Supreme Court Decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Raises More Questions Than...
The Supreme Court recently issued its much anticipated decision in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, unanimously affirming the Federal Circuit's en banc decision finding the method, system, and computer...
View ArticleAbstract idea not converted to patentable invention by performance on a...
In a unanimous decision on June 19, 2014 authored by Justice Thomas, the Supreme Court in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Intl. held that an abstract idea did not become patent-eligible simply by performing...
View ArticleThe Katten Kattwalk | Issue 05
In this issue: - The Early Bird Gets the Trademark: Don’t Delay Filing Intent-to-Use Applications - Color Wars: Narrowing Color Claims in Trademark Rights - It’s Good to Be Famous: TTAB Expands...
View ArticleWeek in Review
Technology's impact on privacy took center stage in news headlines this week. The New York Times and National Public Radio (NPR) both reported on alternative software tools to track employees in the...
View ArticleDistrict Court Upholds FTC Hart-Scott-Rodino Rules for Pharmaceutical Patent...
A federal court has upheld the validity of the FTC’s recent rules for reporting certain transfers of exclusive patent rights in the pharmaceutical industry under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...
View ArticleLitigation Alert: Supreme Court Defends Expectation of Privacy In Cell Phone...
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision, limited the ability of law enforcement to search cell phones while making arrests, requiring police to obtain a search warrant before examining the data...
View ArticleAereo’s Antenna Arrays and Streaming of Broadcast Programming to Individual...
In a significant victory for the broadcast industry, the Supreme Court has held in a 6-3 decision that Aereo’s TV streaming service is a public performance within the meaning of the Copyright Act....
View ArticleSupreme Court Rules Aereo’s Streaming Broadcast Service Violates the...
American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. v. Aereo, Inc. – What You Need to Know - Today the Supreme Court ruled that streaming broadcast television signals to subscribers without paying for the programs...
View ArticleHealth System Pays $800,000 Fine for Leaving PHI in Doctor’s Driveway
While enforcement activity by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has focused primarily on a covered entity’s safeguard of electronic protected health...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Cell Phone Privacy Decision Deserves Employer Attention
In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this week in Riley v. California that police generally may not conduct a warrantless search of digital data stored on the cell phone of someone who...
View ArticleTakeaways From GE Capital's $225M Credit Card Settlement
Last week, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced a $225 million settlement of two major credit card enforcement matters with Synchrony Bank, formerly known as GE Capital Retail Bank....
View ArticleVitaminsOnline.com Files False Advertising Action Over Competitor's Online...
On May 6, 2014 VitaminsOnline, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“VOI”), filed a complaint against Dynamic Industries, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company, and Christopher Wilson, a resident of Georgia...
View ArticleSupreme Court Reinforces Need for Robust Adverse Event Reporting Process
On June 23, 2014, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari in Medtronic, Inc. v. Stengel, leaving in place the Ninth Circuit's en banc decision permitting a failure-to-warn claim against a...
View ArticleSupreme Court Decides Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie
On June 25, 2014, the Supreme Court of the United States decided Riley v. California, No. 13-132, and United States v. Wurie, No. 13-212, holding that police must generally obtain a warrant before...
View ArticleThe Aereo of its Ways: The U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Broadcasters
In a 6 to 3 decision, the United States Supreme Court, in the case of American Broadcasting Cos., Inc., et al. v Aereo, Inc., has just ruled that Aereo, an Internet service that allows customers to...
View ArticleAereo - A Reboot Opportunity For Broadcasters?
Yesterday the Supreme Court issued the Aereo opinion and decided that, given its activities, Aereo is substantially similar to a cable television provider and therefore “perform[s] petitioners’...
View ArticleSupreme Court Decides American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc.
On June 25, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court decided American Broadcasting Cos. v. Aereo, Inc., No. 13-461, holding that Aereo violates the Copyright Act by streaming near-live copyrighted television...
View ArticleNew Updated FTC Care Labeling Rules: “Do’s and Don’ts”
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) enforces federal labeling requirements that require manufacturers, importers, sellers and distributors of certain textile and wool clothing to accurately label...
View ArticleSupreme Court Opens Door to Food and Beverage Label Challenges Under Lanham Act
The United States Supreme Court paved the way on June 12 for competitors to challenge FDA-regulated food and beverage labels under the Lanham Act. The Court's opinion in POM Wonderful LLC v. The...
View ArticleMaking Use of Social Media: FDA Releases Two Draft Guidelines on the Use of...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released two long-awaited draft guidance documents for the drug and device industries revolving around the use of social media platforms by drug and device...
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