April 27, 2012 4:31 PM | Posted by Willimas, Nikkya |
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Let me first say that I love football and I went to Stanford. But not when Stanford had good football teams, no, no. I went to Stanford when we were lucky to win 4 games in the season . So the recent, phenomenal success of Cardinal football is something I treasure deeply and hold onto with everything I have. I tell you this so as to acknowledge any bias that may creep into the following.
SOMEONE IS SUING ANDREW LUCK!!!! read more
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March 22, 2012 11:55 AM | Posted by Pham, Tam Thanh |
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In its March 20, 2012 opinion in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs, Inc., the Supreme Court unanimously invalidated Prometheus’ patent claims based on the “law of nature exclusion,” explaining that routine, conventional activity cannot make natural correlations patent-eligible. 566 U.S. __. (2012). read more
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March 13, 2012 11:06 AM | Posted by Buntin, Stephanie |
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Everybody knows somebody who seems physically unable to peel his eyes away from his smart phone screen for longer than two seconds, regardless of his visibly offended dinner company or the swerving and honking of oncoming traffic. Some find it merely uncouth, while others cry “addict!” And for that very reason, Research in Motion Limited (“RIM”)’s popular Blackberry smart phone was dubbed “CrackBerry” by its enthusiastic fans. read more
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March 2, 2012 4:14 PM | Posted by Brody-Brown, Dana |
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Last month, the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit heard arguments on Appeal from a 2009 decision by the Northern District of Alabama in University of Alabama Board of Trustees v. New Life Art Inc. read more
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February 1, 2012 1:06 PM | Posted by Rasmussen, Brent |
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We all know that appellate courts generally do not consider issues for the first time on appeal. That’s why the best trial lawyers, including IP litigators, force themselves to think like appellate attorneys. They spot potential errors made by the trial court and make sure those issues are preserved for appeal. In HTC v. IPCom, HTC learned the hard way that failing to do so can turn a winning argument into a losing one. read more
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January 25, 2012 4:04 PM | Posted by Edwards, Nathaniel |
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As a follow-up to my colleague Linda Norcross’ excellent blog piece last week, I thought I would provide our blog readers with another entertaining read on the controversial “aesthetic functionality” doctrine of trademark law. Last February, the Ninth Circuit added to the confusing annals of aesthetic functionality doctrine by denying trademark protection to the iconic design displayed below.
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