Litigation

Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Decision Finding Claim Covering Method for Gene Detection Is Directed to Unpatentable Subject Matter
Federal Circuit: Estoppel Provision Does Not Apply To Any Grounds Raised in a Petition for IPR Where Such Grounds Are Denied and the IPR Has Proceeded To a Final Written Decision

Puerto Rican reggaeton megastar Daddy Yankee, whose hits include "Gasolina" and "Limbo," owes a $2.2 million judgment to a concert promoter who sued him and his booking agent in 2011. Attorneys for promoter Diego Hernan de Iraola have been trying to enforce the federal district court judgment against Daddy Yankee, by garnishing the singer's accounts in Miami, FL, and Puerto Rico. Now that Daddy Yankee has come up in news reports from the document leak at the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca, de Iraola's legal team has new leads on accounts with companies linked to Ayala Rodriguez.

This article is Part Two of a two-part series. Part One appeared in the April issue of Entertainment Law & Finance. Part Two starts with a continuation of the author's discussion of First Amendment defenses to right of publicity claims.

In-depth discussion of two major cases, one out of Colorado, the other from New York.

In a copyright battle stemming from a Hollywood production company's attempt to revive the "Buck Rogers" science-fiction franchise, a federal judge in Pennsylvania declined to rule on whether the sci-fi hero's universe is public domain.

More often than not, litigating divorce and post-divorce issues in the New Jersey Superior Court is not practical. It is unquestionable that alternative dispute resolution (ADR) venues are becoming popular and commonly used methods to resolve divorce and post-divorce issues.

Many legal technology practitioners have great familiarity with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM). The model allows attorneys and those who support them to use a common lexicon while wrestling with the complex issues and tasks associated with the discovery process. As the legal technology industry moves deeper into commoditization, new skills, knowledge bases and technology related to security and privacy outside the traditional EDRM will increasingly become the focal point for professional development.

On Dec. 1, 2015, the latest amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) became effective. The amendments include significant changes to rules governing the discovery process, especially Rules 16 and 26. But they also include a significant change to the rules governing the very first filing in any patent infringement case.