In This Issue -
A Looming AI War: Transparency v. IP Rights -
As artificial intelligence systems become more prevalent in daily life, efforts to create a unifying set of AI principles have intensified. In the past few...more
8/21/2019
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Bayh-Dole Act ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Federal Funding ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Iancu v. Brunetti ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inventions ,
Lanham Act ,
Litigation Fees & Costs ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Reform ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Scandalous/Immoral Marks ,
Trademarks
Crowdsourced Content in Video Games: How Ownership Issues Almost “Ganked” a Copyright Case -
In Blizzard Entertainment v. Lilith Games (Shanghai) Company, a federal court denied a motion for partial summary judgment for...more
1/5/2018
/ Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Crowdsourcing ,
Domain Names ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Gaming ,
Genericide ,
Google ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Life Technologies Corp v Promega Corp ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Video Games
Despite being short one justice for much of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down multiple significant decisions this past term that can unsettle long-standing legal understandings in multiple technology fields. These...more
8/10/2017
/ Bristol-Myers Squibb Co v Superior Court of California - San Francisco County ,
Class Action ,
Class Certification ,
Disparagement ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Impression Products v Lexmark International ,
Jurisdiction ,
Laches ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Microsoft v Baker ,
Music Industry ,
Online Platforms ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Petrella v. MGM ,
SCOTUS ,
Social Networks ,
Star Athletica v Varsity Brands ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Venue
After a streak of six patent decisions uniformly overruling the Federal Circuit, and for the first time all term, the Supreme Court finally handed the Federal Circuit a win this week. In its landmark ruling in Matal v. Tam...more
6/22/2017
/ Disparagement ,
First Amendment ,
Football ,
Free Speech ,
Lanham Act ,
Matal v Tam ,
Music Industry ,
NFL ,
Redskins ,
SCOTUS ,
Team Mascots ,
The Slants ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO