Netherlands: Remote Gambling Act goes before the Council of State
Last Friday (14 February), the legislative proposal for the Dutch Remote Gambling Act has been brought before the Dutch Council of State for its opinion. This Act stipulates under which conditions...
View ArticleFederal Circuit Affirms Decision Preventing Generic Lyrica, Finding Sparse...
A three judge panel of the Federal Circuit recently affirmed the District of Delaware’s judgment of infringement and validity related to U.S. Patent No. 6,197,819 (owned by Northwestern University and...
View ArticleFate of Software Patents in Hands of the Supreme Court
If your company owns or relies on software patents or business method patents enabled by software, then an upcoming decision in a software patent case will be of critical interest to you. Nearly 70...
View ArticleFenwick Employment Brief - February 2014
A California federal court in Enki Corporation v. Freedman held that a former employee’s access of the employer’s computer systems through his log-in credentials did not amount to unlawful hacking...
View ArticleEuropean (EU) Data Protection Law Handbook now live
This 214-page document, “Handbook on European data protection law,” looks incredibly comprehensive. It ends with 13 pages of citations to European case law on various issues....By: Fenwick & West LLP
View ArticleThere is only one Lord of the (Olympic) Rings…but then there was Sochi
As we have posted about more than a few times on DuetsBlog over the years (like here and here), the OLYMPICS trademark and the Olympic Rings mark are highly enforced marks that uniquely bear special...
View ArticleFTC to Hold Seminar on Mobile Device Tracking
Mobile apps and consumer privacy continue to be hot issues for the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). On February 19, 2014, the FTC staff will hold an open seminar on privacy and related issues raised by...
View ArticleSpain launches a reform of the Intellectual Property Law. Including the...
The Spanish Council of Ministers has just approved a draft law for the partial reform of the Intellectual Property Law. It will be now submitted to the Spanish Parliament for discussion and final...
View ArticleLaying Down the Law: Illinois Appellate Courts Confirm Insurance Coverage in...
The threat to many American businesses posed by the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (“TCPA”) (47 U.S.C. § 227(b)) is undeniable. A typical alleged violation of the TCPA may consist of sending...
View ArticleHouse Committee Approves Cybersecurity Bill
On February 5, the House Homeland Security Committee unanimously approved H.R. 3696, the National Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013 (the NCCIP). The NCCIP builds on many...
View ArticleTelemedicine: More Than New Technology
Technological advancements and the expansion of access to health care under the Affordable Care Act have pushed telemedicine to the new frontier of health care delivery. Originally Published in For The...
View ArticleTacking isn't tacky - narrow doctrine saves defendant
In Hana Financial v Hana Bank (Case No 11-56678), the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the district court’s decision denying Hana Financial Inc’s motion for judgment as a matter...
View ArticleNIST Finalizes Cybersecurity Framework For Critical...
On February 12, 2014, exactly one year to the day on which President Obama tasked the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with creating a Cybersecurity Framework to help protect...
View ArticleNIST Releases Final Cybersecurity Framework
On February 12, the Obama Administration released the Cybersecurity Framework prepared by NIST, as called for by Executive Order 13636 issued by President Obama one year ago. The Framework organizes...
View ArticleLast Week at the FEC: Commission Asked to Approve a Framework for Acceptance...
Last week the Federal Election Commission did not meet, but made public AOR 2014-02, an Advisory Opinion Request from Make Your Laws PAC ("MYL PAC") related to Bitcoins, as well as a Final Audit Report...
View ArticleUpdate from China: Supplemental Evidence in Pharmaceutical Patent Applications
Word comes to us from attorneys at the CCPIT Patent and Trademark Law Office that the Patent Affairs Administration Department of the State Intellectual Property Office of the PRC (SIPO) "clarified"...
View ArticleCFPB Focus on For-Profit Educational Providers Intensifies
The for-profit educational giant ITT Educational Services, Inc., recently revealed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it is the target of anticipated legal action from the...
View ArticleEnergy & Clean Technology Connections: Your Law Firm Link to Industry News --...
In the February edition of Energy & Clean Technology Connections, we bring you recent industry highlights, the latest news from Capitol Hill, and a list of upcoming energy industry events. For...
View ArticleInsurance Recovery Law - Feb 18, 2014
Insurer Must Indemnify TCPA Settlement, Despite Lack of Involvement - Why it matters: In a closely watched case out of Illinois, an appellate court held that a $1.7 million settlement in a Telephone...
View ArticleRenewable Energy Update -- February 14, 2014
Renewable Energy Focus - Department of Energy announces $30 million for novel and hybrid solar technologies: Solar Server News - Feb 6 -- U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz has announced $30 million in...
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