Supreme Court Rules That Food and Beverage Mislabeling Claims Do Not...
On Thursday, June 12, 2014, Justice Anthony Kennedy delivered an opinion for a unanimous United States Supreme Court in POM Wonderful LLC v. The Coca-Cola Co., No. 12-761, in which the Court ruled that...
View Article8 Best Practices to Help You Manage Risks Associated With Mobile “Big Data”
The more than six billion mobile devices in use worldwide offer companies access to a possible treasure trove of customer information in almost every consumer segment. These devices now create a...
View ArticleSupreme Court Holds Computerization of Abstract Ideas Not Patent-Eligible
Earlier today, the Supreme Court decided Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International and unanimously held that Alice’s patent claims were not patent eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101 because they merely...
View ArticleSupreme Court Affirms Computerizing Fundamental Economic Practice Too...
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd v. CLS Bank International unanimously continued its recent trend of finding certain patent claims too abstract to be patentable. The...
View ArticleSupreme Court Invalidates Software Patents in Alice Corp. Case
The U.S. Supreme Court issued an important opinion today in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International regarding the patent eligibility of basic concepts covered in computer software patents. Writing for...
View ArticleManaging Risk in an Inhospitable Environment: The Restaurant and Hospitality...
The recent onslaught of cybersecurity incidents and payment card thefts dominate daily headlines and have captured the nation’s attention—from the diner whose credit card was compromised during a data...
View ArticleAlice v. CLS: More Questions Than Answers
Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank is out and the result is not unexpected: 1) Alice's patents for computer-implemented methods and systems for financial risk intermediation are invalid. 2) The patents claim...
View ArticleRedskins Trademark Cancelled – Q&A With Bean, Kinney & Korman
By now, you’ve no doubt heard the news that yesterday (June 18, 2014), the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB), an administrative body of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) cancelled the...
View ArticleGlaxoSmithKline Fined Again – The Cost of Doing Business?
It is seen as the cost of doing business. It may be illegal, but is also highly profitable, so why stop? That seems to be the attitude of many pharmaceutical companies – and the latest proof of that...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules that a Generic Computer Application of a Fundamental...
On June 19, 2014, the Supreme Court in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank International, No. 13-298, unanimously held that software relating to a computerized scheme for mitigating “settlement...
View ArticleFCC Decision Confirms Cost “Primary Factor” Rule and Underscores Recent...
Last week, the FCC Wireline Competition Bureau issued an Order denying a request for waiver and review of an E-rate program decision made by USAC, which determined that a Texas school district violated...
View ArticleD.C. Lawmakers Again Tackle Cyberthreats
On June 17, 2014, Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Vice Chairman Saxby Chambliss (R-GA) released a draft bill entitled, The Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of...
View ArticleDraft Guidelines for Telepathology Released
The American Telemedicine Association released draft Clinical Guidelines for Telepathology and is seeking public comments through June 20, 2014. Practice guidelines can serve as a useful reference...
View ArticleSupreme Court Issues Decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank - Alice Corp. v. CLS...
This morning, in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, the Supreme affirmed the Federal Circuit's per curiam opinion in CLS Bank v. Alice Corp. in a unanimous opinion by Justice Thomas with a concurring opinion by...
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Patent Claims Ineligible as Abstract Ideas, Affirming...
In a 9-0 decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the US Supreme Court affirmed the decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l, Case...
View ArticleHealth Headlines: Also in the News - June 2014 #2
AMA Adopts Telemedicine Policy – During the American Medical Association’s (AMA’s) Annual Meeting on June 11, 2014, AMA voted to approve a list of guiding principles for ensuring the appropriate...
View ArticleUSPTO Proposes Revised Patent Term Adjustment Rules for RCEs Under Novartis
The USPTO has published proposed rules for calculating Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) for applications in which a Request for Continued Examination (RCE) has been filed, after the Federal Circuit held in...
View ArticleFDA Issues Two Draft Guidance Documents Relating to Internet and Social Media...
On June 17, 2014, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) released two draft guidance documents related to manufacturer communications on the Internet and social media platforms. The two documents are...
View ArticleStatus Updates - June 2014 #5
..Lately, when Facebook has wanted to increase its users’ engagement on its site, it has turned to taking out ads—on Facebook. The theme is “Where will your friends take you?”......By: Morrison &...
View ArticleUSPTO Cancels Washington Redskins' Trademark Registrations
In a landmark case, the Unites States Patent and Trademark Office cancelled six trademark registrations associated with the National Football League team, the Washington Redskins, finding that use of...
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