DOJ, FTC & PTO to Hold Workshop on Promoting Innovation
On Wednesday, May 26, 2010, the Department of Justice, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and the Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will hold a joint public...
View ArticleFTC and DOJ Issue Revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice on Friday, August 19, 2010, issued revised Horizontal Merger Guidelines that outline how the federal antitrust agencies evaluate the likely...
View ArticleDepartment of Justice Seeks to Cripple Biotech Industry and Fundamentally...
On Friday, October 29, 2010, practically on the eve of a national election that will in all certainty be an enormous rebuke of the Obama Administration and the Democrats' agenda in general, the...
View ArticleConflicting Positions on Gene Patents in Obama Administration
On Monday evening, November 1, 2010, David Kappos, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, told the Dow Jones news service:...
View ArticleBobbing for Antitrust Apples: E-book Price Fixing Challenge
So what did Apple and the other publishers do that put them on Uncle Sam’s Radar? Allegedly, they agreed among themselves to sell their e-books at the same price. This is also known as “Price Fixing”...
View ArticleSouth Korean Company Indicted for Theft of Trade Secrets
Yesterday, Kolon Industries Inc. and several of its executives and employees were indicted for allegedly engaging in a multi-year campaign to steal trade secrets related to DuPont’s Kevlar para-aramid...
View ArticleFTC, DOJ to Hold Workshop on Patent Assertion Entity Activities
This workshop will examine the economic and legal implications of patent assertion entity (PAE) activity, as distinct from prototypical “non-practicing entity” (NPE) activity, such as developing and...
View ArticleDOJ: Patent Licenses Should Discharge in Bankruptcy
The dispute at issue here regarding Qimonda arose when the company went bankrupt and seven licensees invoked the protection of § 365(n) to retain patent rights. This became an issue because there is no...
View ArticleDOJ Says IP Exchange Licensing Model is Pro-Innovation
IPXI is the first financial exchange that facilitates non-exclusive licensing and trading of intellectual property rights with market-based pricing and standardized terms. Earlier this week word came...
View ArticleRanbaxy Fined, J&J Tylenol Scandal, Bayer Sued Over Vitamins
Once again, a plethora of interesting events has occurred since the last time we stopped by. What was the biggest headline? That decision may be up for grabs, but certainly, the $500 million penalty...
View ArticleGoogle Books Patent Suggests Copyright Friendly Censorship
In this patent Google gives us a glimpse at the possible future of Google Books, which can censor books it serves based on the copyright laws of the location from which you access the Internet. In one...
View ArticleRader as Trial Judge Hands Google & AOL Victory in ED of Texas
Sitting by designation in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, soon to be Chief Judge of the Federal Circuit, Judge Randall Rader, granted summary judgment to Google Inc....
View ArticleDOJ should not approve IEEE patent policy weakening WiFi patents
This radical new policy would sharply and artificially reduce the level of protection given to Wi-Fi-related patents. If approved, the change would immediately depress the future development of a...
View ArticleIEEE policy arbitrarily reduces protection given to Wi-Fi-related patents
The IEEE’s new policy will arbitrarily reduce the level of protection given to Wi-Fi-related patents, impose unconstitutional limits on patent rights, and end the traditional market-based negotiation...
View ArticleKim Dotcom extradition case highlights de facto SOPA, PIPA rules
New Zealand Judge Nevin Dawson handed down a ruling that would allow the United States to move forward with the extradition of Kim Dotcom, the founder of the former Megaupload.com, one of the world’s...
View ArticlePolice surveillance innovations include facial recognition, social media...
Data mining and predictive analytics designed to enhance the decision making process for law enforcement officials have been utilized in Richmond, VA, for more than a decade now. These techniques can...
View ArticleNot Getting the Truth about the FBI, Apple, the San Bernardino Terrorists,...
The FBI is not asking for a backdoor to the Apple iOS. Apple says that the FBI wants Apple to create a new version of the iOS that has a backdoor that allows bypassing security on the devices. If true,...
View ArticleSenators told FTC report on patent assertion entities due out this spring
When patents were brought up in the hearing, however, it seemed to focus mainly on their effects in the pharmaceutical world. Ramirez’s prepared remarks for the hearing touched on pay for delay in...
View ArticleFTC and DOJ Antitrust Division Seek Comment on Proposed Update to IP...
The IP Licensing Guidelines, which state the agencies’ antitrust enforcement policy with respect to the licensing of intellectual property protected by patent, copyright, and trade secret law and of...
View ArticleReview the Rule Act would delay SCOTUS proposed changes to Rule 41 on...
The Review the Rule Act of 2016 was introduced into the U.S. Senate by Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE), which would delay amendments to Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 41 set to go into effect on December...
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