Earlier this month, game developer Zynga took the offensive in a dispute over the theft of trade secrets when it sued a former employee for walking out the door with proprietary information: “… Zynga alleges [Alan] Patmore copied over 760 corporate files into his DropBox account (in a folder which he allegedly named ‘Zynga’). The… Read more »
Earlier this month, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the Innovative Design Protection Act (IDPA), which would provide intellectual property rights to fashion designers for their work. From law firm Morgan Lewis: “IDPA would provide three years of protection for fashion designs that ‘(i) are the result of a designer’s own creative endeavor; and (ii) provide… Read more »
A good read by cameronbabbitt: I’m a law student so in theory I would want to maximize job creation for Lawyers – I do want to be employed someday. But, that being said, I do not support legal pursuits that may be stifling to job growth and innovation. Turns out patent litigation may be one… Read more »
“The practical consequences of this ruling are hard to exaggerate. No longer will creative lawyering with conclusory allegations surmount the hurdle of Rule 9(b) pleading requirement in the absence of objective, cognizable facts, alleged with the particularity that Rule 9(b) demands…” Read on>> Google+… Read more »
For your reference, here’s a reading list of legal updates covering IP Law and Business matters, recently published on JD Supra: - Trademark Owners Beware…Of Unofficial Trademark Registers and Domain Name Solicitations from China and Hong Kong by Mintz Levin: “Entry of your trademark information into the ‘registers’ of these ‘wannabe’ trademark registration companies has… Read more »
Here’s what lawyers and law firms on JD Supra are writing to help business owners and entrepreneurs make sense of trademarks, copyrights, and patents. A legal reading list on protecting your company’s intellectual property: - Protect your Intellectual Property – People, Processes & Products (by Bambi Faivre Walters, PC): A brief overview: “The term ‘intellectual… Read more »
