The Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision on June 3, 2021, regarding the meaning of the phrase “exceeds authorized access” in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (“CFAA”).18 U.S.C. §1030(a)(2). The case arose when the FBI caught ex police sergeant Nathan Van Buren misusing a la...
By the end of the 19th century, many countries had patent laws, and today there are more than 100 separate jurisdictions regarding patents. Detailed plans from the Wright brothers' patent application.(more) In most cases an invention must be considered novel and useful in order to be patented...
This is the section index to the U.S. Patent Act (found in Title 35 of the United States Code) as amended by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. Taken from the 9th Edition of the MPEP, Revision 01.2024, Published November 2024
This is a seminal Supreme Court decision that sets forth the standard for determining obviousness under theSection 103of the U.S. Patent Act. KSR Intern. Co. v. Teleflex Inc.(S.Ct. 2007) In this case, the Supreme Court refined the analysis for obviousness, indicating that a common sense...
2 Main Amendments of Germany Patent Act (2021) 2.7 Injunctions 129 (a) No injunction in case of hardship. Previously, under §139 of the German Patent Act, an injunction against an infringer was automatic. If the infringement was proven, the court had to grant the injunction, irrespective ...
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State Privacy Laws Poised to Fight Unauthorized Voice Cloning July 16, 2024 | Publications *This article was originally published in Bloomberg Law on July 16, 2024. Unauthorized voice cloning... Next View All Stay ahead of the law. Subscribe to receive email updates and choose your topics....
Public interest organizations have played a prominent role in the enforcement of certain public rights, such as free speech, equal protection, and environmental laws. While such organizations showed little interest in the patent system in the past, change is afoot. In recent years, public interest...
another person is committing or is about to commit a patent infringement, which, unless being checked in time, may cause irreparable harm to his lawful rights and interests, he may, before taking legal action, file an application to request that the people's court order to hav...
(or responding to) the demand letter, through Markman proceedings, discovery, trial and appeal. Our experience includes not only asserting and defending patent infringement actions, but also making effective use of the malicious prosecution and abuse of process laws to assist our clients in fighting...