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Addressing a party’s standing to sue for patent infringement, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit further clarified the relationship between an assignment of patent rights and the assignee’s standing to sue for patent infringement without joining the assignor.

One venerable software license model that many companies have utilized in the past has been the license upgrade.

Last week, Avanci announced a licensing program for video codecs. Avanci, of course, is a big name in the development of patent licenses.

Most Microsoft software products – especially server products – can be licensed under multiple different models and metrics.

The question presented in Kimble’s petition is simply "Whether this Court should overrule Brulotte v. Thys Co."

While Congress has been recently preoccupied with COVID-19 issues and potential U.S. Postal Service legislation, one recently introduced bipartisan bill could, if enacted, significantly affect intellectual property rights and international trade.

After reviewing numerous prior decisions regarding republication on the internet, under California law, a statement on a website is not republished unless the statement itself is substantively altered or added to or the website is directed to a new audience.

In the era of digital media, there are an increasing number of authors, artists, and other creators transferring or licensing their copyright content over to digital media companies.

The United States Copyright Office has announced the initiation of a study of the effectiveness of existing methods of music licensing.

As Creative Commons licenses are more widely used, questions are developing about how to use them, and how they apply in particular situations.

Judge Engelmayer in the Southern District of New York recently granted a motion to dismiss the complaint because the patent-in-suit is directed to patent-ineligible subject matter...

ASCAP and BMI collect and distribute payments to their members – songwriters and music publishers – for the public performance of their works.

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision in the case of Cyber Solutions International LLC v. Pro Marketing Sales, Inc.

Last week, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a decision in the case of Cyber Solutions International LLC v. Pro Marketing Sales, Inc.

The Federal Circuit's decision in University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. United States, 22-2248 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 9, 2024) hints at the broad scope of the federal government's license rights under the Bayh-Dole Act.

Always get authority directly from the client before filing anything that fundamentally affects a client's rights.

Most companies licensing software under SPLA simply do not keep records regarding their usage quantities for past months.