In its first-ever ruling in an appeal from a final decision in an inter partes review (IPR) under the America Invents Act, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's rulemaking for conducting IPR proceedings. The Federal Circuit's decision leaves in place IPR rules that increase the likelihood of invalidating patents and solidifies IPR as an attractive alternative to district court litigation.
Mexico's equipment financing market is already well-developed by regional standards, and is the second largest in Latin America. The predominant assets financed in Mexico include motor vehicles, information technology (IT) and industrial equipment.
In Part One, last month, the authors examined the Federal Circuit's VirnetX decision affirming lower courts' role as gatekeepers for expert testimony. The discussion continues herein.
There are lots of knock-offs of entertainment industry goods that flood the marketplace. You can find them on the street, but more and more shoppers buy them online. And the online purveyors of counterfeit goods can be particularly difficult to thwart. Cease-and-desist letters are fine,DMCA take-down letters are helpful, but if you really want to cause counterfeiters pain and stop them from infringing on intellectual property rights, you need to cut off their lifeline: cash flow.
In an opinion that has defined a section of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a law that has been clouded by decades of amendments, a federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled in favor of an Internet startup company and against retail giant QVC.
In an attempt to raise revenues and simplify the tax code, the House Ways and Means Committee has proposed a draft tax reform plan containing sweeping changes to the Internal Revenue Code (the Code), including a number of major executive compensation and benefits changes. The most significant of those could be the elimination of deferred compensation and nonqualified pensions.
Blurred Lines" Post-Verdict Posturing
Hey 19, New York Judge Says in Streaming Royalties Dispute
Magistrate Changes Mind in Twitter Subpoena Controversy
Loretta Lynch, formerly United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, likely will be the newly confirmed Attorney General of the United States by the time you read this. As spectacle, a changing of the guard is always worthy of note. But for others who are embroiled in or worried about investigations, the change may matter a great deal.
In the entertainment industry, we frequently see private placement memoranda seeking to raise capital for films and that refer to success stories and independent films that became box office hits. But the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Omnicare v. Laborers District Counsel Construction Industry Pension Fund should make all producers think twice about whether, or how, to include these success stories.
In recent years, there has been growing awareness about the serious and sometimes tragic effects of bullying. It is a serious concern on social media, in schools, and at work. While no state, or the federal government, has adopted laws explicitly outlawing bullying in the private sector, employers are well advised to proactively take steps to prevent workplace bullying.
