Ian G Dibernardo

March 22, 2024 | New York Law Journal

Whether a provider or a consumer of data and AI services, companies must think through intellectual property and related contractual risks—both retrospectively, in terms of legacy customer agreements and prospectively, in terms of reworking them.

By Ian G. DiBernardo and Brandi Howard

8 minute read

March 02, 2018 | New York Law Journal

Although conducting pen testing is prudent and becoming common, it is also fraught with potential pitfalls. When embarking on such a project, a company should fully understand its scope and include certain contractual protections with the pen tester.

By Ian G. DiBernardo and Jeffrey Mann

9 minute read

October 18, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Following the Supreme Court's rejection of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's "machine-or-transformation" test as the sole test for determining patent eligibility in Bilski v. Kappos, the Federal Circuit has crafted a standard for determining the patentability of business method inventions.

By Ian G. DiBernardo and Iuliana Tanase

11 minute read

October 18, 2011 | Legaltech News

Given the importance of business method patents, Stroock's Ian G. DiBernardo and Iuliana Tanase note that two recent Federal Circuit decisions will be widely discussed.

By Ian G. DiBernardo and Iuliana Tanase

11 minute read

October 18, 2011 | Corporate Counsel

Following the Supreme Court's rejection of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit's "machine-or-transformation" test as the sole test for determining patent eligibility in Bilski v. Kappos, the Federal Circuit has crafted a standard for determining the patentability of business method inventions.

By Ian G. DiBernardo and Iuliana Tanase

11 minute read

October 13, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Ian G. DiBernardo and Iuliana Tanase of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan review two recent Federal Circuit opinions that suggest that business methods based on specific algorithms and computer manipulations are more likely to be found patentable.

By Ian G. DiBernardo and Iuliana Tanase

11 minute read

September 29, 2006 | New York Law Journal

Steven B. Pokotilow and Ian G. DiBernardo, partners at Stroock & Stroock & Lavan, write that although proprietary rights in financial indexes and certain uses of indexes do exist, the Second Circuit's ruling in Dow Jones and other recent decisions make clear that the creator of an index will not be able to prevent all uses--an important lesson for a company contemplating the significant expenditure of resources needed to create and market indexes and products based on them.

By Steven B. Pokotilow and Ian G. DiBernardo

21 minute read