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Proposed Class in Hulu Privacy Suit Needs Objective Data

Julia Love

With eye-popping damages at stake, a federal magistrate refused to allow consumer plaintiffs to move forward as a class with claims that Hulu violated their privacy by sharing the videos they viewed.

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Supreme Court Mandates More Patent Claim Clarity

Darren Donnelly

In <i>Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.</i>, a unanimous Supreme Court held that the test for patent claim definiteness in 35 U.S.C. '112, '2 (2006) "require[s] that a patent's claims, viewed in light of the specification and prosecution history, inform those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention with reasonable certainty."

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Decisions of Interest

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An in-depth look at various key cases.

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Facebook Threats Case to Get S. Ct. Review

Tony Mauro

The U.S. Supreme Court will soon be grappling with classic First Amendment principles in the modern-day social-media context of a case involving threatening posts on Facebook.

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Information Governance

Philip Favro

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Civil Rules has proposed another round of Rules amendments. If enacted, the resulting package of amendments could affect most aspects of federal discovery practice and possibly decrease eDiscovery burdens and costs for courts, clients, and counsel alike.

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Losing Customer Data Means Losing Customers, Period

Rebekah Mintzer

Becoming the next Target can be toxic for companies, particularly those in the finance, health-care and retail sectors, which usually collect and store customers' personally identifiable information (PII).

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Divided Infringement after the Supreme Court's Decision in <i>Akamai</i>

Scott F. Llewellyn & Ryan Malloy

In Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Techs., Inc., the Supreme Court unanimously ruled that inducement of infringement under 35 U.S.C. '271(b) requires an act of direct infringement under '271(a) ' that is, one entity must perform all steps of a claimed method.

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In the Courts

ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

Analysis of two pivotal rulings.

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<i>BREAKING NEWS</i>Supreme Court Sides with Broadcasters in Fight over Online Streaming Service

Zoe Tillman & Tony Mauro

Online streaming startup Aereo Inc. violated the copyrights of major television broadcast networks by retransmitting programs to users' Internet devices for a fee, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 25.

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Issues in Valuing Celebrity Estate Publicity Rights

James T. Ashe, Stephen D. Lassar & Daniel R. Roche

The IRS has recognized the right to publicity and the need to appraise this asset for estate tax purposes. But valuing the right of publicity of a deceased celebrity can be difficult, and wrought with assumptions and speculation.

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