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EBay Moves to Dismiss DOJ Antitrust Complaint

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 1/25/2013

Last November, I posted about the Department of Justice suit against eBay for its alleged illegal hiring pact with Intuit. The DOJ contended that the eBay-Intuit agreement not to poach each other's employees violated both the...more

Does the First Sale Rule Apply to Works Manufactured Outside the United States?

by Jennifer Miller | Dinsmore & Shohl LLP on 1/14/2013

Under the Copyright Act, copyright owners are granted the exclusive right to prevent the unauthorized sale or distribution of copies of their works to the public. The first sale doctrine creates an exception to this rule by...more

DOJ Antitrust Division Continues To Pursue Employers Engaged in Efforts to Restrict Employee Job Change

by James M. Burns, Adam Wenner | Dickinson Wright on 1/10/2013

On November 16, the DOJ Antitrust Division filed an antitrust action against eBay, alleging that "[s]enior executives at eBay and Intuit entered into an evolving ‘handshake’ agreement . . . [that] prohibited either company...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - December 2012

by King & Spalding on 12/29/2012

In This Issue: ..News From the Bench: - Clarification of the “Vitiation Test” when applying the Doctrine of Equivalents. - The “Success More Likely Than Not” and “Ordinary Observer” Standards for a...more

Avoiding Anti-competitive Employee Recruitment Arrangements: The United States Department of Justice Challenges eBay and the...

by Subrata Bhattacharjee, Adam S. Goodman | Heenan Blaikie LLP on 12/21/2012

In 2010, the government of Canada amended the Competition Act, making anti-competitive conspiracies between competitors or potential competitors a per se criminal offence, requiring no evidence of an adverse impact on...more

IP Buzz - December 2012

by Matthew R. Farley, Lars H. Genieser, Ph.D., Fabian M. Koenigbauer, Jacqueline Levasseur Patt, Gregory J. Sater, Janet F. Satterthwaite | Venable LLP on 12/20/2012

In this issue: - Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons: How the Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of eBay, Libraries, and Yard Sales - Supreme Court to Consider Whether (Isolated) Human Genes are Patentable - What...more

Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons: How the Supreme Court Will Decide the Fate of eBay, Libraries, and Yard Sales

by Matthew R. Farley | Venable LLP on 12/17/2012

The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments concerning the global reach of domestic copyright law. At issue in Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons is the first sale doctrine, which permits the owner of a copyrighted item to...more

Bernstein Shur Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter #22

by Paul McDonald, Daniel J. Murphy | Bernstein Shur on 11/29/2012

We are pleased to present the 22nd edition of the Bernstein Shur Business and Commercial Litigation Newsletter. This month, we examine several cases that the U.S. Supreme Court will hear in its next term and an...more

Department of Justice Sues EBay Over No-Poaching Agreement With Intuit

by Kenneth Vanko | Clingen Callow & McLean, LLC on 11/20/2012

Last week, the Department of Justice filed another suit against one of the nation's tech giants for entering into horizontal no-hire agreements. This time the suit is against EBay, and it generally alleges that EBay and...more

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