Recent Articles
The 'License as Tax' Fallacy
Article, Spring 2022
Unreasonable: A Strict Liability Solution to the FTC's Data Security Problem
Article, Spring 2022
The Ping-Pong Olympics of Antisuit Injunction in FRAND Litigation
Article, Spring 2022
Content Moderation Remedies
Article, Fall 2021
An Empirical Study: Willful Infringement & Enhanced Damages in Patent Law After Halo
Article, Fall 2021
Recent Notes
The Best Data Plan Is to Have a Game Plan: Obstacles and Solutions to Reaching International Data Privacy Agreements
Note, Spring 2022
Mental Health Mobile Apps and the Need to Update Federal Regulations to Protect Users
Note, Spring 2022
Blog Posts
Joint Infringement – A New Direction?
In a recent combined en banc decision, a divided Federal Circuit overruled its own prior decision regarding joint infringement – all the steps of a method claim no longer have to be committed by a single entity – by a 6-5 vote. Joint infringement covers cases when a...
Japanese Company to Acquire 70% of Sprint
On October 15, Japanese tech titan SoftBank announced that it will acquire 70% of Sprint Nextel. The $20.1 billion deal will allow Sprint to compete with the two largest American wireless companies, Verizon and AT&T, by providing Sprint with $8 billion in new...
BioDifferents?
When the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on June 28, the impact was diverse and widespread. Relief was felt in one corner of the pharmaceutical industry, however, as the decision protected continued...
No Harm, No Foul?
On October 5th, Facebook moved to dismiss allegations that it tracked users’ online activity after they logged out of the social network, because the users failed to show how they were harmed. This allegation of secretive-tracking-post-logout is the central claim of...
Crowdsourcing – Not Just for Businesses Anymore
USPTO director David Kappos is getting things done. He’s opening satellite USPTO offices, helping American University law students patent sex, and now, supporting crowdsourcing prior art searches for patent applications. Crowdsourcing is a method of tapping into the...
This Round of Map Innovation Goes to Google
Apple and Google both received press for their new map applications this month. Map technology has certainly come a long way from paper maps. Among other benefits, web maps are an important tool for attorneys. Criminal prosecutors use interactive maps to analyze key...