Darktrace researchers have outlined a particularly scary scenario of how threat actors are bypassing MFA and using artificial intelligence to launch sophisticated phishing attacks against users....more
Whether they refer to their online terms as "website terms and conditions," "terms of use," or something else, online marketers and sellers often seek to enforce contracts to manage the relationships with their...more
What happens when a junior trademark holder’s business becomes so popular and well known that it threatens to swamp the reputation of a senior mark holder? The senior mark holder brings a trademark infringement case alleging...more
Three separate California Superior Courts have recently upheld federal forum provisions (“FFP”) in governing corporate documents to preclude state court actions under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) (15...more
In Washington: Hopes for a quick resolution to the stimulus talks continue to fade though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin continue talking this week to try and bridge the gap between...more
Dropbox and its subsidiary asserted three patents against Synchronoss Technologies related to "Secure Delivery of Information in a Network," "File Upload Synchronization" and a "System and Method for Personal Data Backup for...more
The District of Delaware recently found a patent directed to onsite data backup to be abstract and ineligible for patent protection. The court's discussion went beyond the standard Alice inquiry, and touched on the roles of...more
Many employers maintain policies limiting their employees’ expectation of privacy in the workplace, including policies that eliminate any expectation of privacy when using company-issued electronic devices. While employers...more
The amount of IP litigation between competitors in the cloud space is on the rise, and now a high profile cloud player, Dropbox, has fired back against an emerging competitor. ...more
The SEC has opened a probe into Guggenheim Partners’ asset-management arm over an $85-million real-estate transaction and a series of other deals involving ABS Capital—including a loan to BCBG Max Azria just months before the...more
A look at the some of the losers—cities, mostly—in Amazon’s recent move to start collecting sales taxes in more states. The problem? While Amazon now collects sales taxes in every state that has one, it’s collection deals...more
Breakingviews on what the White House’s intervention into Broadcom’s [dropped] bid for Qualcomm could mean for the US-based chip maker. [Hint, it involves China, and it’s not great for the big Q]....more
The Journal dropped something of a bomb on Friday with news that Goldman Sachs’ CEO Lloyd Blankfein is heading out the door as soon as the end of the year. If true, Goldman will likely look for his replacement within its...more
Dual or multi-class capitalization structures generally allow companies to sell large amounts of shares to the public while maintaining control in the hands of the founders and early investors. Popularized by the Google IPO...more
It’s a bit more overtly political than business-oriented, but given China’s economic might, we felt it worth noting that China’s Communist Party has cleared the way for President Xi Jinping to “stay in power indefinitely” by...more
The Times explores the $27 billion in fixed-income-trading income that has seeped out of Wall Street over the past 5 years thanks to “a combination of tough regulations, new technologies, calm markets and changing customer...more
We have discussed before the importance of maintaining internal policies and procedures to protect the security and integrity of cloud-based repositories. A recent case in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland...more
The Katten Kattwalk discusses legal issues in the fashion industry affecting the trademarks, patents and copyrights associated with companies, brands and products. ...more
File sharing sites such as DropBox have become commonplace, allowing users to upload and access electronic documents from a variety of locations. These sites are particularly convenient when multiple people are required to...more
As the sun set on 2016, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in Sunearth, Inc. v. Sun Earth Solar Power, Co. embraced a new standard for awarding attorneys’ fees in Lanham Act cases. Adopting the U.S. Supreme Court’s rationale...more
Recently I shared the podium with an FBI agent who was asked what frustrated him the most when trying to help businesses with trade secret theft. His answer was a surprise: they fire the guy too fast! He explained that when...more
“The Ninth Circuit has stated that laches is seldom susceptible of resolution by summary judgment,” but the federal district court for the Northern District of California recently held just that in Dropbox Inc. v. Thru Inc. ...more
It was well known in 2012 that Dropbox suffered a data breach when its user names and passwords were compromised. But at the time, Dropbox did not admit the breadth of the compromise. Last week, they admitted that 68 million...more
You and your business may use the cloud vendor Dropbox (www.dropbox.com) to store or transfer files, work-related documents, or personal information (or may have used it to transfer such data in the past). ...more
There’s been a lot of talk in recent years about “BYOD” (“Bring Your Own Device”) policies, which are becoming increasingly common in the workplace. Employees want the flexibility and ease that comes with being able to use a...more