• Personnel Changes at IP Law Firms, Organizations

    Ping Wang and Michael Ye have left Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP to join Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Washington, as partners in the firm’s intellectual property practice group. IP attorney John Murray has also left Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP to join Morris, Manning & Martin LLP, Washington, as of …

     
  • How a New Orleans Startup Is Demystifying the Complex Patent Process for Inventors

    PatentDive’s proprietary visual-based software tool significantly reduces the time and cost of drafting a U.S. patent application, which can be a burden for inventors and small companies with no background in patent law or patent-application strategies. They often struggle with properly describing their …

     
  • New Hampshire Court: First Amendment Protects Criticism of “Patent Troll”

    The court ruled [PDF] that the phrase “patent troll” and other rhetorical characterizations are not the type of factual statements that can be the basis of a defamation claim. While this is a fairly routine application of defamation law and the First Amendment, it is an important reminder that patent... Continue reading

     
  • AI-Related Liability Considerations

    Compulsory auto insurance will likely include product liability, they added. Technology and patent attorney Coleman Watson says new laws regulating AI software are needed. “The law is light-years behind rapid advancements in technology, such as AI, because enacting laws necessarily requires a …

     
  • Letter regarding The Engine Working Groups final report

    … the development of new standard agreements for technology licensing and intellectual property (IP), the formation of an Institute-level Conflict of Interest committee, engagement through the Boston University Entrepreneurship and IP Law Clinic to help international entrepreneurs obtain legal advice on …

     
  • Kentik Granted US Patent for Core Network Analytics Technology

    Kentik Granted US Patent for Core Network Analytics Technology  PR Newswire (press release) Full coverage

     
  • Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute Presentation

    Finnegan attorneys Brian Kacedon, Denise Main, and Jeanette Roorda will present “Drafting Patent Licensing Agreements—Dos and Don’ts” during an educational program hosted by Sid Martin Biotechnology Institute, a bio-business incubator associated with the University of Florida. The program will …

     
  • Patent Exclusivity Health Checks for Biologics

    As part of Strafford Publications’ webinar series, Finnegan partners Paul Barker, Steven O’Connor, and Sanya Sukduang will discuss strategies to improve U.S. patents that may be subject to litigation under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA). The program will also consider …

     
  • With US patent system at “an inflection point” Iancu and antitrust chief Delrahim outline Trump IP

    Delrahim is the first head of the division to have qualified as a patent attorney and since he was confirmed last September has given a series of speeches focused on IP which signal a sea change with the previous administration’s patent policy. Irrespective of what he has said, perhaps the... Continue reading

     
  • Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA)

    President Trump has signed into law a significant roll-back of protections for internet platforms for the purpose of shutting-down prostitution in America. The title “Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act of 2017.” It is now a Federal Crime to “use[] … own[], manage[], or operate[]” an …