by Ted Sabety | Aug 15, 2017 | Intellectual Property Strategy, Valuation & Sale, Media, Copyrights & the Internet, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
Donald Trump’s Threat to China regarding “theft” of U.S. Intellectual Property May Be a Paper Tiger August 15, 2017. Donald Trump’s Threat to China regarding “theft” of U.S. Intellectual Property May Be a Paper Tiger. Following up on some campaign rhetoric (see our...
by Ted Sabety | May 22, 2017 | Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
In the case TC Heartland v Kraft Foods, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed cases that permitted patent plaintiffs to sue companies for patent infringement in any of a wide range of federal courts in locales where “jurisdiction” over the defendant could be established....
by Ted Sabety | May 12, 2017 | Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit Fine Tunes post – AIA “On Sale Bar” to Patentability: Helsinn v. Teva ( Fed. Cir. May 1, 2017) This case is important because it further clarifies the standard (as in making more strict) when a sale of a product defeats its...
by Ted Sabety | Mar 31, 2017 | Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Copyright Protection for “Separate” Decorative Artwork Embodied in a Garment In the case Star Athletica, LLC v. Varsity Brands, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court had to decide whether the colored stripe patterns that were a feature of Varsity...
by Ted Sabety | May 27, 2016 | Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
May 2016. Copyright Law. ORACLE v. GOOGLE (ND Ca). A Jury in the Federal District Court, ND California Finds Google’s Use of Android in certain Java “Declaring Code” that is Owned by Oracle is Fair Use. This was a copyright and patent case brought against Google by...
by Ted Sabety | Aug 25, 2015 | Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
The judiciary has breathed life back into innumerable computer-related patent claims that were considered moribund. The U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit reversed its precedent regarding whether a computer method claim, where some steps are performed by one party...
