Guest Column by Dr. Roya Ghafele With a rapidly growing market that offers both attractive returns on investment and the genuine ability to transform the
Category: Litigation
Fortress Group Acquisition of Finjan investigated by Five law firms
The recently announced acquisition of Finjan Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: FNJN), a cybersecurity and patent licensing firm, by Fortress Investment Group, a division of SoftBank, is being
China publishes plan to achieve “IP Power Country” status by 2020
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) recently published a document that outlines its strategy to achieve super IP power status this year. The document,
MGM Lion Roars: Chinese company fined $430K (by Chinese court) for infringing MGM’s trademark
A Chinese court ordered a Shenzhen company to pay three million yuan ($430,000 USD) each in two lawsuits filed by MGM Holdings for trademark infringement
It’s Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley, Again, as new U.S. Copyright Office Report Acknowledges Content Abuses
The U.S. Copyright Office yesterday released a report acknowledging content holders’ ineffectiveness getting online distribution platforms to remove copyrighted material that users post without permission.
Former AUTM head cautions exercising ‘march-in’ rights on Covid-related patents
Confiscating taxpayer-funded invention rights would damage the innovation ecosystem that has generated breakthrough therapies and enabled scientists to work so quickly on Covid-19. This is
Acquisition of ClearAccess IP by Spangenberg’s IPwe could be a harbinger of change in the patent space
This week IPwe, the company headed by former patent litigation king Erich Spangenberg, acquired ClearAccess IP, a venture-backed, Palo Alto-based IP analytics company associated through
Leading Authorities Urge broader Awareness in new video shot at UC Berkeley Intellectual Property Summit
A newly released video featuring conversations with leading intellectual property practitioners, professionals and creators stresses the need to assure the role of IP rights is
Qualcomm is the only U.S. company among top ten PCT Patent filers; 200-fold increase for China since 1999
According to the latest World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) data, there is only one U.S. company among the top ten PCT or Patent Cooperation Treaty
‘Blackbeard’ Returns: U.S. Supreme Court Ruling Allows States to act as copyright pirates; vendors beware
A recent United States Supreme Court ruling involving a video about diving for sunken treasure that depicted the recovery of artifacts from Blackbeard’s 18th century
J&J says it is 5 months away from human trials on a Vaccine; Researchers Float License-Free COVID-19 Pledge
Johnson & Johnson, the pharmaceutical giant, said yesterday it is five months away from starting human trials on a COVID-19 vaccine that would be offered
VC Warns of Tech Businesses’ Lack of Patent Ethics: “Many lives will be lost”
A veteran venture capitalist and technology investor is calling for Congress to revise the patent laws and for companies to step up and embrace their
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