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Personal Audio’s founder Jim Logan created and patented an idea which, in his eyes, covers the concept of podcasting. “This is the story of the American inventor,” Richard Baker, Personal Audio’s vice president of licensing, says. Personal
Back on September 16, 2011, President Obama signed the America Invents Act (AIA) into law, vastly changing the core of the patent system and patent law. Now, a year later, some of the key provisions are going into effect. Lawyer2Lawyer host
With the end of the U.S. Supreme Court term came some stand-out rulings including handgun case, McDonald v. City of Chicago and patent law case, Bilski v. Kappos. Attorneys and co-hosts, J. Craig Williams and Bob Ambrogi welcome Adam Winkle
It can be said that patents are the key to sustaining innovative products and patent law is certainly an active area of legal practice in the U.S. But the U.S. Patent and Trademark office has been overwhelmed and undermanned. Could the Peer
Go ahead. Read that headline again. That's right, it's called juxtaposition with an illogical conclusion. Before we get to the rest of the punchline here, let's just look at that carefully crafted silliness we call life. Here
What are the implications of a blogger writing about someone anonymously? Last month, the burning question on everyone’s mind in the patent world was finally answered when the identity of the author of the anonymous, Patent Troll Tracker Bl
Two important Supreme Court rulings in patent cases this week KSR International Vs. Teleflex Inc., and Microsoft vs. AT&T. On Lawyer 2 Lawyer, we discuss the decisions and talk to the experts about what this holds for the future of patent l
MIPTC is going to take a day off from the occasionally mundane word of the law. But I won't venture too far; at least not far from the world of patents. Let's look at one company that owns several. First, however, I have to admit to somethi
This edition of Coast to Coast explores what happened when in-house counsel became the focal point during the TiVo vs. EchoStar patent infringement case with regard to attorney-client privilege. Join co-hosts Bob Ambrogi and Craig Williams,
This edition of Coast to Coast explores what happened when in-house counsel became the focal point during the T iVo vs. EchoStar patent infringement case with regard to attorney-client privilege. Join me and my co-host Bob Ambrogi, fellow a
A recent Supreme Court ruling in favor of internet-auction-giant, eBay, has brought Patent Law to the forefront of the Legal World. This case and other patent cases, such as the Blackberry lawsuit, are causing quite a stir in much of the co
OK, MIPTC was wrong . I had predicted the downfall of the BlackBerry because it seemed the parties were so far apart and in philosophically different camps that they wouldn't be able to reach an agreement. But, as most BlackBerry users have
Two million man hours later, your BlackBerry might work, according to RIM lawyers who appeared in Court today in a last-ditch effort to avoid the shutdown of BlackBerry's email service. They reported to the Court that they have a "patch" to
Coast to Coast, hosted by Attorneys and Law.com bloggers, Robert Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams, looks at the legal wranglings over the gizmo that keeps many lawyers connected - the BlackBerry! The legal spotlight is on the patent infringeme
The $450 million settlement agreement between RIM, the manufacturer of the infamous BlackBerry phone and NTP Inc., the small patent holding firm of McLean, Va., who own the patents used by the BlackBerry and won a $550 million judgment agai
Much as designers may like, the U.S. Copyright Office won't issue copyrights for useful articles . High on the list of useful articles is clothing . For one company , copyrighting clothing is very important - for stuffed bears. How do they
Well, the attorney-client privilege is alive and well again in the patent arena. Overturning some twenty years of precedent, the newly-decided case of Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GMBH v. Dana Corporation, et al. took care of a n
You may not know that your favorite breakfast drink is subject to several patents . Yes, an in-depth review of the Minute Maid legal page (how boring can that be?) shows that Coke doesn't actually claim patents, but despite what Coke says o
It's a battleground out there. Here are the players: Bob Berman , counsel for Acacia Media Technologies Corporation in one foxhole, and the Electronic Frontier Corporation and the American Council on Education in the other. The issue? A pat
You're able to register a great domain name like sex.com. Ok, that's my hook. Sex. Got your interest? Well, let's try something a little more boring like patent.com or any of its variants. Really boring. But that's not really the point. Let