Intellectual Property Law

McCarter & English Continues to Expand Its Patent Litigation Practice with the Addition of Thomas A. Stevens in Wilmington – Bloomberg

Mr. Stevens has a JD from Widener University School of Law, an MBA in Finance from Drexel University and a BA in Biology from the University of Pennsylvania. About the Intellectual Property/Information Technology Practice McCarter & English’s …

United States: Federal Circuit Limits Joinder In Pre-AIA Lawsuit – Mondaq

It applied Federal Circuit precedent in conducting its analysis because the joinder inquiry requires courts to look at issues of infringement and thus implicates substantive patent law. The Federal Circuit began its analysis by noting that mandamus is …

UPDATE: Kodak Patent Declared Invalid In Case Vs Apple, RIM – Wall Street Journal

was declared invalid Monday because of “obviousness” by an administrative law judge, dealing a blow to the bankrupt imaging company that is trying to squeeze its intellectual property portfolio for much-needed cash.

Commercial fraud costs UAE Dh500m a year – Zawya.com

UAE ranks No.1 in the Arab world and No.30 globally in intellectual property rights (IPR) protection. The experts were discussing “Counterfeit products and their economic impact” in the Rouh Al Qanoon (Spirit of the Law) programme presented by lawyer Eisa … Continue reading

United States: GSK And Genentech Settle Cabilly Patent Lawsuit – Mondaq

Patent Prosecution And The Physics Of Fair Use (Foley Hoag LLP) When patent prosecutors file applications with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO), they are required by law to include “all information material to patentability,” which …

InnoVision Board Chair Announces Call for Entries for InnoVision 2012 Tech Awards – PRLog (free press release)

About InnoVision Board Chairman, Doug Kim: Doug Kim chairs the Intellectual Property Practice Group at McNair Law Firm, P.A., where he concentrates on counseling companies concerning the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights as well as …

Boyd Law holds Internet gaming symposium – Rebel Yell

Panelists included Babak Barin, an expert in international dispute resolution who served as a guest professor at UNLV, and Marketa Trimble, a law professor at Boyd who researches intellectual property and issues at the intersection of …

IP law probe MPs search for smoking gun, find plenty of smoke – The Register

which looked into the effects of intellectual property (IP) law on Britain’s future. But as for the strategy change, whodunnit? Careful questioning didn’t unearth a smoking pistol. But there was no shortage of smoke. Publishers Association chief Richard …

IP law probe MPs hunt for smoking gun, find plenty of smoke – The Register

which looked into the effects of intellectual property (IP) law on Britain’s future. But as for the strategy change, whodunnit? Careful questioning didn’t unearth a smoking pistol. But there was no shortage of smoke. Publishers Association chief Richard …

Australia: IINET may have prevailed in copyright infringement case, but ISPs should beware – Mondaq

and could not directly prevent those users from downloading BitTorrent clients and using these for purposes in breach of the law. Further, once the infringing material was stored, iiNet could not take down or remove the content, nor could it … Continue reading