Telesphere, a Phoenix-based telecommunications and Internet services provider, has hired David Fowers as a cloud communications specialist. He will be responsible for the marketing and sales of Telesphere's cloud-based products to business customers ...more »
The new federal patent law signed by Pres. Obama in September, the America Invents Act, would, among other things, make it more difficult to aim a single infringement suit at large collections of e-retailers, according to patent experts. ...more »
The company has also, as noted earlier, authorised US-based generic drug maker Watson Pharmaceuticals to sell the “authorised generic” of Lipitor after patent expiry. US laws permit the patent holder to allow one such “authorised generic” to be ...more »
US judges are usually hostile to considering precedents from other countries in their decisions, said Timothy Holbrook, an intellectual property professor at Emory Law. "What happens in Australia will have no impact on what happens in the US," Holbrook ...more »
This is a remarkable development, and it's due to the best health-care law passed by Congress in the last fifty years: the 1984 Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act, better known as Hatch-Waxman. Hatch-Waxman created a pathway for ...more »
Unfortunately for Apple, Sony (NYSE: SNE) and any other company that wants to pick a fight, patent law disregards creativity and originality. In these battles, the only thing the law cares about is which company holds the oldest patent. ...more »
Summary: Business intellectual property patent and design wars are no longer confined to just a single country. Now, lead by Apple, they're being fought all over the world. Lucky us. ...more »
The European Patent Office and the State Intellectual Property Office of the People's Republic of China agreed to cooperate to give access to a free Chinese-English translation service through the Internet by next year, according to a joint e-mailed ...more »
He also served as Assistant Counsel at Discover Card, where he supported all aspects of business operation and oversaw corporate, banking, credit, contract, e-commerce and trademark law. Howicz began his career as an attorney for CCH Incorporated and a ...more »
Novye Izvestia reports that Tuesday the Russian Federation Council has approved the creation intellectual property court. This new judicial body will settle legal argument related to intellectual property and patent rights and will be staffed with 30 ...more »
On November 16 th the USPTO unveiled the Steve Jobs exhibit, highlighting the Patents and Trademarks of Steve Jobs. "This exhibit commemorates the far-reaching impact of Steve Jobs' entrepreneurship and innovation on our daily lives," said David Kappos ...more »
In its ruling, the court expressed doubt that allowing Samsung to sell its devices in the country would infringe on Apple's patent rights in the country. This places significant doubt on Apple's prospects of success, should it choose to continue ...more »
In cases where privacy law “is seriously breached” some data protection authorities in the EU “are unable to do anything but address recommendations to the responsible data controller,” EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding said yesterday. ...more »
Zurko, 527 US 150 (1999), where the Supreme Court found that the Federal Circuit, like all appellate courts, was constrained by the provisions of the Administrative Procedures Act of 1948 in the exercise of its supervisory authority over the US Patent...more »
When companies create new products, they often give the product a unique and clever name, Kim Grimsley, a senior associate at Bowie & Jensen who heads the Trademark Group at the Towson, Maryland business law firm says. ...more »
Bowie & Jensen is a Maryland-based law firm with attorneys representing clients around the world. Bowie & Jensen focuses on Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Construction Law, Entertainment Law, Employment Law, Estates & Trusts, ...more »
