Court Finds Animals Do Not Have Legal Capacity to Hold a Copyright Claim
The Ninth Circuit wasn’t “monkeying around” when they handed out their decision in the famous monkey selfie copyright lawsuit. The selfie saga began when David Slater, a wildlife photographer,…
Waymo and Uber Settle Trade Secrets Dispute
One of the most contentious legal battles over self-driving car technology between Uber and Waymo has finally come to an end. We previously wrote about the lawsuit brought by Waymo, alleging Uber…
Can Embedding an Image in a Social Media Post be Copyright Infringement?
In 2016, Justin Goldman took a picture of New England Patriots’ quarterback, Tom Brady, walking with the president and manager of the Boston Celtics, Danny Ainge. Goldman uploaded the picture to his…
Amazon Files Patent Application on Technology That Could Analyze Conversations
By now, everyone is familiar with Amazon Alexa and other voice command-based technologies. These technologies typically require a user to address the artificial listener, in Amazon’s case “Alexa,”…
LeBron James Accuses the University of Alabama of Copyright Infringement
Star of the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, is not pleased with the University of Alabama’s latest endeavor. Recently, the University of Alabama aired a new series called “Shop Talk”. The…
World IP Day
Today is World IP Day and this year’s theme is “Powering Change: Women in Innovation and Creativity.” The United States Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO) states the focus of this year’s program…
Supreme Court Rules AIA Reviews are Constitutional
Inter Partes Review On April 24, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two opinions pertaining to inter partes review (IPR); a relatively new mechanism for challenging the validity of a U.S. patent,…
USPTO Director Iancu Wants to Change the Current Patent Dialogue
Andrei Iancu, director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO), spoke at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Patent Policy Conference on April 11th. In his speech he noted that patents are…
CAFC Grants Stay to St. Regis Mohawk Tribe in Sovereign Immunity Case
On Wednesday March 28, 2018, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) granted the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe a stay. The motion for the stay pertains to the inter partes review…
BlackBerry Sues Facebook for Patent Infringement
Close to a decade ago BlackBerry was one of the most popular mobile phone providers. BlackBerrys were known for their signature rollerball, keyboard, and BlackBerry messenger (BBM); functions diehard…
STRONGER Patents Act Introduced in House
On March 22, 2018, Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) and Rep. Bill Foster (D-IL) introduced the Support Technology & Research for Our Nation’s Growth and Economic Resilience (STRONGER) Patents Act into…
Guidance for Functional Language in Apparatus Claims to Avoid Indefiniteness
On October 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential opinion in Mastermine Software, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp. The CAFC reversed the indefiniteness…