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Ninth Circuit Gives You Another Reason to Read Your EULA 8 Oct 2010 | 05:22 am
Last week, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in Vernor v. Autodesk, holding (among other things) that EULA terms can be binding when they establish a customer is a licensee of softwa...
Bob Marley’s Family Loses Copyright Battle 7 Oct 2010 | 05:21 am
Bob Marley’s family recently lost a lawsuit seeking the copyrights to several of the late reggae singer’s most popular and famous recordings. As Reuters reports, U.S. District Judge Denise Cote in Ma...
US Prepares for Cyber Storm III 7 Oct 2010 | 05:08 am
The United States is getting ready to launch Cyber Storm III, it’s first test of a new plan for responding to an “enemy cyber-blitz!” As Reuters reports, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) C...
Anticipation of FDA’s Guidance on Biosimilars 7 Oct 2010 | 04:56 am
Under a §7002 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148) the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was granted new authority to approve biological products if the product “is...
Process Claims Protect Biosimiliars Best 7 Oct 2010 | 04:55 am
On September 29th, Timothy J. Shea Jr., Director Biotechnology/Chemical at Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC, discussed the impact of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (BP...
Myriad’s Gift to Australia 7 Oct 2010 | 04:54 am
We reported several months back that Myriad Genetic’s patent on BRCA1 was challenged by a patient advocacy organization in Australia. That challenge may soon end. As on September 2nd, Australia’s Pat...
Infringing Logo To Be Used Nevermore? 6 Oct 2010 | 05:19 am
Amateur artist Frederick Bouchat won a partial victory in his ongoing copyright infringement litigation against the Baltimore Ravens and the NFL (collectively, “Defendants”). Recently, a split U.S. C...
Supreme Court Hints at Taking First File Sharing Case 5 Oct 2010 | 05:18 am
So far, all of the P2p/file sharing cases to reach the Supreme Court have dealt with the technology, companies, or business models that facilitate the so-called illicit downloading of copyrighted work...
The Goat That Launched a Thousand Lawsuits? 2 Oct 2010 | 05:17 am
Wisconsin restaurateur Lars Johnson has parlayed a gag gift received in 1973 into a successful advertising tool and an increasingly valuable piece of intellectual property. Johnson operates “Al Johnso...
The RIAA and Broadcasters Push for FM Radio Mandate 8 Sep 2010 | 07:06 am
Will cell phones soon be required to have FM radio receivers? It seems that is what The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is hoping for! As DailyTech reports, the RIAA is looking to i...