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MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Spring 2013 - Volume 11, Issue 2: Tiffany & Co. v. Costco Wholesale Corp.: Has the TIFFANY trademark become generic?

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/17/2013

... rings enjoy worldwide fame and recognition as the quintessential engagement ring. In 1886, Tiffany created the famous Tiffany setting, a simple six-prong open symmetrical arrangement that elevates the diamond above the ring’s band, which maximizes the amount of light let into the diamond to enhance its brilliance and beauty. This setting is... more

MBHB Snippets: Review of Developments in Intellectual Property Law - Spring 2013 - Volume 11, Issue 2

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/13/2013

... on New AIA Rules; Implementing the New Micro Entity Status at the U.S. Patent Office; Obama Administration Focuses on Chinese Trade Secret Misappropriation; and Tiffany & Co. v. Costco Wholesale Corp.: Has the TIFFANY trademark become generic? - Excerpt from Comments on New AIA Rules - On March... more

Automotive Legal News - May 2013 • 2nd Quarter

by Dickinson Wright on 5/9/2013

... The Legal Challenge to the SEC’s Conflict Minerals Reporting Regulations: In the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the United States Congress required, inter alia, the SEC to promulgate regulations requiring certain manufacturers to trace the sources of tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold that are contained in products they manufacture or contract to... more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 4, April 2013

by McDermott Will & Emery on 4/30/2013

... May Exist When There Is Neither Common Ownership nor Common Inventorship - Addressing an obviousness-type double patenting rejection, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) Board of Patent... more

Anti-counterfeiting strategies in the United States

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 4/19/2013

... critical problem for trademark and copyright owners (‘IP owners’) affecting all industries, from pharmaceuticals and medical devices to electrical and auto products, toys and fashion items. To effectively tackle the problem, IP owners must adopt coordinated international anti-counterfeiting strategies in several countries, including... more

Doing Business in the U.S.

by Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 4/17/2013

... Preface - Chapter 1 Choice Of A Business Entity - Chapter 2 Introduction To Federal Securities Laws - Chapter 3 From Let’S Go Shopping To Closing: U.S. M&A Process - Chapter 4 Employment Considerations - Chapter 5 Equity Incentives For U.S. Employees - Chapter 6 U.S. Immigration Law - Chapter 7 U.S.... more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - March 2013

by King & Spalding on 4/5/2013

... 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 Standard. - For Want of An Algorithm The Patent Was... more

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

by McDermott Will & Emery on 3/29/2013

... 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 for Approval of Generic Version of Fentora; Federal Circuit Affirms Injunction Against Impax Labs and Bars... more

U.S. Supreme Court Creates Challenges for International Producers of Copyrighted Works in Kirtsaeng First Sale Doctrine Decision

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 3/28/2013

...the books Kirstaeng bought were made outside the U.S., and a jury proceeded to award Wiley $600,000 in statutory damages for willful infringement. A split panel of the Second Circuit affirmed. The Supreme Court granted certiorari in light of different appro... more

Federal Circuit Affirms Finding of Infringement in SynQor v. Artesyn Techs.

by BakerHostetler on 3/26/2013

... “This court also sees no reason why [the plaintiff's] decision not to argue pre-verdict willful infringement at trial should preclude the district court from finding willful infringement for... more

“First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Works Lawfully Made Abroad and Imported to the United States

by McDermott Will & Emery on 3/21/2013

... when manufactured abroad with the copyright owner’s permission). Accordingly, a jury found Kirtsaeng liable for willful copyright infringement and awarded Wiley statutory damages of more than half a million dollars. Kirtsaeng appealed to ... more

Clearance: Proskauer's Quarterly Antitrust Update - Winter 2013

by Proskauer Rose LLP on 3/21/2013

...In This Issue: - Watson and Reverse Payments: An Opportunity to Resolve the Competing Tension Between Antitrust and Patent Law Under the Hatch-Waxman Act - Judge Posner on the Limits of the Per Se Rule against Price Fixing - Betting on the Wrong Market Definition... more

Recent Developments In Information Technology Law - First Quarter 2013

by Brooks Kushman P.C. on 3/12/2013

... U.S. Supreme Court - A. Trademarks *II. U.S. Courts of Appeal - A. Patents - B. Copyrights - C. Copyrights/Criminal - D. Trademarks - E. Trademarks/Unfair Trade Practices - F. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) - G. Trade Secrets/Misappropriation *III. U.S. District Courts - A.... more

2013 Update on Chapter 93A

by Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C. on 3/12/2013

... Insurance - unfair claims settlement – The SJC has clarified that a willful or knowing failure of an insurance company to settle and pay a claim where liability has become clear can result in punitive... more

by Fenwick & West LLP on 3/6/2013

... I. Introduction - II. Rights Implicated By Transmission And Use Of Works On The Internet A. The Right of Reproduction - 1. The Ubiquitous Nature of "Copies" on the Internet - 2. Whether Images of Data Stored in RAM Qualify as "Copies" - 3. The WIPO Treaties & the European Copyright... more

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