Blog: Protecting Businesses and Their Owners
Patent Tuesdays and Application Thursdays: Understanding Patent Office Publications
The bargain envisioned in the United States Constitution is that inventors disclose how to practice an invention, making the knowledge available to the world, in exchange for a time-limited monopoly. Such a disclosure would be useless if it were not made available to...
The Benefits of Licensing Agreements for IP Owners
There are generally two ways to exploit the value of intellectual property rights: use the property yourself or transfer the rights to someone else to use. A transfer of rights – whether in the form of an assignment or license – is often an attractive option for IP...
Quick Look: Fair Use Does Not Allow News Clipping Services to Send Ten Minute Long Videos to Customers
This is a Second Circuit opinion, so it does not directly cover California. However, it will be persuasive when the Ninth Circuit, which covers California, addresses similar issues. In short, the case is titled Fox News v. TVEyes, Inc., and holds that while it is...
Quick look: Sovereign Immunity Does Not Prevent Post-Grant Review Proceedings
Patent owners have long complained that the Post-Grant Review Proceedings ("PGR") created in the America Invents Act tilt strongly in favor of invalidating patents. The PGR procedures are so effective at destroying patent rights that the former Chief Judge of the...
Prop 65 New Safe Harbor Warnings Proposed for Residential Housing
Under California Proposition 65, which requires that the public be provided warnings with regard to the exposure to certain identified chemicals, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) proposes to amend Article 6 of Title 27 of the California...