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The Legal Intelligencer

Top Three IP Pitfalls for Non-IP Lawyers and Their Clients

These top three areas of risk include: the absence of an IP strategy; failure to protect trade secrets; and relying on business people or lawyers who are not IP litigators to send out cease and desist letters.
12 minute read

Daily Report Online

How Private Trade Secret Cases Collide With DOJ's War on Criminal Trade Secret Theft

The marked rise of trade secret theft prosecutions should prompt civil practitioners to consider how their civil litigation strategies may impact an ongoing criminal investigation.
7 minute read

Corporate Counsel

How to Prevent a 5G Patent War

“If you think the last patent war over smartphones was bad, just wait until 5G starts being deployed throughout the global economy.”
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Everly Brother Wins 'Cathy's Clown' Due to Repudiation of Co-Authorship

Entertainment Law columnists Michael Rudell and Neil Rosini discuss the Everly Brothers' case where Don Everly was awarded sole royalties for the song “Cathy's Clown,” which his brother Phil claimed he co-authored, despite signing a “release and assignment” that ceded 100 percent of songwriter royalties to Don. The authors conclude that “despite the unusual nature of this case, details and analysis leading to the result deserve the attention of current and would be co-authors.”
9 minute read

The Recorder

Even Grande-Sized Stars Are Not Immune to Copyright Infringement Claims

In January, Ariana Grande joined a not-so-exclusive and ever-growing club; just like Macy's, General Motors and the National Rifle Association, she was recently sued by a visual artist for copyright infringement.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

AIA Post-Grant Proceedings and Constitutional Challenges

These questions have been at the heart of several legal disputes in which parties have questioned the constitutionality of post-grant proceedings under the AIA.
8 minute read

Daily Business Review

Miami Jury Hits Defense With $5.4M Verdict After String of No-Shows

Without the money to pay Fort Lauderdale defense attorney Sean Sheppard to represent him at trial, defendant Chad M. Freeman and his liquidation company Freeman Hammond LLC ended up on the losing side of a $10 million judgment.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Recipe for Success: Protecting IP in the Food and Beverage Industry 

Each form of intellectual property (IP) protection—trademarks, trade dress, copyrights, design and utility patents and trade secrets—has an important role to play in protecting brands and innovation in the food and beverage industry.
9 minute read

Texas Lawyer

Texas Judge Turns Away 'Fraud' Claim, Affirms $740M Trade Secret Judgment

Susman Godfrey says real estate appraiser Amrock "cannot distract from the fact that it stole HouseCanary's proprietary technology."
2 minute read

New York Law Journal

Ambiguity in License Termination Provision Precludes Summary Judgment

Technology Law columnists Richard Raysman and Peter Brown write: Ambiguity surrounding the termination provision of a software license is a frequent source of dispute. Imprecise wording, particularly with respect to the damages amount due upon breach, can often precipitate costly litigation centered on the interpretation of a mere handful of words in a license. They discuss a recent dispute of this nature decided by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
6 minute read

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