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ConnectU Sued for Slice of $65M Facebook Deal

Sheri Qualters

A Boston software developer is suing the now-defunct social media site ConnectU, its founders, its law firm, Washington-based Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, and Scott Mosko, a Palo Alto, CA, partner at the firm, for allegedly cutting him out of Facebook's $65 million settlement with ConnectU's founders.

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Second Circuit Reinstates Antitrust Claim Against Online Music Providers

Mark Hamblett

A federal appeals court has reinstated an antitrust suit alleging price fixing by Sony BMG Music Entertainment and other producers, licensors and distributors of music on the Internet.

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Five Steps to Managing Social Media Risks

Douglas J. Wood

On the one hand, companies want to capture the attention of potential customers roaming the social media space. On the other hand, conversations in the blogosphere are largely uncontrollable, and raise a myriad of risks. Social media can cause serious losses if not handled correctly.

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Third Circuit Tackles Teen 'Sexting' As Child Pornography Image

Third Circuit Tackles Teen 'Sexting' As Child Pornography

Shannon P. Duffy

As the nation's first case involving criminal prosecutions of teenagers for "sexting" made its way to a federal appeals court in Philadelphia, all three judges seemed skeptical of the prosecutor's claim that child pornography laws are violated when a teen transmits a nude image of herself.

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Google Your Case

Robert J. Ambrogi

With Google in command of my e-mail platform, my blogging platform, my search platform, my RSS reader, my photo-storage platform, and even my document collaboration platform, I certainly should be worried that Google could become the Big Brother I never wanted. Even so, I am lulled into complacency by the simple fact that Google does what it does so well. So it is with Google's entry into case law research, with its recent announcement that Google Scholar now allows users to search full-text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state appellate and trial courts.

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Protecting Trademarks in Web 2.0

Brian J. Winterfeldt

Although the Internet has presented a new frontier for both trademark use and infringement, the growth of social media sites during the past few years has posed particular challenges for brand owners.

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IP News

Howard J. Shire & Matt Berkowitz

Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.

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Guidelines for Starting an IP Practice in China

Carl Hopkins & Melinda Wallman

As more multinational companies turn their attention to, sell products to and open offices in China, intellectual property work will continue to skyrocket. How are international law firms responding? What are the barriers, if any, to entry? What are the best ways to set up an IP practice in China? This article answers those questions and provides a basic roadmap if you are contemplating entering this market.

Recent TTAB Decisions Highlight Challenges of Pleading and Proving Fraud after <i>Bose</i> Image

Recent TTAB Decisions Highlight Challenges of Pleading and Proving Fraud after <i>Bose</i>

Linda K. McLeod, Marcus H.H. Luepke & Katherine L. Staba

In <i>Enbridge Inc. v. Excelerate Energy Ltd. Partnership</i>, TTAB issued its first precedential ruling following the Federal Circuit's Bose decision on fraud, <i>In re Bose Corp.</i> <i>Bose</i> reversed a TTAB decision, finding that a trademark is obtained fraudulently under the Lanham Act only if the applicant or registrant knowingly makes a false, material representation with the intent to deceive the USPTO.

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