By M. Kelly Tillery and Adam B. Fischer | April 1, 2018
Imagine this scenario: Your client creates the next big thing, 2018's “it” product. With your assistance, that client takes the traditional steps to protect and promote the product: signs nondisclosure agreements with suppliers; obtains trademarks to protect the brand; applies for patents to safeguard the concept; and receives required agency approvals. The client exhausts countless resources, and overcomes repeated challenges, to finally bring the product to market.
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By Carey Jordan and D. Jeremy Harrison | April 1, 2018
In the midst of remarkable technological advances, we are simultaneously enduring one of the most tumultuous global economies seen in several decades.
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By Jenna Loadman and Tyler Marandola | March 30, 2018
In the heyday of the video-sharing service Vine, Kayla Newman, a Chicago-area teen, birthed a new catchphrase for the millennial generation with two words—“on fleek.”
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By Michael F. Snyder and Anthony S. Volpe | March 30, 2018
This article advocates for having in-house or retained counsel make periodic reviews of corporate employment agreements and for having counsel involved in any new hire where there is strong likelihood that the position will lead to the creation of IP.
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By W. Drew Kastner, Stephenie Wingyuen Yeung, Andrew Chou and Sekou Lewis | March 30, 2018
Intellectual property rights in trademarks, copyrights, domain names and website content are among a company's most significant assets and account for key elements of a business' core operations and consumer brand recognition.
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By Richard A. Catalina Jr. | March 29, 2018
Decentralized data structure management technology (DDSM), such as blockchain and distributed ledger technology, is grabbing ever-increasing attention as a result of its potential to revolutionize the way we conduct business, run our governments and go about daily life.
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By Scott C. Oberlander | March 29, 2018
May 22, 2017, was a game-changing day for patent litigators across the United States, albeit a day that many experts assumed was coming.
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By Samuel Lewis | March 28, 2018
After years of protracted litigation, including two jury trials and two appeals, Google and Oracle are now destined for yet another trial arising from Google's alleged unauthorized use of 37 of Oracle's Java application programming interfaces (APIs) in the Android smartphone operating system.
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By Robert Maier | March 27, 2018
Patent and Trademark Law columnist Robert Maier discusses 'WesternGeco v. ION Geophysical', in which the U.S. Supreme Court will determine whether profits lost overseas can properly be captured as damages for infringement of a U.S. patent.
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By Gabrielle Orum Hernández | March 23, 2018
These five companies came out of Y-Combinator's winter fellows class and pitched their products at the incubator's recent 'Demo Day' exhibition.
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