Patent Reform: The Plight of Today’s Innovator
Are today’s US Patents a bait and switch for innovators of tomorrow’s crucial technologies? Are we sacrificing the future investment in U.S. innovation in a mania to stop abusive patent…
Not the Breast Outcome for Myriad Genetics
The United States and Australia share some pretty significant legal differences. For example, rigid gun control laws in Australia compared to the constitutional right to bear arms in the United…
What It Takes to Break the Internet
In November of 2014, Kim Kardashian posted two photographs to Instagram sourced from her cover shoot for the winter 2014 issue of Paper magazine. One photo displays Kardashian peering over…
Let’s Be Reasonable! In re Cuozzo & PTAB’s Broadest Reasonable Interpretation
Cuozzo is a name that, strangely enough, reminds me of pizza. It must be the two z’s. Unfortunately, the two are unrelated even through a broadest reasonable interpretation (bad patent…
Fashion Copyright and the Muddle of the Useful Articles Doctrine
“The law in this area is a mess—and it has been for a long time.” Such was the dissent’s blunt assessment of the state of copyright law as applied to…
Toy Story 3D
Toy companies nationwide have begun to take note of a new threat: 3D printing. With the advent and development of 3D printing technology, scholars and businesses fear that the toy…
The Momentum in Tech For a Collaborative Approach to Patent Litigation
Two of the largest tech companies in the world, Google and Microsoft, announced at the end of last month that they had reached agreement to drop 20 pending patent lawsuits…
Hedge Funds and Inter Partes Review: Robin Hood or Troll?
For many, the term hedge fund does not bring pleasant thoughts to mind. These investment vehicles, typically reserved for wealthy and sophisticated investors, gained their name from the hedging techniques…
Uber Stole My Idea! An Overview of Kevin Halpern v. Uber Technologies
Uber Technologies Inc. has had, and continues to have, its fair share of legal problems. Recently, two women have filed a lawsuit claiming they were sexually assaulted by Uber drivers.…
A Mark for All Languages: The Doctrine of Foreign Equivalents in Trademark Law
What do Ugg boots, Chupa Chups lollipops, and the Tang Soo Karate School in Dickson City, Pennsylvania have in common? Probably not much, except that each has faced a lawsuit…