How Social Media Can Tank a Litigation
Savvy litigators care about social media. Or at least they should care about social media. From employment to criminal cases, popular media coverage and court
July 17, 2012
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Antigone Peytons Posts
Parody, Meet Trademark: Twitter Kicks Olympics 2012 Parody Account Off Site for Trademark Policy Violations
Last month, Twitter suspended an account that parodied the London 2012 Olympic Games and used a redesigned 2012 Olympics trademarked emblem. The account holder agreed to remove the trademark image from the site, but Twitter had already removed the account.
July 2, 2012
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Is the USPTO Doing its AIA Homework?
The USPTO has been busy since September 2011, when the America Invents Act (AIA) was signed into law. That’s because Congress gave the USPTO a
June 18, 2012
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Guess® You’re Out of Luck!
Girls everywhere will soon be forced to say goodbye to Guess® bags with an interlocking “G” logo. That’s because Gucci® won a big trademark infringement
May 22, 2012
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What You Need to Know About the New Patent Laws
Decoding IP™ blog readers: You’re invited to attend a special (and free) panel discussion this week that is focused on decoding recent changes to the
April 17, 2012
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Technology + Lawyers = ABA Tech Show 2012
Beginning today, I will be co-presenting two sessions at the ABA TECHSHOW 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. (Here’s the full TechShow schedule.) I’ll be covering “Social
March 29, 2012
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Putting Up the Patent Wall: Supreme Court Declares Prometheus’ Diagnostic Methods “Laws of Nature” & Unpatentable
On Tuesday the Supreme Court issued an important decision in a patent case relating to the question of whether Prometheus’ diagnostic methods/processes, which 1) analyze
March 21, 2012
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You Don’t Know What You Didn’t Get, ‘Till It’s Gone
It’s frustrating when someone doesn’t follow the litigation rules! B-Tek got a taste of this frustration first hand in a patent infringement suit involving technology
March 19, 2012
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The Longest Patent Battle—Ever
I like to identify landmark decisions by the Federal Circuit and tell you why I think they are special. Well, here’s another landmark case: it
March 7, 2012
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A Showdown at the ITC
Generally, people listen to a federal agency that orders them to stop breaking the law. But in this case, Ninestar continued to import and sell
March 6, 2012
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Pushing the Deckchairs Off the Titanic: Substantive Amendments Bill for Patent Reform on the Horizon?
After years of failed bills, broken compromises, and heated debates, the U.S. Congress finally passed—and the President signed—a set of sweeping patent law reforms in
March 2, 2012
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Re-Frozen Chopped Liver & Other Patent Tales
Evidently, human liver cells can be frozen several times and still “live.” I wouldn’t try this with steaks purchased from the grocery store (or your
January 23, 2012
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