Legal Updates: Intellectual Property

Legal Updates by JD Supra December 10, 2012 Intellectual Property   Follow popular law news & updates with JD Supra on LinkedIn Today Follow JD Supra »   Premium [Video] Baseball Analogy Catches Differences in Private Equity and Venture Capital Investment Theories Scott Joachim, chair of Fenwick's Private Equity Group, discusses the different vehicles through which limited partnerships (LPs) diversify their investments...more by Fenwick & West LLP China Allows Compulsory Licensing On May 1, 2012, China's newly released "Measures for Compulsory Licensing of Patent Implementation" (the New Measures) came into...more by Miller Canfield Who Owns Your Company's Social Media? Are You Sure? In my presentations on social media this year, I've talked a bit about the Phonedog v. Kravitz case where an employer sued a former employee who continued to...more by Pullman & Comley, LLC Lame-Duck Patent Reform Goes Almost Entirely Unnoticed With most lawmakers focused on the so called "fiscal cliff" during the current lame duck session of Congress, Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) has quietly...more by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP YouTube Not Required to Remove "Innocence of Muslims" Video in Response to Actress's Takedown Notice Last week a California federal judge declined to enter a preliminary injunction sought by actress Cindy Lee Garcia, which would have required YouTube to remove...more by Foley Hoag LLP - Trademark, Copyright & Unfair Competition Pre-GATT Patent Applications Threatened by Lamar Smith's H.R. 6621 Lurking in H.R. 6621, a bill entitled "To correct and improve certain provisions of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act and title 35, United States Code" and...more by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP HR 6621 Would Torpedo Submarine Patents HR 6621 (introduced by Representative Lamar Smith on November 30, 2012) proposes several changes "[t]o correct and improve certain provisions of the...more by Foley & Lardner LLP Second infringing file sharing case dropped by RIANZ In October 2012, Baldwins acted for an account holder accused of file sharing under the controversial "three strikes" or "skynet" law. After the account holder...more by Baldwins l Intellectual Property Copyright Lobby Squelches Reform-Minded Viewpoint Scott & Scott, LLP attorney, Christopher Barnett, writes about the fallout regarding a retracted Republican Study Committee policy brief arguing for reform of...more by Scott & Scott, LLP Bits and Pieces of Brands = Trademarks D + What = Diet Coke? Let's file this brand truncation example under the AlphaWatch category, even though there is some other stuff going on here...more by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. The Best DuetsBlog Post Ever You see it quite often, phrases like "The Best Car in America" or "America's Favorite Restaurant" used in advertising. The Trademark Office does not consider...more by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. I Like My Waffles With Syrup And A Little Splash of Pretentiousness If you were a Louis Vuitton waffle, would you eat yourself? (Admittedly, this opening line was shamelessly intended to provide an opportunity for including...more by Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. How Do You or Don't You State a Case for A Declaratory Judgment in a Trademark Dispute? Ever since the US Supreme Court in MedImmune, Inc. v. Genetech, Inc., 549 U.S. 118, 127 S, Ct, 764, 166 L. Ed.604 (2007) threw out the "reasonable...more by Mintz Levin - Intellectual Property Solicitor General Counsels against Certiorari Grant on Claim Construction There are more issues in patent law that the Supreme Court may consider than those raised by Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, and as if...more by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP IP/Entertainment Law Weekly Case Update for Motion Picture Studios and Television Networks -- December 5, 2012 In This Issue: Radin v. Hunt, USCA Ninth Circuit, November 26, 2012 (unpublished opinion) - Ninth Circuit affirms district court's grant of summary...more by Loeb & Loeb LLP Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act Passes, Streamlining International Registration of Industrial Designs On December 5, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act. The Senate previously passed the Act on September 22,...more by Foley & Lardner LLP Direct Purchasers Can Bring Walker Process Claims In Ritz Camera & Image v. SanDisk Corp., No. 2012-1183 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 20, 2012), the Federal Circuit held that direct purchasers have antitrust standing to...more by Howard Ullman Points & Authorities - Fall 2012 In This Issue: - The Innovative Design Protection Act: Bound for Success or Doomed to Fail? - Strategic Licensing Considerations - New Faces -...more by Buchalter Nemer US Senate Increases Trade Secret Protections By Passing TTSCA The US Senate recently approved the Theft of Trade Secrets Clarification Act (TTSCA) in an effort to eradicate a loophole brought to life in a recent Second...more by XpertHR - Partnered with LexisNexis What Customers Should Know About the Recent IBM Acquisition of Kenexa Scott & Scott, LLP, intellectual property and technology law firm, suggests that Kenexa customers evaluate IBM's licensing rules before making additional...more by Scott & Scott, LLP See more Intellectual Property articles » You’ve received this email because you opted to receive email updates from Legal Updates powered by JD Supra. 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