Protecting Your Intellectual Property
Last February, the Copyright Alert System (CAS), or the “six strikes” program, went into effect. The program is an agreement between the major media companies and the major Internet service providers[1] (ISPs) to monitor peer-to-peer (P2P) traffic for infringing
In the recent Illinois Federal Court case of Montel v. Miessen , Chief Judge Ruben Castillo of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois validated a non-compete clause in which an employee worked for 15 months,
This past Tuesday January 28, 2014, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Court, Intellectual Property and the Interest held a hearing on the “Scope of Fair Use” that focused on whether Section 107 is working as intended by Congress and whether
On January 23rd, an early draft of Quentin Tarantino’s 146-page script for The Hateful Eight was leaked online. An irate Tarantino has since pulled the plug on his ensemble Western and filed a copyright suit against Gawker Media[1] for allegedly
In the past few years, there have been a steady decreasing amount of independent patent claims as well as a declining proportion of patents having higher numbers of independent claims. Since the 2004, there are now fewer patents with more
I am sure at least once in our lives we have been guilty of skimming through the pages upon pages of terms and agreements before signing or checking the “I agree to the terms and conditions” button. Is there
As 2013 has come to an end, it is always common to reflect on the past year. In 2013, utility patents have broken a new record at 277,861 patents issued which is a ten percent jump from the previous year.
If you are an avid gamer who scopes out “Let’s Play” videos on Youtube before you purchase, you might need to rethink your research strategy. In the past few weeks of early December, Youtube has begun flagging these videos
Last year on April 5th, President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law with a requirement that SEC implement regulations and a web portal process to stimulate crowdfunding by January 1, 2013. Well, we are all still waiting and it
I had the pleasure of receiving several emails, links, and assorted RSS feeds letting me know that the Senate passed a budget and the Medical Device Excise Tax was voted out. Unfortunately, this tidbit of information was more spin than
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