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The Federal Circuit's recent decision in Insulet Corp. v. EOFlow addresses a critical question in trade secret litigation: when does the statute of limitations begin to run under the Defend Trade Secrets Act? The court's application of an access-plus-similarity framework and its treatment of multiple related trade secrets as a single claim for limitations purposes has significant implications for how companies must monitor and respond to potential misappropriation.

In rejecting a right of publicity claim by Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which claims to control the rights to Albert Einstein, a California federal court has ruled that the common law right of publicity under New Jersey law has a maximum post-mortem duration of 50 years.

Foley Hoag LLP attorneys, on behalf of the New York Intellectual Property Association (NYIPLA), filed an amicus curiae brief at the U.S. Supreme Court in Cellect, LLC v. Katherine Vidal...

IPR includes an estoppel provision, similar to that provided by the inter partes reexamination statute.

In an effort to promote judicial efficiency, Courts often allow a plaintiff to supplement its complaint if doing so would settle the parties' controversies in one action.

The Federal Circuit agreed and concluded that the district court's refusal to allow New World a second chance at the pleading was not an abuse of discretion.

The Middle District of Florida recently dismissed a declaratory judgment claim for non-infringement in a patent dispute involving flood panel systems. The court held that cease-and-desist demands made before a patent issued, without subsequent post-issuance threats, did not establish the actual controversy required under Article III to maintain such an action.

Judge Douglas P. Woodlock of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts has advised President Obama that he will become a Senior Judge on June 1, 2015.

The Supreme Court issued its first substantive trademark decision of the current term yesterday in Hana Financial, Inc. v. Hana Bank.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has now found that the famous-mark exception to the territoriality principle gave the owner of a famous mark superior geographical rights.

Oddo Asset Mgt. v. Barclays Bank PLC, et al., No. 126 (NY 2012), involves the application of state common law principles to an international transaction gone bad.

On Monday, July 11, for the second time in four days, a U.S. appellate court issued a decision stating that corporations are proper defendants in cases involving claims under the Alien Tort Statute ("ATS").

Earlier this month, a Law360 article explored a fundamental—yet often overlooked—question: whether the long-held standard practice of tallying pro bono hours remains "the best way to measure pro bono success."

There can be no question that business and legal transactions have become increasingly multi-disciplinary and complex.

Courts often note that they should avoid exalting form over substance when interpreting laws. Similarly, in construing legal filings, courts typically eschew reliance on document titles in favour...

Most appeals in federal court must be taken within 30 days of entry of a final judgment.

In Edwards v. Junior State of America Foundation, the Eastern District of Texas determined that screenshots of social media messages are not sufficient evidentiary substitutes for spoliated native files.

The Seventh Circuit’s docket appears to be rife with cases involving little errors that turn out to have not-so-little effects.