ArticleWhatsApp Revises Its Privacy PolicyAs of May 2021, most of WhatsApp's information about its users (individuals and businesses alike) will be shared with the Facebook group of companies including Instagram...United StatesPrivacyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleUDRP As A Tool For Law Firms To Protect Their Brands And Manage Client RelationshipsIn addition to the Covid-19 pandemic's devastating human toll, it has also ushered in a dramatic increase in cybercrime and cyberattacks. United StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleCourt Refuses To Set Aside Verdict In Malware Patent CaseA U.S. district court judge has denied the motion of Finjan Inc. to set aside a December jury verdict that found its competitor, Juniper Networks Inc., did not infringe Finjan's malware patentsUnited StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleGDPR Updates: Judgment And Penalty On Cookies, Proposed E-Privacy Regulation, Investigation Against Microsoft, Class Action Against Google, And MoreCJEU holds cookie consent must be active and explicit. The Court of Justice of the European Union (the "CJEU") issued a decision in a case discussing companies' use of cookies under the ...European UnionPrivacyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleIsraeli Privacy And Data Protection In The Context Of The Coronavirus PandemicIn Israel, like other jurisdictions, the privacy and data protection regime continues to apply during the Coronavirus pandemic crisis. It is generally flexible enough to allow private and state actors...IsraelPrivacyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleCoronavirus And Its Impact On The Russian EconomyThe Russian Government and Central Bank announced last week wide economic support measures to minimize the effects of Coronavirus and decrease in oil prices.RussiaCoronavirus (COVID-19)Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleEurope Issues Guidelines On Privacy Issues In The Coronavirus PandemicThe European Data Protection Board (the EDPB), which brings together the data protection authorities of the 28 member states of the European Union, issued guidelines on the...United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleReview Of The Business Provisions In The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, And Economic Security Act (CARES Act) – U.S. Senate Bill – S. 3548On March 19th, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Introduced the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the CARES Act), ...United StatesCoronavirus (COVID-19)Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleHHS Releases Two Rules To Modify The Existing Stark Law And Anti-Kickback Statute RegulationsThe new rules include an important "Cybersecurity exception" which could benefit cybersecurity technology firms.United StatesFood, Drugs, Healthcare, Life SciencesPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleDivided Federal Circuit Affirms Driveshaft Patent Invalid Under § 101A divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in a precedential opinion, has invalidated a patent related to automobile driveshaft technology ...United StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleFederal Circuit Holds Marking Statute Limits Damages Even After Sale Of Unmarked Products CeasesThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the patent marking statute, 35 U.S.C. § 287, limits damages even after a patentee or licensee ceases sales of unmarked products, and that willful infringement ...United StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticlePTAB Concludes That RPX'S Failure To Name Its Client As A Real Party In Interest Nixes IPRsIn its pivotal 2018 decision in Applications in Internet Time v. RPX Corp. ("AIT"), the Federal Circuit admonished the PTAB for focusing too rigidly on "control"United StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleU.S. Patent Office Updates Guidance To Examiners On Patent-Ineligible Subject MatterThe U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has updated its guidance to examiners on how to determine if patent applications contain ineligible material such as abstract ideas.United StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleFederal Circuit Vacates Fees Award For Wrong StandardThe Federal Circuit vacated an award of $444,000 in attorney fees to Trend Micro Inc., following a failed patent infringement suit brought by patent licensing company United StatesLitigation, Mediation & ArbitrationPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleProposed Legislation Would Suspend Some Rent Payments In New York StateAlthough the Coronavirus is a global and national challenge, states and localities are taking their own steps to try and stem some of the economic fallout from the virus. United StatesReal Estate and ConstructionPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleIncreased Transfer Pricing Scrutiny Israel ~ Cross Border FinancingIn the third week of October, the District Court in Jerusalem released its decision in connection with the – very tax relevant – difference between a "loan" and a "capital note"...IsraelTaxPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleU.S. Immigration Update: 2020 Proclamation Suspending Entry Of Immigrants Who Present Risk To The U.S. Labor Market During The Economic Recovery Following The COVID-19 OutbreakAs you may have heard, yesterday President Trump issued a Proclamation placing new limitations on U.S. immigration, a summary of which is below.United StatesImmigrationPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleFederal Circuit Holds Contractual Assignment Provision Void Under California LawThe Federal Circuit held that an assignment provision in an employment contract requiring, inter alia, assignment of an employee's inventions that he may "hereafter…conceive"...United StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleFederal Circuit Rules Party Joining IPR Not Estopped From Challenging Asserted Claims In District Court, On Grounds Not Raised In IPRIn a precedential ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a party joining and inter partes review proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 315(c)...United StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz
ArticleLooking Ahead To Avoid Spoliation SanctionsA recent Federal Circuit decision denying a petition for a writ of mandamus should serve as a cautionary tale and reminder for corporate entities regarding ...United StatesIntellectual PropertyPearl Cohen Zedek Latzer Baratz