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New York Law Journal

High Court to Hear Copyright Battle Over Tiny TV Antennas

The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday afternoon granted review in 'ABC v. Aereo', a high-stakes copyright dispute that could shake the television industry to its core.
4 minute read

New York Law Journal

Lawyers: Grudges Fueling Rock 'n' Roll Trademark Cases

The desire to prevent former bandmates from trading on past glory is driving two federal trademark cases, with current members of the bands Boston and the J. Geils Band trading bitter accusations with former members about who can claim the names.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Change in Law Triggering Race to Patent Office, Attorneys Say

As the final pieces of the America Invents Act are about to go into effect March 16, intellectual property lawyers are scrambling to get thousands of last-minute patent filings in before the old rules expire Friday.
6 minute read

International Edition

Hogan Lovells bolsters TMT group in Asia with Freshfields' practice head

Hogan Lovells has bolstered its technology media telecoms (TMT) group in Asia with the hire of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer partner Mark Parsons, regional head of intellectual property, IP and TMT for the magic circle firm. Parsons, who focuses particularly on commercial transactions and regulatory matters in the technology sector, will join the UK firm in Hong Kong at the end of January, and is expected to enhance the corporate and commercial team.
2 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Judge Resolves Trademark Suit Over E-Filing System's Name

A federal judge has granted an agreed motion to dismiss a company's trademark-infringement suit against the operator of eFileTexas.gov, the state's new electronic-filing system for court documents.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

Nazomi Loses Patent Fight Against Western Digital, Sling

The Federal Circuit on Friday affirmed a prior ruling that Western Digital Corp. and Sling Media Inc. do not infringe two Nazomi patents relating to Java programming. Wiley Rein represented Western Digital. MoFo represented Sling. Pepper Hamilton made the case for Nazomi.
2 minute read

Litigation Daily

High Court Bulks Up on IP Cases

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to hear two patent cases and one high-profile copyright fight, bringing the number of IP disputes on its docket to an unusual high.
3 minute read

Legaltech News

Google Gets Funny

The giant gets a comic strip method patent on the last day of 2013.
2 minute read

The Recorder

Obama's Federal Circuit Picks Poised to Shake Up Patent Law

Six judges are set to steer a course on patent reform, topple precedent and just maybe fall in line with the Supreme Court.
12 minute read

The Recorder

Viewpoint: Science Shouldn't Shoulder Law Aside

5 minute read

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