ArticlePut Your Money Where Your Lidar IsIn November, CB Insights hosted a webinar entitled The Rise of Auto Tech: What's Coming, Who's Doing it, And Who Will Be Affected." United StatesCorporate/Commercial LawFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleIoT Hackers Plead Guilty And Get No Jail TimeDarkreading.com reported that after substantial cooperation with the FBI that the three "…men charged with creating and managing the Mirai botnet have pleaded guilty to conspiracy to violate the Computer Fraud & Abuse Act...United StatesCriminal LawFoley & Lardner LLP
ArticleNew Online Portal Launched For Foreign Work Permit ApplicationsThe Expert Bureau is now using a new online system for foreign work permit applicationsUnited StatesEmployment and HREnvoy Global, Inc.
ArticleDOE And Congress Get Serious About Commercializing New TechnologiesTaken together, these measures are strong signals of the federal government's continued commitment to American leadership in energy innovation.United StatesEnergy and Natural ResourcesHolland & Knight
ArticleData Centers And Air Quality: Recent Changes And Important Considerations For DevelopersThree recent developments in air quality permitting are reshaping data center and large infrastructure development. How will proposed updates to EPA's New Source Review program, new emissions standards for on-site power generation, and ongoing turbine litigation impact project evaluation and regulatory compliance? United StatesEnvironmentGreenberg Traurig
Article3D Printing Of Medical Devices: When A Novel Technology Meets Traditional Legal Principles3D printing is quite possibly the next greatest chapter in the industrial revolution, and the technology is moving rapidly. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesReed Smith
ArticleAdvanced Tech, Crossover Investors Drive Biopharmaceutical IPO SurgeFenwick securities and corporate finance co-chair Rob Freedman talked to The Wall Street Journal about the life sciences IPO market and what to look for next. United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesFenwick
ArticleFTC Targets State Efforts To Prevent AI Discrimination In HealthSome states wish to enact rules preventing discrimination by artificial intelligence (AI) systems in healthcare delivery and insurance underwriting. However, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) opposes these rules and wants AI systems to warn users before following those rules. United StatesGovernment, Public SectorHall Benefits Law
ArticleICANN Releases Draft Applicant Guidebook for New Generic Top-Level DomainsThe Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), the organization that is responsible for the allocation of Internet domain names and IP addresses, released draft policy documents regarding a new program that will permit organizations to create and operate generic top-level domains ("TLDs"). United StatesMedia, Telecoms, IT, EntertainmentDuane Morris LLP
ArticleCopyright And Technology NYC 2020 ConferencePartner Frank Scibilia will be a speaker at "The Music Modernization Act: Implementation of the Mechanical Licensing Collective," a panel at the Copyright and Technology 2020 Conference.United StatesIntellectual PropertyPryor Cashman LLP
VideoEmotional Perception, G1/19 And Software Inventions In The UK And EPO (Video)This webinar examines how the Enlarged Board of Appeal decision G1/19 and the UK Supreme Court's Emotional Perception judgment have reshaped patent examination practices at the EPO and UK IPO, with particular focus on recent appeal decisions and their implications for computer-implemented inventions. The session explores how these landmark rulings have intensified scrutiny of technical character requirements across claim scope and aligned UK practice more closely with EPO standards. United StatesIntellectual PropertyJ A Kemp
VideoFair University License Terms: Due Diligence & Negotiation Tips For Startups (Video)When your company is licensing technology from a university, securing fair and manageable terms is crucial for your future success. But how do you determine what's "fair" and structure a deal that your startup can afford?United StatesIntellectual PropertyCrowley Law LLC
ArticleFederal Circuit Rejects ´Expandio Ad Absurdum´ in Claim ConstructionThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has rejected a claim construction that was arguably correct on a term-by-term basis, but failed "to implement the invention described in the specification." On Demand Machine Corp. v. Ingram Industries, Inc., Case Nos. 05-1074, -1075, -1100 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 31, 2006) (Newman, J.).United StatesIntellectual PropertyMcDermott Will & Emery
VideoIPFinder: Helicopter-Parent Starter Kit And 3D Printed Chocolate At CESI didn’t want to call this post a "best and worst" of the consumer electronic show (CES), so I won’t. United StatesIntellectual PropertyStites & Harbison PLLC
ArticleNot Necessarily In That OrderBusinesses habitually send license agreements, services agreements, and other standard agreements to their legal counsel to review, revise, and explain the risks associated with proposed deals.United StatesIntellectual PropertyScott & Scott LLP
ArticlePatent Trends (Or Lack Thereof) In Green Energy TechnologyThere is probably no dispute that patents relating to "green energy technology" have been increasing given the amount of resources that governments, universities, and private investors have poured into the sector. United StatesIntellectual PropertyHunton Andrews Kurth LLP
ArticlePerson Of Skill In Art Depends On Claim ScopeThe Patent Trial and Appeal Board has explained that arguing a high-level of skill in a narrow art will not exclude an expert who has expertise within the scope of the claimed invention.United StatesIntellectual PropertyMcDermott Will & Emery
ArticleSenate Testimony Confirms Litigation RisksUnited StatesIntellectual PropertyHancock Rothert & Bunshoft
ArticleTrade Secret Legislation May Increase Infringement Claims And Lead To A Private Right Of ActionCongress recently took new steps to protect trade secrets.United StatesIntellectual PropertyVenable LLP