Litigation

  • California View: Can Pok'mon Go Players Hold Game Developer Liable?

    Within the first week of its release, the enhanced-reality game Pok'mon Go garnered 21 million users in the United States alone. The location-based game received praise for getting people out of the house and harsh criticism as a nuisance and for its role in accidents. Among the litany of legal issues the game raises is whether players can hold the game developers at Niantic liable if they walk off cliffs, crash their cars, illegally cross the border or happen upon a land mine.

    September 01, 2016Brian S. Kabateck and Natalie S. Pang

  • Bit Parts

    Artist Merchandise-Approval Form Doesn't Shield Live Nation From Liability for Willful Infringement of Photographer's Works
    Country Artist Wins Attorney Fees After Prevailing in Record Label's End-Run Copyright Suit
    District Court in Fourth Circuit Decides Copyright Office Must Act on Registration Application Before Plaintiff Can Proceed With Infringement Suit

    September 01, 2016Stan Soocher

  • Pok'mon Go Raises a Variety of Liability Issues

    Every generation has its own new fads, which can sweep across the country, if not the world, seemingly from nowhere, capturing the imagination and attention of millions. With the exception of a few fads, these activities, however brilliant or mindless, do not create legal issues and potential litigation involving those who participate. Pok'mon Go is one of those exceptions.

    September 01, 2016Robert D. Lang

  • IP News

    Federal Circuit: Halo Electronics Sent Back to District Court

    September 01, 2016Jeffrey S. Ginsberg and Benjamin H. Weissman

  • BREAKING NEWS: Twitter Fends Off Suit Over ISIS Attack

    A federal judge on Aug. 9 dismissed a suit against Twitter Inc. that seeks to hold the social media platform liable for a 2015 terrorist attack in Jordan that left two Americans dead and was linked to the Islamic State, or ISIS.

    August 11, 2016Ben Hancock

  • How to Understand and Protect the Data in Your Enterprise

    Especially in a time where cybersecurity remains in the headlines on a regular basis, it's crucial to understand what data exists in order to protect it. Where's your data? What if you lost track of some of it? What if attackers copied it?

    August 01, 2016Bill Lederer

  • Case Notes

    Cases involving a non-paying restaurant tenant and statutory theft.

    August 01, 2016

  • Cuozzo Upholds PTAB Authority

    In June, in Cuozzo Speed Technologies, the Supreme Court upheld the prior Federal Circuit decision that a patent owner cannot, in most circumstances, appeal the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to institute an inter partes review.

    August 01, 2016Jennifer R. Bush and Will Pierog

  • In the Courts

    Discussion of a case in which the Supreme Court vacated the conviction of ex-Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell.

    August 01, 2016