• Captured Copyright Law

    Lindsey and Teles note that in their “rogues gallery of case studies, copyright and patent law are the wolves in sheep’s clothing.” In the “ingenious and highly effective rhetoric of their supporters, these laws are the very antithesis of rent-seeking.” Rather than “conferring special and undeserved privileges …

     
  • DLA Piper (Canada) names partners

    Morgan Burris has been working in the Vancouver office practising commerical litigation with a focus on construction and engineering disputes. She has represented clients in arbitrations and court actions concerning a range of issues from environmental and patent law to competition and insolvency.

     
  • High Court Won’t Consider Atty Fees In Medtronic Case

    Law360, New York (January 16, 2018, 2:54 PM EST) — The U.S. Supreme Court declined Tuesday to review a Federal Circuit decision that a Maryland licensing company must pay $6 million in attorneys’ fees in a case that determined Medtronic Inc. did not infringe the company’s defibrillator patents, …

     
  • Three Emerging Technologies with the Biggest Data Security Risks

    Their process controls, which might have a 20- to 30-year life span, simply were not designed with cybersecurity in mind. Amanda G. Ciccatelli is a Freelance Journalist for Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel, where she covers intellectual property, legal technology, patent litigation, cybersecurity, …

     
  • Notre Dame Law School clinic secures disease detection patent

    Detecting cancers and cardiovascular diseases now may be a bit easier thanks to a new patent secured by the Notre Dame Law School’s Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic. The portable invention may help doctors detect such serious diseases faster and more economically by using …

     
  • Intel CEO Sold Stock Before Disclosing Security Flaw. What Happens Next?

    Regulators, shareholders and the public will want to know how long Intel waited before disclosing the problems with its chips and why.” Amanda G. Ciccatelli is a Freelance Journalist for Corporate Counsel and InsideCounsel, where she covers intellectual property, legal technology, patent litigation, …

     
  • Message to the new USPTO Director: Time to flip the script at the PTAB

    The PTAB recently received its 8000th petition — a landmark that few thought it would reach this quickly. No other part of the America Invents Act (AIA) has had anything like the same impact on the US patent system, winning praise in some quarters as a quick and (relatively) cheap... Continue reading

     
  • Toro’s $48M Patent Win Against Briggs & Stratton Tossed

    Toro’s $48M Patent Win Against Briggs & Stratton Tossed  Bloomberg BNA Court throws out $24. 3 million award to Exmark  Lincoln Journal Star Full coverage

     
  • Do You Need A US Patent?

    If you have an innovative idea, concept or design – you need to legally protect it. That’s where PARSE Network comes in. Our team of attorneys handle IP law in the following areas: 3-D Printing…

     
  • Why is PTAB spending precious resources killing good patents?

    PTAB wasting resources To date, critics of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) have mainly focused on issues of patent law. Airing grievances, particularly the wisdom of Congress passing the America Invents Act (AIA), has become commonplace. There is much that can and should be made about …