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Texas House Bill 40 Will Reshape the New Texas Business Courts

Porter Hedges LLP on 6/27/2025

On June 1, 2025, the Texas legislature passed HB 40, and Governor Greg Abbott signed it on June 21, 2025. The new law helps further define the jurisdiction of Texas’s Business Courts, originally established in 2023. This is...more

UK Court of Appeal Provides Guidance on Interim Licenses in Latest FRAND Dispute

Jones Day on 3/14/2025

The United Kingdom's Court of Appeal has issued an important decision on the principles governing the grant of interim licenses in standard essential patent ("SEP") disputes....more

USPTO Kicks “Hijacker” of Foreign Trademark Out the Door

Fish & Richardson on 2/3/2025

When, if ever, is it okay to use a trademark in U.S. commerce that is identical to another company’s mark used outside the U.S.? Courts have struggled with this issue for years, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...more

Global Perspective on Patenting of AI Technologies

ArentFox Schiff on 10/25/2024

The rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies is fueling a surge in global patent filings for AI-related innovations, but differences in national patent laws and examination standards for such inventions...more

Viral DRM on a copyright lawsuit rampage in California

Vondran Legal on 2/12/2024

Viral DRM is a content creator specializing in weather videos. Their content is attractive to many people who love to watch storm and weather videos. Recently, Viral DRM has been on a rampage filing lawsuits in California...more

Cloud computing: A brief overview of intellectual property issues "in the cloud"

Smart & Biggar on 12/23/2020

Cloud computing has increasingly become a dominant model for computer and information technology service, with the majority of businesses worldwide using computing resources and storing data “in the cloud.” However, despite...more

Courts Continue to Enforce Foreign Non-Competes in California While the Window for Such Agreements Slowly Closes

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group on 7/13/2017

Contrary to common perception, California employees who signed restrictive covenants prior to January 1, 2017 are not completely immune to enforcement of all restrictions on competition. For the second time in several years,...more

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