Jun 29, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
The Supreme Court today denied Google’s request to review the lower court decision in Google, Inc. v. Oracle America, Inc. 14-410. The case is a bit complicated, particularly for non-programmers, but it basically asked whether copyright law covers application...
Jun 27, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
Click here to download “Help, Yelp! What to do if you are defamed online!” It is a common problem businesses face: You are going about your day, providing great customer service, when you notice a bad review pops up on Yelp (or Google+, or Amazon, or any...
Jun 22, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
By Gary S. Shuster The PDF to this article can be downloaded here. 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...
Feb 27, 2015 | Intellectual Property law, News
Download the PDF here. There is a complex relationship between intellectual property protection and money. Many venture capital sources and angel investors will not invest without some kind of assurance or plan to reduce the risk that a big company will see what you...
Jan 12, 2013 | Intellectual Property law, trademark
By Sherrie M. Flynn Read article here. By now, most individual inventors, as well as the companies that employ inventors, know that because of the America Invents Act (AIA), America has gone from a system of “first-to-invent” (the first person to invent has the rights...