by MTTLR ADMIN | Oct 1, 2014 | Legal/Tech News
Recently, Apple updated the privacy section on its website. While this was likely part of their response to privacy concerns due to the recent iCloud controversy, and fortuitously timed with the release of the newest batch of phones from the company, it also contains...
by MTTLR ADMIN | Jul 13, 2014 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology
In Markman, the Supreme Court declared that determining the meaning of patent claims, i.e. “claim construction,” is a question to be decided by the court; the Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial does not apply. Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., 517 U.S. 370,...
by MTTLR ADMIN | Apr 26, 2014 | Commentary |
Last month, the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank. Many hope the Court’s decision in this case will help clarify the patent eligibly standard for process claims – particularly those process claims that are computer implemented and/or...
by MTTLR ADMIN | Mar 29, 2014 | Commentary
Have you ever wondered how a massive Hollywood studio like Warner Bros. combats online piracy? (A team of ninjas with computer science degrees, perhaps?) Well, if Warner Bros. has their way, you won’t be finding out anytime soon. Warner Brothers is fighting the...
by MTTLR ADMIN | Feb 18, 2014 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News
Non-practicing entities (NPEs) are nothing new in the world of patent litigation, but this past October, NPE litigation reached a new level when the Rockstar Consortium filed an infringement suit in the Eastern District of Texas. Rockstar Consortium (not to be...
