Blog: Protecting Businesses and Their Owners
Patent royalties cannot last beyond the expiration of the patent: SCOTUS
The Supreme Court decided Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC today. The holding is simple: The Court refused to change a rule they announced in the 1964 Brulotte case, holding that a patent holder cannot charge royalties for the use of his invention after its...
The State Water Resources Control Board has Curtailed Diversions by Certain Pre-1914 Senior Water Rights Holders
In a move not seen since California was gripped by drought in the 1970s the California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) has sent notices of curtailment orders directing senior water rights holders in the Delta, San Joaquin and Sacramento watersheds to...
The State Water Board has Curtailed All Post-1914 Water Rights Permits, Licenses, Registrations and Certificates.
On May 1, 2015 the State Water Resources Control Board issued an immediate curtailment notice to those diverting water from the Sacramento River Watershed and Delta under a Post-1914 water right permit, license, registration or certificate. This curtailment follows...
State Water Board Uses Term 91 as the Basis for Curtailment Orders to Water Right Permit and License Holders
On April 30, 2015 the State Water Resources Control Board declared that (1) water being released from state and federal water projects is being released in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Watershed (Delta Watershed) and (2) the Delta is in Balanced Condition. It...
The State Water Resources Control Board is taking a hard look at senior water right holders.
Today the State Water Resources Control Board ("Board")issued an "Order for Additional Information In the Matter of Diversion of Water from Sacrament and San Joaquin Watershed and Delta". The order follows a May 2014 curtailment order to post-1914 appropriative water...