, or the competing business that’s now in possession of them, or both. What’s an appropriate measure of damages when your trade secrets are stolen?…more Damages, Misappropriation, Severance Pay, Trade Secrets	See All Updates »
Tom Kohler	On Your Marks, Get Set…. AIA First-To-File Officially Takes Off On March 16, But The Race To File Patent Applications Has Already Begun The America Invents Act or “AIA” was signed into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011. After an eighteen month waiting period, on March 16, 2013, two months from today, the US patent system officially changes to a first…more America Invents Act, First-to-File, Patents, Prior Art, USPTO	See All Updates »
Peter Kunin	Vermont Approves Legislation Prohibiting Bad Faith Patent Infringement Claims The Vermont House and Senate have approved a first-in-the-nation bill that provides a legal tool for Vermont companies who face extortionate claims of patent infringement from “patent trolls.”…more	See All Updates »
Cathleen Stadecker	3D Printing: How Will IP Law Handle The “Next Revolution” In Manufacturing? 3D printing technology is becoming more popular as companies such as MakerBot Industries continue to introduce more affordable desktop 3D printers. With these machines, which work by printing layers of plastic, metal, ceramics…more 3-D Printing Technology, Computer-Aided Design, DMCA, Innovation	See All Updates »

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