Article Archive for May 2010
On Monday, May 3rd, the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, David Kappos, claimed that job growth was being stifled because of backups within the patent office. While he does not cite any …
Today Ebay, Yahoo, IAC, and Facebook filed amicus briefs, asking a judge in federal court to dismiss Viacom’s copyright infringement lawsuit against Google’s YouTube video-sharing website. YouTube is seeking summary judgment in the case, citing …
In March, a jury awarded VirnetX almost $106 million after finding that Microsoft violated two VirnetX patents. Less than three weeks before a scheduled injunction hearing, Microsoft agreed to pay $200 million to license VirnetX’s …
Move over nooks and crannies, we’ve got a hot new trade secrets misappropriation. The Original Brooklyn Water Bagel Company, a South Florida based bagel company, claims that one of its former directors stole a confidential …
Subway, a large sandwich franchise, had been sending cease and desist letters to small sub shops. The full text, which can be found here (PDF courtesy of NPR’s Plant Money), cites Subway’s recent application to …
The Internet has been abuzz with popular tech-blog Gizmodo’s recent in-depth report on a potential iPhone prototype. Originally found in a bar in Redwood, CA, the prototype appears to be real, as Apple has requested …
After four years of litigation between HemCon, a Portland company, and Marine Polymer Technology, a Massachusetts company, a jury awarded Marine Polymer Technology $29.4 million for patent infringement. HemCon is now requesting that the award …
By Rose Hess
Self-proclaimed “America’s Best-Loved Unknown Cartoonist”, Nina Paley is the writer, director, animator and producer of Sita Sings the Blues. It took Paley five years to complete the feature length film based on The …
by Ali Sternburg
The Lawrence Lessig Wireside Chat took place on February 25, 2010 at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, it was broadcasted to over forty national and international locations, making it, according …
By Lindsay Coleman[1]
Sports in the United States has transformed from a simple backyard game into a $150 billion industry.[2] As a result of this transformation, athletes have evolved from mere players to business …
