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Keurig Walls Off the Garden by Shutting Out Third Party K-cups

by rniemei | Apr 2, 2014 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology

Keurig, the single serve coffee machine produced by Green Mountain, is nearly ubiquitous in offices, homes, and schools around the country. The device rose to popularity on the back of the K-cup, the single serve pods produced by Green Mountain that allowed a single...

Coalition for Patent Fairness Attempts to Curb Inefficient Patent Litigation

by cdszczep | Feb 17, 2014 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology | 1 comment

On February 5, 2014, Google and Cisco announced a long-term cross-licensing deal. The agreement permits either company to utilize the other company’s patent portfolio. That day, Cisco also agreed to a similar cross-licensing agreement with Samsung. Last week,...

Harnessing Deeper Relationships in South Korea

by keithlim | Dec 21, 2013 | Journal, Legal/Tech News, MTTLR Journal, Technology

Korea has opened its legal market to foreign law firms under Free Trade Agreements about one and a half years ago.  According to the Ministry of Justice, 16 foreign firms have opened shop and are currently operating in South Korea: • 13 US-based firms: Cleary Gottlieb...

California Passes New Revenge Porn Law, but is it Good Enough?

by sfuter | Nov 14, 2013 | Legislation/Regulations, Technology

Today, just about everything happens on the Internet. That includes flirting, dating, and breaking up. While ex-lovers with broken hearts have sought revenge for centuries, today the implications are far different. Before the Internet, such revenge may have included...

Just a Playlist… or Something More?

by keandrab | Nov 12, 2013 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology

Music streaming service, Spotify, has yet again found itself at odds with a creator in the music industry. This time around, the disagreement centers on a more novel question: Does a compilation constitute copyrightable intellectual property? According to U.K. based...

Nortel Patent Failure Returns to Haunt Google

by rniemei | Nov 8, 2013 | Cases, Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Technology

Last week on October 31st, a nightmare scenario that Google hoped to avoid came to pass. Attorneys for Rockstar Consortium filed suit in the Eastern District of Texas against Google and seven handheld device makers that employ Google’s Android operating system...
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