NDAs should be used whenever you or any members of your team are planning to discuss aspects of your company, designs, products, plans or ideas with anyone outside the company.
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A Texas internet service provider (“ISP”) has taken to federal court to complain about the increased pressure from the music industry to monitor copyright infringement.
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For approximately $500 a piece, enthusiastic art aficionados may purchase abstract paintings created by panda bear Yang Yang, an eighteen year old panda at the Vienna Schoenbrunn Zoo. Who owns the copyright to paintings created by panda bear?
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The U.S. Patent Office came under fire recently due to having its servers down between August 15th through August 23, 2018.
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DEF CON is a hacker convention providing the most recent information and developments in hacking, while also allowing hackers to show their skills in varied contests and games.
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A discussion on IoT smart devices, their vulnerabilities and the options for making them safer as they grow in daily use by consumers.
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Fashion labels introduce clothing technology, such as smart chips embedded in clothing. While this innovation of clothing tech companies is to be lauded, such strides in technology raise more issues about consumer privacy and data security.
Read MoreDefense Distributed, a Texas non-profit organization, has caused a firestorm of debate with its recent supplying of online schematics for the production of printing of firearms via a 3-D printer.
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One of the newest trends has been the live streaming of Uber and Lyft passengers being picked up and dropped off at their requested destination. What are your rights?
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In Apple v. ContentGuard Holdings the Federal Circuit held the claimed invention could be used in ways that did not require financial transactions and remanded the case to the PTAB to decide whether the patent qualifies for CBM review under the Unwired Planet standard which does not rely on the “incidental to” standard.
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With the reemergence of Wonder Woman in popular media, Texas hamburger chain Whataburger has found itself embroiled in a potential trademark dispute with DC Comics over the ubiquitous “W” logo.
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California made history recently by passing the California Consumer Privacy Act after unanimous agreement between the California State Assembly and State Senate.
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In South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. the Supreme Court held that state governments may impose sales taxes on online purchases made within their state lines even if the seller does not maintain an actual corporeal location within state borders.
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Are virtual assistants recording your conversations? Amazon confirmed several times that the devices store everything they hear on Amazon servers and that Amazon users must delete the recordings themselves.
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Levi Strauss & Co. has come under recent fire for sending out thousands of cease-and-desist letters and for filing several lawsuits claiming trademark infringement and trademark dilution by any apparel companies that sell clothing with flag-like tabs sewn into the pocket of their garments.
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A U.S. district judge has given the go-ahead for a federal lawsuit between Prestige Entertainment and Ticketmaster, alleging illegal bot use, copyright infringement and other violations of intellectual property law, to continue in federal court.
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Hasbro made news by filing a trademark application to protect the scent of Play-Doh as a sensory mark. Although Play-Doh has been around for over two decades, Hasbro only recently decided to file for federal protection of the product.
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23andMe files various claims of intellectual property infringement against Ancestry.com.
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