Articles in Channel: Intellectual Property Law

Journal Online Revamped

Iain Nisbet
October 06, 2008 22:07

Check it out! New look Journal Online - fancy.

Sheriff: "Chivalry's not dead"

Iain Nisbet
October 06, 2008 22:05

BBC News reports that Sheriff Hogg in Edinburgh Sheriff Court has fined a Polish man £100 for breach of the peace for taking a photo of an unwell (the report suggests possibly drunk) woman outside a pub. The Sheriff is quoted as saying: "I'm going to impose a fine to remind him...

Advice of counsel evidence still relevant to intent to induce infringement

McKee, Voorhees & Sease PLC
October 06, 2008 21:55

In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit affirmed a jury's finding of infringement of two patents and the related injunction, but reversed the district court's claim construction and the concomitant finding of infringement regarding a third patent.  The court affirmed the district court's...

Microsoft Subpoenas Canopy and Law Firm Hunting for Documents from Caldera v. MS to use in Novell v. MS (antitrust)

October 06, 2008 21:45

Guess what? It turns out that 158 boxes of documents from the Caldera v. Microsoft litigation still exist, and Microsoft is trying to get them. This drama is playing out in the Novell v. Microsoft antitrust lawsuit, and Canopy has been drawn into it too.

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Karl Bayer
October 06, 2008 21:31

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Will the FTC Appeal the D.C. Circuit’s Decision in Rambus?

Lee Gesmer
October 06, 2008 20:53

At least one FTC Commissioner recently stated that he would support an appeal: As I said earlier, I personally support a petition for certiorari in Rambus. I think the D.C. Circuit’s decision is wrong and given the fact that it rests on important legal principles respecting causation in Section 2 c...

Speeches by Chairman of Copyright Board Now Posted

Howard Knopf
October 06, 2008 19:57

The Copyright Board has recently posted on its useful website three 2008 speeches by its Chairman, Justice William Vancise. These are as follows: Ottawa, January 18, 2008 The Law Society of Upper Canada,12th Annual Intellectual Property Law Year in Review in which Justice Vancise: • comments o...

LGJ: Mo' Madden Madness

Mark Methenitis
October 06, 2008 19:54

This week on the now trendy and abbreviated 'LGJ,'* we talk about Madden and the right of publicity.Read on!*That's Law of the Game on Joystiq, for the more traditional readers.Disclaimer The content of this blog is not legal advice. It only constitutes commentary on legal issues, and is for...

Dear Geeklawyer

October 06, 2008 19:32

This is the inaugural column of “Agony Uncle” Geeklawyer. Geeklawyer, to his astonishment, receives a huge postbag of pathetic begging requests from readers with nowhere else to turn. Ever willing to humiliate the desperate Geeklawyer deigns to answer these via his new column. Mr C...

Stipulation to Lift Stay on IPO Class Action and SCO's MORs Filed

October 06, 2008 17:05

Several documents have been filed in the SCO bankruptcy, including the latest monthly operating reports. The courthouse PACER system has been down over the weekend, so those two a friend sent me from Epic. There is also a motion asking the court to approve a stipulation between SCO and the class...