NIST Unveils Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework
On October 22, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released its long-anticipated Preliminary Cybersecurity Framework for public review and comment. The Cybersecurity Framework was...
View ArticleAfter Long Battle, Google Books Ruled “Fair Use”
When last we looked in on the Google Books dispute, the Second Circuit had overturned class certification in the suit, brought by the Authors Guild and multiple individual authors, on the basis that...
View ArticleMedical devices and 3D printing
As we already discussed, 3D printing technologies facilitates the creation of things but also is a great issue for managing traditional IP rights. This is a technology that will challenge more and more...
View ArticleUnions target tech companies’ outside vendors: four action points when your...
Many technology companies elect not to use their own employees to perform collateral functions such running the corporate cafeteria or performing security and maintenance functions. Instead, they...
View ArticleFTC Expands Scope of Hart-Scott-Rodino Reporting Rules for Pharmaceutical...
The Federal Trade Commission has broadened the rules dictating when pharmaceutical companies must report a transfer of exclusive patent rights to the U.S. Department of Justice and FTC for antitrust...
View ArticleCYBERSECURITY UPDATE: New Rules Require Defense Contractors To Protect...
The U.S. Department of Defense issued final rulemaking on November 18, 2013 that will require DOD contractors to protect from attack confidential technical information on their computer systems, and to...
View ArticleThe FDA Order Against 23andMe Shows That in the Balance Between Regulation...
The FDA order against 23andMe to stop genetic testing shows that in the balance between regulation and innovation the FDA occasionally must address an age old debate......By: JD Supra Perspectives
View ArticleFTC Denies Application for Proposed Social Network-Based COPPA Consent...
On November 13, 2013, the FTC announced that it had denied AssertID Inc.'s ("AssertID") application for approval of a social network-based method of obtaining verifiable parental consent under the...
View ArticleEighth Circuit Addresses Scope of False Claims Act Liability
Last month, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the scope of “fraud-in-the-inducement” liability under the False Claims Act (FCA), 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-3733, and, in doing so, reversed the...
View ArticleAll That Glitters
More companies looking to keep pace with the fast-changing mobile market are busily buying up app developers. Google spent almost $1 billion in June to acquire traffic app developer Waze. Apptopia is a...
View ArticleGoldieBlox v. Beastie Boys: Something Here Doesn't Rhyme
Sometimes a legal dispute inspires the creative within. This is exactly what happened when I read about GoldieBlox Inc. suing Beastie Boys and producer Rick Rubin. As you may have seen in the press,...
View ArticleiPhooey?
Apparently iPho by Saigon, a Vietnamese restaurant located in St. Paul, Minnesota, is quite good. The logo design is eye-popping, and dare I say clever, but does it cross one of the many legal...
View ArticleCareful What You Say – No Preemption for Statements Made in Operating Room
Makers of medical devices marketed pursuant to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) premarket approval process are generally relieved from defending state law failure to warn claims by operation of...
View ArticleHealth Update -- Nov 26, 2013
10 Megatrends Shaping Healthcare’s Next 10 Years - The American healthcare system is undergoing massive change. From transformational policies to disruptive technologies to groundbreaking medical...
View ArticleCongress Wades in to Medical App Oversight
In September 2013, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued final guidance regarding its regulation of mobile device medical apps. As expected, it reserved its scrutiny for apps that are truly...
View ArticleBelgium: Supreme Court Decision on IP blocking also impacting gaming industry
By the judgment rendered on 22 October 2013 in the Belgian version of the long-lasting The Pirate Bay saga, the Belgian Court of Cassation (Belgium’s Supreme Court) confirmed the lawfulness of a...
View ArticleNew Generic Top-Level Domain Names (“gTLDs”) Opening for Business
The first set of new generic top-level domain names (“gTLDs”) are opening for business this month. A gTLD is the part of a domain name that comes after the “dot” (“.”). Currently, there are 22 gTLDs...
View ArticleIP Update, Vol. 16, No. 11, November 2013
Appellate Decision Sets Stage for Next Skirmish In The Apple vs. Samsung Smart Phone Wars - A unanimous panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has concluded that the district court...
View ArticleFDA Threatens Agency Action Against 23andMe Over Personal Genetic Testing
As reported in Fierce Medical Devices by Damian Garde, the FDA has issued a Warning Letter to personal genomics company 23andMe, demanding that the company stop selling its Personal Genomic Services...
View ArticleMoFo BioMeter - Vol. 2, Issue 4, November 2013 - Q3 BioMeter Shows Strong...
The average BioMeter value in the third quarter of 2013 was $30.4 million, an increase from the $22.2 million value in the second quarter. Like last quarter, Phase 1 and Phase 2 transactions showed...
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