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Kevin Jackson; Snell & Wilmer L.L.P.;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on April 2013 In today’s complex global economy, competition is fierce. For many businesses, trade secrets are their single most important and valuable asset, and strong protection of that asset is paramount. In the same regard, trade secret theft can be one of the greatest threats to a company. Over the...
| | DMCA Safe Harbor Upheld for YouTube Once Again in Viacom v. YouTube
Meaghan Hemmings Kent, Martin L. Saad; Venable LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on April 25, 2013 On April 18, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York again held that YouTube is subject to the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act as an internet service provider despite alleged general knowledge of extensive copyright infringement.
| | Considering The "Hypothetical Negotiation" In Determining Damages For Trade Mark Infringement In The UK On A Notional Royalty Basis
Ellen Hughes-Jones, Akash Sachdeva; Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 2013 A recent case concerning trade mark infringement in the world of online gaming provides some useful guidance on the English court's approach to awarding damages for trade mark infringement where no specific loss of profits can be shown.
| | ALJ Shaw Denies Motion To Strike Supplemental Discovery Responses And Motion For Summary Determination Of Non-Infringement In Certain Wireless Devices With 3G Capabilities (337-TA-800)
John F. Presper, Eric W. Schweibenz; Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 On April 12, 2013, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public versions of Order No. 101 and Order No. 102 (both dated February 4, 2013) in Certain Wireless Devices With 3G Capabilities and Components Thereof (Inv. No. 337-TA-800).
| | ALJ Gildea Sets 16-Month Target Date In Certain Microelectromechanical Systems (“MEMS Devices”) (337-TA-876)
Eric W. Schweibenz; Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 3, 2013 Further to our April 10, 2013 post, on April 17, 2013, ALJ E. James Gildea issued Order No. 2 in Certain Microelectromechanical Systems (“MEMS Devices”) and Products Containing Same (Inv. No. 337-TA-876).
| | False Friends: FDA’s “Gift” on NESINA - Present or Poison? It May Depend on Which Hatch-Waxman Language is Spoken
Kurt R. Karst; Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C.;
Legal Alert/Article May 6, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 Frau Rommelfanger’s seventh grade German class: that’s where we first learned to appreciate “false friends,” which are pairs of words or phrases in two languages that look or sound alike, but differ significantly in meaning. Never write the word “gift” on a...
|  | Royalty Rates for Standard-Essential Patents: District Court Determines “RAND” Royalty Rate for Motorola Patents Using a Modified Georgia-Pacific Analysis Looking to Comparable Standard-Essential Patent Pool License Agreements
Sullivan Cromwell LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 Many patents that are essential to a technological standard — so-called “standard-essential patents” — are subject to a commitment that they be licensed on “reasonable and non-discriminatory” (“RAND”) terms. Last week, in the first decision of its...
| | Federal Circuit Holds That Patent Indefiniteness Requires Insoluble Ambiguousness
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on May 2, 2013 In Biosig Instruments, Inc. v. Nautilus Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s finding that the claims at issue were invalid as indefinite, because the claims were not “insolubly ambiguous.” This case underscores the difficulty of challenging a patent under 35 USC...
| | Second Circuit Clarifies Copyright Fair Use Standard
Jones Day;
Legal Alert/Article May 3, 2013, previously published on May 2013 The Second Circuit's recent decision in Cariou v. Prince, Docket No. 11-1197-cv (2d Cir. April 25, 2013), clarifies that copyright fair use is not limited to works that offer some "comment" on copyrighted content. The court held as a matter of law that 25 of well-known appropriation...
| | Dispelling the Myriad Gene Patent Harmonization Myth
Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff; Foley & Lardner LLP;
Legal Alert/Article May 2, 2013, previously published on April 30, 2013 In the wake of the Supreme Court oral arguments in the Myriad “gene patent” case, most commentators are predicting that the Court will uphold the patent-eligibility of non-naturally occurring DNA sequences (such as cDNA), but will decide that even “isolated” forms of...
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