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When hiring creators to develop copyrighted works for your business, understanding the critical differences between assignments, licenses, and work-for-hire agreements can mean the difference between owning...

Candella licensed patents from Disney relating to artificial candles in 2008. In 2014, Candella merged with Luminara Worldwide LLC, (both parties are referred to as Luminara in this article).

Companies without dedicated in-house IP counsel face critical decisions in the months following a competitor's patent issuance. Understanding the available challenge mechanisms, monitoring windows, and strategic options can help businesses address patent risks proactively rather than reactively when faced with enforcement actions.

Collegiate licensing is a big deal these days. Lots of alumni and fans of college teams want to wear clothing bearing the marks of their alma mater or their favorite team.

On September 30, 2009, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided in "Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.", 583 F.3d 832 (Fed. Cir. 2009), that the plaintiff ("Stanford") lacked standing to assert an infringement cause of action against the defendant ("Roche") as Stanford did not possess the necessary interest in the patents-in-suit.

A think tank fellow publishes an opinion piece in The New York Post that includes a fetching photo of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. (Mind you, this is two years before the governor's daily pandemic press conferences...

The Baltimore Ravens may be off to an impressive 9-2 start this NFL season, but the club’s defensive line (of lawyers) couldn’t hold off a successful copyright infringement claim by security guard and artist Frederick Bouchat based on the unauthorized inclusion of his Ravens logo design in a football video game.

The USPTO Appeals Review Panel's August 2026 decision in Ex parte Baurin reinstated nonstatutory double patenting rejections against Sanofi's antibody-like binding protein application, even though the application would expire before the reference patent. This precedential ruling raises critical questions about whether the risk of harassment by multiple patent owners alone justifies double patenting rejections, particularly when no extension of patent term exists.

With Labor Day around the corner and summer coming to a close, the Federal Circuit had a busy week with a lot of precedential opinions to pick from.

Most radio stations have received emails in the past several weeks from both the Radio Music License Committee (RMLC) and Global Music Rights (GMR) regarding an interim license with, and new licensing fees owed to, GMR.

The Federal Circuit recently permitted Mutual Pharmaceutical to proceed with counterclaims that Tyco’s patent enforcement litigation and FDA citizen’s petition violated the antitrust laws.

It is a common practice for Web site providers who accept submissions of user-generated content to include a license provision in their "Terms of Use" to obtain rights to use the content.

On March 21, 2006, the Health Resources and Services Administration ("HRSA") of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services published a proposed rule that incorporates the statutory requirements under Section 1921 of the Social Security Act ("SSA") into the regulations governing the reporting of information to the National Practitioner Data Bank for Information on Physicians and Other Health Care Practitioners ("NPDB").

The asserted patent issued to IBM in May 2008 with an estimated priority date in October 2003.

The International Trade Commission has developed a new 10-factor test to determine whether activities tied to licensing a patent portfolio can satisfy Section 337's domestic industry requirement.

While the America Invents Act (AIA) brought many significant changes to the U.S. patent laws, there is arguably no more impactful change than the shift from a "first to invent" system to a "first inventor to file" system.

In Numbers Licensing LLC v. bVisual USA Inc. [91 U.S.P.Q.2d 1946 (E.D. Wash. July 15, 2009)], the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington addressed the implied license defense in the software licensing context.