Apple vs. Motorola

On October 29th, Apple filed two lawsuits against Motorola, alleging Motorola infringed several of Apple’s multi-touch technology patents. Multi-touch technology is a vital part of Apple’s products; it is integrated into the hugely popular iPhone, iPad and...

Patent Marking Pitfalls

A patentee’s rights to recovery in an infringement action are substantially enhanced if their patented article is properly marked.  The relevant statutory language, found in 35 U.S.C. § 287(a), states: “Patentees . . . may give notice to the public that...

False Hope?

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...

Gawronski v. Amazon: Kindle Class-Action Lawsuit

When Amazon controversially deleted copies of George Orwell’s Animal Farm and 1984 from its Kindles back in July, the ironic parallels between fact and fiction sent the Internet collectively scrambling to brush up on its literary quips. Not a bad thing, at least from...