It's been a long time since the Internet was considered to be the sole province of computer technicians and young people. Today, it seems just about everyone is not only connected to the Internet but is using it to blog, to network or to host their own Web site. And that includes most law firms.
Cloud computing has been characterized as a paradigm-shifting phenomenon that will change how we purchase IT resources. Though given different names, cloud computing has been around for some time, and the legal lessons learned from experience with traditional software licensing and outsourcing agreements can and should be applied to cloud agreements, but there are new issues which will need new solutions.
The recent decisions in Madison Materials, PBSJ, and Hartman & Tyner provide further support for the majority view that coverage for a multi-year crime is limited to one policy period despite successive policies in effect during the crime.
Is there room in the legal market for a third high-end legal research service? That is the question as Bloomberg, a company known for its financial news, attempts to muscle in on the turf now occupied by Westlaw and LexisNexis. In December, it officially launched Bloomberg Law.
In any lawsuit, the collection of information on a party or witness is of paramount importance. What seems to someone like innocuous information ' such as photographs of vacations and daily activities and postings to special interest Web sites ' can materially affect the outcome of a case.
Highlights of the latest intellectual property news from around the country.
This article explores what patent strategies should be implemented to enable infringement litigation in jurisdictions without discovery.
Complaint over Oral Agreement for TV-Network Work Is Dismissed
Rulings on Song License Termination and on Assignment Recordation
Suits Proceed over Use of College Athletes' Indicia
The entertainment industry is awash with the exploitation of merchandise products. Experts use different methodologies to prove or disprove allegations of similarities between goods. In a trademark dispute over merchandise apparel sales, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York excluded a plaintiff's expert's report that relied on a "sequential array" survey method to try to show that the defendants' merchandise created a likelihood of consumer confusion.
The Supreme Court's recent Twombly and Iqbal decisions have placed in question the validity of Form 18 by reinterpreting the mandated minimal pleading standards required by Fed. R. Civ. P. 8. An additional question has arisen as to whether the protection afforded by Form 18 is equally applicable to claims of indirect infringement or infringement under the doctrine of equivalents.
