by liz | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary |
When AT&T sued Verizon Wireless for its “There’s A Map for That” advertising campaign, AT&T could have brought a dilution claim against Verizon’s use of the slogan, “There’s a map for that,” which is very similar to...
by Matthew Remissong | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
A three judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently upheld the injunction against Microsoft that goes into effect January 11, 2010. The panel also upheld the nearly $300 million in damages from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District...
by naomita | Dec 31, 2009 | Cases, Commentary |
On May 12, 2009, the ACLU and the Public Patent Foundation filed a lawsuit on behalf of four scientific organizations – the Association for Medical Pathology, the American College of Medical Genetics, the American Society for Clinical Pathology and the College...
by ghans | Nov 7, 2009 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
One of the most prominent copyright/fair use cases over the last year has been artist Shepard Fairey’s dispute with the Associated Press (AP) over his famous poster of now-President Obama during the 2008 Presidential Campaign. The poster, which featured a...
by Joshua Ney | Sep 14, 2009 | Cases, Commentary |
In Diamond v. Diehr, the Supreme Court held that a process claim is not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 if the claim preempts a “fundamental principle,” such as a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea. On the other hand, a claim is...
by Ashley Tan | Sep 4, 2009 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
The New York Times reported today that Amazon has changed its mind yet again about deleting Kindle copies of Orwell works, due to it lacking the rights to them. Amazon is now offering affected customers a free upload of a different, legally authorized...
