GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Banner Pharmacaps, Inc. (Fed Cir)
Case Name: GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Banner Pharmacaps, Inc., Nos. 2013-1593, -1594, -1595, -1598, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 3356 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 24, 2014) (Circuit Judges Taranto, O’Malley, and Wallach...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Finds Individual Performance in Film May Be Copyrightable
Recently in Garcia v. Google, 743 F.3d 1258 (9th Cir. 2013), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted an actress’ request to remove a provocative film from YouTube, because the film, in which she...
View ArticleWhen Is a Claimed Drug Formulation Enabled and Adequately Described?
Alcon Research Ltd. v. Barr Labs., Inc. - Addressing the requirements for enablement and written description, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s ruling of...
View ArticleHealth Subcommittee Seeks Ideas on How Technology Can Improve Patient Care
Last Thursday, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health held a hearing, “Telehealth to Digital Medicine: How 21st Century Technology Can Benefit Patients,” to explore how technology can be...
View ArticleIf You Host Videos on Your Website, Read This Blog Post Regarding the Video...
In a much anticipated decision in the class action In re Hulu Privacy Litigation, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has shed new...
View ArticleRegulators Speak at IAPP Breakfast Meeting in NYC
Data Breach Incidents—Especially “Ransom” Incidents, are on the Rise—One panelist observed that the New York State Attorney General’s Office received reports of approximately 900 data breach incidents...
View ArticleMergers and Acquisitions are Back – The Impact on Emerging Companies
Recent statistics have confirmed what many executives, lawyers and advisors have sensed for the past few quarters: mergers and acquisitions of emerging technology companies, especially those in mobile,...
View ArticleHouse Energy And Commerce Subcommittee Holds Hearing On Revised Chemicals In...
On April 29, 2014, the U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce's Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy held a hearing on the revised version of the Chemicals in Commerce Act (CICA2). Details...
View ArticleClaim Construction Supplemented By Judge McMahon - Hockeyline Inc. v. Stats...
Case Number: 1:13-cv-01446 (Dkt. 31) - Judge McMahon supplemented his earlier claim construction ruling. He rejected defendant’s proposal that the world “processor” be construed to require programming...
View Article2014 Resolutions Series: Direct or Consequential? It Matters. Biotronik AG...
Recently a New York Court of Appeals decision shook attorneys out of complacency by relying on a very important “boilerplate” provision to allow a plaintiff to seek $100 million in lost profits in a...
View ArticleTax Consequences of Telecommuting Employees
Technology companies have been at the forefront of accommodating telecommuting employees who wish to work from home for lifestyle and other reasons. Companies may want to re-think this employee policy...
View ArticleNew York AG Action Targets Out-Of-State Retail Installment Obligation Finance...
On April 30, New York Attorney General (AG) Eric Schneiderman announced that four out-of-state companies alleged to have financed retail installment obligations (RIOs) at rates in excess of the state’s...
View ArticleHealth Alert (Australia) - May 5, 2014
In This Issue: Judgments; Legislation; and Reports: Excerpt from JUDGMENTS- New South Wales - 2 May 2014 - Health Care Complaints Commission v Qasim [2014] NSWCATOD 42 - This was a complaint referred...
View ArticleThird Circuit Denies Rehearing En Banc in Closely Watched Class Action
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has denied a petition for rehearing en banc in a small-dollar consumer product class action. Depending on one’s perspective, this highly anticipated...
View ArticleMonday At eMerge Americas Techweek: Live Blogging
Over 5,000 people have gathered for the inaugural eMerge Americas Techweek Conference, hosted at the Miami Beach Convention Center. In addition to the elaborate booths of sponsors from various sectors,...
View ArticleSEC Cybersecurity Initiative: Five Steps ALL Broker-Dealers and Investment...
Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE) released a Risk Alert announcing its Cybersecurity Initiative....By: Mintz Levin -...
View ArticleFourth Federal Court Judge Holds That DC Anti-SLAPP Statute Can Be Applied In...
Another DC federal court judge recently held that the DC anti-SLAPP statute applies in federal court, and applied it to dismiss a libel and related torts action. This decision, in Forras v. Rauf, means...
View ArticleMio Global brings suit for infringement against Smartmissimo’s “SMART mio”...
On April 11, 2014, Physical Enterprises, Inc. (“Mio Global”), a Canadian corporation, brought a trademark infringement action against Smartmissimo Technologies, PTE. LTD. (“Smartmissimo”), a Singapore...
View ArticleShire Dev. LLC v. Watson Pharms., Inc.
Case Name: Shire Dev. LLC v. Watson Pharms., Inc., No. 2013-1409, 2014 U.S. App. LEXIS 5719 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 28, 2014) (Circuit Judges Rader, Prost, and Hughes presiding; Opinion by Hughes, J.) (appeal...
View ArticleSocial Media a Risk Management Tool?
I recently read an article titled “When ‘Liking’ a Brand Online Voids the Right to Sue,” written by Stephanie Strom of the New York Times, that reported an interesting change in the way manufacturers...
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