As 2023 draws to a close, new developments continue to emerge across the patent, trademark, copyright and trade secret spaces.
Join members of McDermott’s Intellectual Property Group for a year-end review that will explore...more
12/6/2023
/ Artificial Intelligence ,
Continuing Legal Education ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Applications ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Litigation ,
Copyright Registration ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Fair Use ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
First Amendment ,
Free Speech ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Registration ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Proposed Rules ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Application ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Unified Patent Court ,
Webinars
Addressing claims of copyright infringement and misappropriation of trade secrets, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed in part and reversed in part the district court’s summary judgment in favor of the...more
Orca Communications Unlimited, LLC v. Noder -
The Uniform Trade Secrets Act’s (UTSA) displacement provision creates an exclusive cause of action for claims based on misappropriation of trade secrets and preempts...more
New Castle Beverage, Inc. v. Spicy Beer Mix, Inc. -
In an unpublished opinion, the Court of Appeal of the State of California’s Second Appellate District affirmed the lower court’s denial of a preliminary injunction...more
Patents / Patent Eligible Subject Matter -
Supreme Court to Myriad: Isolated DNA Sequences Are Not Patent-Eligible Subject Matter --
AMP et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.:
In a 9–0 decision the Supreme...more
6/27/2013
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
AMP v Myriad ,
Burden of Proof ,
Copyright ,
Damages ,
DNA ,
False Advertising ,
First Amendment ,
Human Genes ,
Infringement ,
Lanham Act ,
Myriad ,
Oprah Winfrey ,
Patent Terms ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
SCOTUS ,
Time Warner ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Willful Infringement
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...more
2/28/2013
/ Adverse Inference Instructions ,
America Invents Act ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Attorney Malpractice ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Covenant Not to Sue ,
Design Patent ,
Destruction of Evidence ,
Direct Infringement ,
First-to-File ,
Gunn v Minton ,
Infringement ,
Jurisdiction ,
Mattel ,
MGA Entertainment ,
Misappropriation ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Reform ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks
In This Issue:
Patents -
..Federal Circuit Rules It’s Own Standards Apply When Considering Preliminary Injunctions
..Preliminary Testing of Medical Devices in Animals Enables Their Use in...more
12/28/2012
/ America Invents Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Competition ,
Copyright ,
Infringement ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Assertion Entities ,
Patent Reform ,
Patents ,
Pay-For-Delay ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reissue Patents ,
Restitution ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
Walker Process Claims