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

by Joshua Bosman, Nicole Grimm, Gregory Huffman, Emily Miao, Joshua Rich, Cole Richter, Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 5/13/2013

In This Issue: Comments 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...more

Intellectual Property and Your Startup (Presentation)

by Scott Cromar, Russell Jeide | Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 5/13/2013

Knobbe Martens’ patent attorneys Russell Jeide and Scott Cromar hosted a seminar series on intellectual property basics for Temecula’s business community. This presentation is from the first class giving a basic overview of...more

Carrying on Business in Canada

by Heenan Blaikie LLP on 5/3/2013

In This Publication: - Preface - General Information - Immigration - Investment Factors - Intellectual Property - Principal Forms of Business Entities - Taxation -...more

IP Buzz - April 2013

by Therese Finan, Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Jeffrey D. Knowles, Martin Saad, Steven Schwarz | Venable LLP on 5/1/2013

In this issue: - Federal Circuit: Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Appeal - The Federal Circuit Draws the Line on Permissible Changes to Design Patent Claims – Or Does It? - DMCA Safe Harbor Upheld for...more

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

by Babak Akhlaghi, Sarah Bro, Kenneth Cheney, Bernard Codd, Paul Devinsky, Roozbeh Gorgin, Charles Hawkins, Donna M. Haynes, Sungyong “David” In, John Low, Amol Parikh, Vinu Raj, more +Michael Sardina, Sarika Singh, Joseph Speyer, Rose S. Whelan, Han (Jason) Yu | McDermott Will & Emery on 4/30/2013

Obviousness-Type Double Patenting 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...more

Protecting Your Intellectual Property

by Ned Sackman | Bernstein Shur on 4/25/2013

In This Presentation, Ned Sackman, an attorney and member of Bernstein Shur’s Labor and Employment Practice Group, explores ways companies can secure intellectual property using the following tools: • Non-disclosure,...more

Business Litigation Report -- March 2013

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 4/3/2013

In This Issue: - Firm News: Quinn Emanuel Recognized as a “2013 Go-To Law Firm for Top 500 Companies” and Quinn Emanuel Named Law360 Class Action Practice Group of the Year - Main...more

Of Patents, Trademarks and Copyrights

by Donna Ray Berkelhammer | Sands Anderson PC on 4/2/2013

Entrepreneurs often know they need to protect their intellectual property, but often they don’t understand what kind of intangible asset can be protected and under what law....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

Intellectual Property LEGAL NEWS - March 22, 2013 • Volume 1, Number 2

by Joan Ellis, Chris Mitchell, H. Jonathan Redway | Dickinson Wright on 3/25/2013

In This Issue: - AMERICA INVENTS ACT FINAL IMPLEMENTATION: FROM FIRST-TO-INVENT TO FIRST-TO-FILE: The America Invents Act (“AIA”), which went into effect September 16, 2011, introduces some of the most...more

Recent Developments In Information Technology Law - First Quarter 2013

by David Syrowik | Brooks Kushman P.C. on 3/12/2013

Table of Contents: *I. U.S. Supreme Court - A. Trademarks *II. U.S. Courts of Appeal - A. Patents - B. Copyrights - C. Copyrights/Criminal - D. Trademarks - E. Trademarks/Unfair...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 2, -- February 2013

by Evan Boetticher, Christopher Bright, Sarah Bro, Bernard Codd, Gabriel Daniel, Melissa Nott Davis, Paul Devinsky, Daniel Foster, D. Jeremy Harrison, Charles Hawkins, Sungyong “David” In, more +Christopher M. Koepke, John Low, Jennifer Mikulina, Sarika Singh, Rose S. Whelan | McDermott Will & Emery on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: Patents - Supreme Court: State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim; Nothing Non-Obvious About Applying Pre-Existing Technology to the Internet; The Federal Circuit Is Not the Place...more

Obama Administration Reports on Efforts to Prevent Trade Secret Misappropriation

by Kevin E. Noonan | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 2/26/2013

The Obama Administration issued a Report earlier this month, entitled "Administration Strategy on Mitigating the Theft of U.S. Trade Secrets," that sets forth its efforts to prevent trade secret misappropriation. The Report...more

Don’t Forget to Divide These Things, Too

by Law Offices of Marlo Van Oorschot, APLC on 2/5/2013

In California community property rules control the division of assets and liabilities in divorce. Community property is any property, regardless of where it is situated, which is acquired during the marriage. Unless there...more

10 Things You Should Know About IP Litigation

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 2/4/2013

1. Can I infringe a patent if I am not aware of it? Yes. Lack of knowledge of a patent or a lack of intent to infringe the patent is not a defense to an allegation of patent infringement. Patent infringement occurs when...more

Speaking Of . . . Insurance Coverage - Is There Coverage For Alleged “Disparagement” Of Another Company’s Product? One California...

by Walter Judge | Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC on 2/4/2013

We previously discussed the troubling issues of: a) whether your company’s insurance policy(ies) actually provides coverage for claims of IP infringement, and b) which of your policies is the one(s) you should be looking to...more