District Court in Delaware Denies Motions to Transfer Where Transfer Would...
In these patent infringement actions, the defendants moved to transfer to three different district courts. As explained by the district court, "[t]here are currently six pending actions in the District...
View ArticleDoing Business in Canada: Language Requirements
FEDERAL LAWS - English and French are the official languages of Canada. The Constitution of Canada and the Official Languages Act guarantee that English and French have equality status and equal rights...
View ArticleFinCrimes Update - Volume 1, Issue 3
On May 8, OFAC released enforcement information regarding “apparent violations” of the Cuban Assets Control Regulations by Canadian subsidiaries of a U.S. insurance company. The U.S. company...
View ArticleSecond Circuit Finds That, Once Again, Book Scanning Is Fair Use
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals has delivered a resounding reaffirmation of fair use principles in the latest decision to go against the Authors Guild in its longstanding battle against book...
View ArticlePotential Inventor Declarations Excluded for Claim Construction Where...
In this patent infringement action, a dispute arose over whether the defendant B/E Aerospace could rely on declarations from one or more of the inventors of the asserted patent in support of its claim...
View ArticleCompetitive Providers One Step Closer to Support for Rural Broadband...
On Wednesday, June 11, 2014, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released its long-awaited order establishing a framework for competitors to obtain broadband subsidies (support) through Phase...
View ArticlePolicyholders are Exposed to Cyber-Risk from Their Third Party Contracts
The use of third party technology service providers has become widespread and commonplace in all industries. Technology services like “cloud” data storage providers and software as a service (SaaS)...
View ArticleGood Things Come To Those Who Wait: $26 Million
Trade secret misappropriation cases often are won or lost quickly and early at the preliminary injunction stage of the case. However, today we report on the results of a slow moving, long-running trade...
View ArticleNovel Copyright Action Involving Webcasting and Geofencing to be Decided in...
Radio stations that stream over the Internet typically have to pay performance royalties to the copyright owners of the songs that are being broadcast over the Internet. Last month, a group of radio...
View ArticleNow You See Me, Now You Don’t
The European Union recently decided that people have a right to be forgotten. The “right to be forgotten” provides Internet users in Europe the advantage to demand the erasure, removal or deletion of...
View ArticleProposed health IT strategy aims to promote innovation
On April 7, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), in consultation with the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) and the Federal Communications Commission...
View ArticleNo T.K.O. in Beverage Wars
Today, the United States Supreme Court decided the case, Pom Wonderful v. Coca-Cola, in favor of Pom Wonderful. The Court found that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s rules do not narrow the...
View ArticleDon’t forget to close the back door: Vendor management and privacy
When you enter into a contract with a vendor that will access, use or disclose your customer or employee personal information, assume that you are responsible for any unauthorized access to, use, or...
View ArticleWeek in Review
Move over World Cup. Discipline based on employee social media activities is taking center stage this week. Well, maybe the World Cup has a few more headlines, but you can follow the links below to...
View ArticleCalling All Boards of Directors: Four Recommendations from the SEC
SEC Commissioner Luis Aguilar recently spoke at the New York Stock Exchange Conference “Cyber Risks and the Boardroom.” In his speech, Commissioner Aguilar emphasized the importance of cybersecurity...
View ArticleFood Companies Should Expect More False Advertising Claims
The Supreme Court holds that competitors may bring Lanham Act claims challenging food and beverage labels that are regulated by the FDA....By: Morgan Lewis
View Article“Do You Want to Know a Secret?” The Risks Posed by Anonymous Social Apps
First we had social media platforms, but recently a variety of “anti-social” media platforms have emerged—well, anti-social in a sense. For years, social media platforms have encouraged (or even, in...
View ArticleMalvertising: Senate Committee Releases Report
Terms like “web security” and “data breach” are now familiar to most Americans in light of recent, significant issues with the websites and databases of some large U.S. companies. But web security...
View ArticleLeave My Employees Alone! You Promised You Wouldn’t Hire/Solicit Them
With the antitrust class action against Google, Apple, Intel and other Silicon Valley heavyweights nearly in the books ($300 million plus in settlements and millions more in defense fees later), it is...
View ArticleDistrict Court Rejects Nationwide Class, But Certifies California-Only...
In Werdebaugh v. Blue Diamond Growers, the plaintiff brought suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California to certify a nationwide class of consumers who purchased...
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