• Manhattan IP Firm’s $1.2M Fee Suit Trimmed, but Moves Forward

    But IP boutique Springut Law’s remaining claims against a telecommunications patent holding company and its late president, Gerald Weinberger—including claims for breach of contract—continue to be contested in the heated, three-and-a-half-year-old legal battle over fees that now also involves …

     
  • Amazon Patents Wristband to Track Hand Movements of Warehouse Employees

    The patent filing hints that these wristbands are a temporary system until robots can automate this entire process. Some may question the legality of a system with such extreme employee surveillance, but it is legal under current US law and Amazon has no shortage of capable attorneys on their side.

     
  • Stupid Patent of the Month: Bigger Screen Patent Highlights a Bigger Problem

    Generally, countries’ patent laws only have domestic effect. If you want to have patent protection in the U.S., you need to file for a U.S. patent and show your application complies with U.S. patent law. If you want protection in India, you also need to file in India and show... Continue reading

     
  • United American Corp Files Patent Infringement Suit against Facebook Inc. in the Federal Court of Canada

    United American Corp Files Patent Infringement Suit against Facebook Inc. in the Federal Court of Canada  GlobeNewswire (press release) United American Corporation Reports Filing of Patent Infringement Suit Against Facebook Inc. (FB) in the Federal Court …  StreetInsider.com Full coverage

     
  • IP Group Of The Year: Mayer Brown

    Law360, New York (January 31, 2018, 3:58 PM EST) — Mayer Brown LLP secured a victory in the Supreme Court decision Impression Products v. Lexmark International, a major win for Impression and companies in the secondary market for patented products, landing the firm a spot among Law360’s …

     
  • Court Extends Non-Compete Law to IP Licensing Agreements

    Non-compete law has generally been applied to two kinds of contracts: employment agreements and agreements to sell a business. Crye appears to break new ground in applying this law to restrictions in an intellectual property license. Counsel who draft licensing agreements need to consider whether …

     
  • culminate in local patent milestone

    Steve worked for the patent office in Salt Lake City for more than half a decade before he said he woke up one day and realized he needed to change his path. Now a registered patent agent working for his own company, Malone Intellectual Property Law, he said he wants... Continue reading

     
  • Retro News: 5 Years Ago, CT Shops Still Hopeful That Judgment Against Insurer Would Hold

    Eileen Sottile of the Quality Parts Coalition predicted that without changes to U.S. patent law, the increasing number of OEM patents on crash parts could … Ten years later, the non-OEM parts industry continues to fight for federal legislation that would slash design patent protection automakers’ hold on …

     
  • In the News

    In the Law FirmsFitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP has promoted Joseph H. Herron to equity partner.Herron counsels clients in complex patent prosecution, patent litigation, post-issuance matters, portfolio management and opinion work among other intellectual property matters.• Husch Blackwell LLP …

     
  • Data Privacy Attorney

    Knobbe Martens is looking to add an attorney to our Data Privacy and Security team. Our team is dedicated to helping clients achieve and maintain compliance with federal, state, and international data protection and security laws. Qualifications: