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The Patent Office denied institution of the IPR without comment on the inventorship.

A recent decision by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals has found that eBay has no contributory liability for sales of counterfeit products on its site in light of its efforts to combat counterfeiting, including termination of sales after notification by the trademark owner.

New technology continues to generate business models that test the limits of intellectual property laws enacted before such technologies were ever contemplated.

Beginning June 13, 2009, at 12:01 a.m. EDT (June 12, 2009, at 9:01 p.m. PDT), Facebook will allow current members to select a username that will be associated with their personal profile or their Facebook Page (which is a profile page for business, brands and public figures).

As businesses rapidly adopt artificial intelligence, machine learning, and predictive analytics across their operations, many overlook critical intellectual property considerations. Recent federal court decisions reveal the nuanced distinction between simply automating existing processes with AI versus creating patentable innovations that improve how AI systems themselves operate.

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has announced revised guidance (2019 Revised Patent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance)

In an effort to maintain U.S. technological leadership and to ensure continued international collaboration with allies, the Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS)...

The Honorable Judge Patricia Barksdale, Middle District of Florida, has urged the United States Judiciary Committee to amend Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to address the use of generative AI tools...

The "Age of Discovery" refers to those past centuries when Columbus, Magellan, and other explorers navigated to new worlds. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court (Supreme Court) approved a package of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure regarding discovery of "electronically stored information," including revisions and additions to Rules 16, 26, 33, 34, 37, and 45 as well as Form 35.

While everyone knows that e-mail shouldn't be used to share potentially embarrassing information and personal stories, the hazards of using e-mail extend beyond this relatively obvious caution.

On Friday September 3, Douglas Bourgeois, who joined the USPTO as its Chief Information Officer in May, 2001, will leave the Patent Office to become the director of the Interior Department's National Business Center. His departure from the PTO is occurring at a time when legal and industry leaders are pushing for faster, higher quality patents.

JuicyCampus.com is an Internet site that allows the anonymous posting of gossip about college students who at times are specifically identified by first and last names, as well as by dormitory. This site has attracted not only the attention of interested college students, but also the attention of law enforcement authorities.

In the wake of the hanging-and-dimpled-chads debacle of the 2000 presidential election, there has been a move to embrace electronic voting systems. Good news, right? Perhaps not quite yet.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission gave disclosures made through social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter a conditional "thumbs up" in a Report of Investigation it released on April 2, 2013.

The topic for today: selfie sticks. How do you feel about them — positive, negative or indifferent?