Intellectual Property Law

Case Brief: CLS Bank v. Alice (Round 5)

In a dissent from the court opinion filed in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp, Federal Circuit Judges Linn and O’Malley unceremoniously burst…

12 years ago

Case Brief: CLS Bank v. Alice (Round 4)

Another day, another case brief of an opinion filed in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp.  Today’s fare is the concurrence-in-part…

12 years ago

Defamation and the App Store Review Process

Many retailers rely on reviews by other customers to boost goodwill and rely on good service and a high quality…

13 years ago

Did KTLA Infringe on Kurt Knutsson’s Cyberguy Identity?

Did KTLA Infringe on Kurt Knutsson’s Cyberguy Identity? Kurt Knutsson, better known as Kurt the Cyberguy to long time followers…

13 years ago

The Do’s and Don’ts of Internet Copyright

The Do’s and Don’ts of Internet Copyright If an article online is copyrighted can I use part of their work?…

13 years ago

Case Brief: CLS Bank v. Alice

Nothing conjures memories of law school like writing a case brief (with the possible exception of an emergency root canal). …

13 years ago

Patent Ineligibility: All *And* Nothing?

Brace yourselves for a months-long uptick in the ever-smoldering debate over software and business method patents.  This time, the fuel to…

13 years ago

Can An Ex-Spouse Interfere with Corporation’s Right to Sue for Infringement

Each state has its own unique set of marital property laws in place to govern divorce settlements.  A state will…

13 years ago

Getting A Refund From The Patent Office If You Are Now A Small Entity

By: Mark R. Malek This concludes the series of articles that I have been writing on entity status in the…

13 years ago

Continued Obligation to Monitor Small Entity Status in the Patent Office

By: Mark R. Malek As you may recall, my last couple of articles have been about the different statuses that…

13 years ago