What Kim Kardashian and Apple Have in Common Both are suing over alleged infringement of intellectual property rights having to do with look-a-likes. Apple claims the new Galaxy tablet is a mimic and that Samsung "copied...
Clone Lawsuit Alleges Cloning! Ah, the irony. A Chinese company by the name of Shenzhen Great Long Brother Industrial Co is preparing to sue Apple if the iPad enters the Chinese market. This company...
The North Face Sues The South Butt A popular outdoor product company, The North Face, is suing a student-founded start-up company, The South Butt, for trademark infringement. The North Face complaint includes...
Twitter Sued for Patent Infringement A Texas-based company called TechRadium filed suit against Twitter Tuesday, August 4, 2009, in the Southern District of Texas, alleging patent infringement. TechRadium is...
Microsoft Emotiflag Patent Microsoft managed to land a patent grant for emotiflags this past week despite well-known prior usage. The IP team member at Microsoft who received the Notice of Allowance...
The practice of law is broken down into increments of time that you can bill out to your client, but many recognize the inefficiency of this system, as well as the unfairness to the client – those we should be serving through our practice. One Boston law firm has taken the lead to effect change, and has banned the billable hour. Will others follow?