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Illinois is making important changes to the scope of the state's Collection Agency Act and the reach of its collection agency licensing obligation.

In its recent decision in Tempnology LLC, n/k/a Old Cold, LLC v. Mission Product Holdings, Inc., the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the First Circuit rejected the Fourth Circuit's holding in . . .

The First Circuit in Mission Product Holdings, Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC (In re Tempnology, LLC), 879 F.3d 389 (1st Cir. 2018), recently held that the Debtor's rejection of a trademark license left ...

Companies seeking to license intellectual property to or from entities in other countries should be aware that licensees are not likely to be given the same protections as they are afforded...

Yesterday, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") issued its final rule (the "New Rule") to the Hart-Scott-Rodino ("HSR") Act Premerger Notification Regulations to clarify and expand the coverage of the HSR Act to patent license and collaboration agreements in the pharmaceuticals industry where the licensee acquires "all commercially significant rights" to the pharmaceutical patents.

Expiration of a patent also terminates the rights to collect royalties on that patent – even if a license contract says otherwise.

On January 5, 2009, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California decided on remand in “Jacobsen v. Katzer” that the plaintiff Jacobsen, a licensor of open source software, was not entitled to a preliminary injunction halting the willful infringement of his software.

In a historic announcement, Broadcom Inc. unveiled its ambitious plan to purchase VMware, a technology giant, in May 2022. However, in November 2023, Broadcom released a barrage...

Intellectual property rights in the real-money gaming (RMG) industry assume a pivotal role in shaping business strategies and generating revenue streams.

When a multi-million-dollar jury verdict gets slashed to single digits by a trial judge, it usually marks a devastating end to a company’s legal battle.

Expanding a brand into a new category can be an exciting time. It can also be one of the riskiest moves a brand can make. Branding is more than logos or ad campaigns.

Say there is a game that's been around. A lot of people are familiar with it. No one has made a board game out of it.

An exclusion for infringement of intellectual property rights in a commercial insurance policy did not bar coverage for claims asserted against a patent holder under a patent licensing agreement.

In the bright early days of a new venture, significant issues can arise as to who is responsible for conceiving a particular idea, product, feature, or design.

A Texas court recently held that an infringer waived a license defense that components in the accused products were supplied by a licensed supplier by failing to raise the defense sufficiently before trial to allow the patent owner to respond to the defense, take discovery on the issue, file briefings with the court, and hold a hearing if necessary.

Five major publishing houses and bestselling author Scott Turow have filed a putative class action against Meta Platforms and Mark Zuckerberg, alleging willful copyright infringement through the use of pirated copyrighted...

In another chapter of the long saga of the "Lucent Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft" litigation, the U.S. District Court for Southern District of California (Judge Huff) (Case No. 07-CV-2000) in July granted in part and denied in part Microsoft’s motion in limine challenging Lucent’s supplemental expert report on damages.

In considering the totality of the circumstances, a Maryland court recently deemed a case "exceptional" and awarded attorney's fees against a company that displayed a pattern of threatening...