Supreme Court will hear argument in TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods. This critically important case involves the meaning of the patent venue statute and where plaintiffs who claim infringement may bring suit. Fighting over where cases can be brought may sound like the sort of thing only lawyers would care about, but I assure you, this [...]
Robert lighthizer was nominated to the position of United States Trade representatives on 14 march 2017. The nomination appears to fit trumps stance on china, including on intellectual property protection. At broadcasting and cable, John Eggerton points out that the Motion Picture Association of America ,praises the nomination ,quoting chairman and former senator Chris [...]
The US Supreme Court will hear the argument in a patent dispute, impression products vs. Lexmark international Inc. unlike most patents, this patent directly affects the lives of nearly every American. This requires the court to answer simple question: Does a patent holder have the power to dictate how to use a product after [...]
The world of intellectual property (IP) is rife with hypocrisy and rationalizations therefore. Full of people who incessantly steal other people’s IP, while proffering ridiculous assertions to justify their heists. And all them, they are doing everything they can to stop other people from stealing their IP. I’m not even claiming that people always [...]
Many consumers have never heard of anti-trust laws, but enforcement of these laws saves consumers millions and even billions of dollars a year. Anti-trust laws - also referred to as "competition laws" - are statutes developed by the U.S. Government to protect consumers from predatory business practices by ensuring that fair competition exists in [...]
