Courts regularly apply the equitable doctrine of judicial estoppel to justify the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a person that had filed for bankruptcy.

While the country is embroiled in heated political debate involving immigration and the appropriate means by which to protect U.S. borders, few if any disagree that many U.S. intellectual property owners are being...

On Monday, April 15, 2019 arguments in the Brunetti case [Iancu v. Brunetti, No. 18-302] will be heard at the United States Supreme Court.

On September 18, 2015, US Customs and Border Protection published a final rule regarding the disclosure of information about goods suspected to bear counterfeit trademarks or trade names.

The economic impact of the copyright industries translates to trillions of dollars for the United States.

Kelly Wilson filed a lawsuit against Disney in March 2014 claiming that a marketing trailer for "Frozen" directly infringed her copyrighted short film, The Snowman.

In the past couple of years, ICANN, the international organization responsible for the management and oversight of the Internet, has approved the release of hundreds of new Top Level Domains – including .BANK.

More patents directed to diagnostic methods were found to be invalid as directed to ineligible subject matter in Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics, LLC, Case No. 2018-1218

Effective August 3, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") will require trademark applicants, registrants, or parties to a proceeding before the Trademark Trial.

On May 22, 2017 the U.S. Supreme Court issued its unanimous decision in TC Heartland, LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, LLC.

The Supreme Court in Lear, Inc. v. Adkins (1969) held that a licensee can challenge a patent's validity — overruling the prior presumption of licensee estoppel found by Automatic Radio Mfg. v. Hazeltine Research (1950).

In Showan v. Pressdee, Case No. 17-15547 (decided April 29, 2019), the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit held that litigants in federal court cases governed by Georgia law

In recent years, the United States Supreme Court has taken steps to limit the jurisdictional reach of state courts. For now, the Georgia courts are resisting that trend.

On April 17, 2018, the Eastern District of California set aside a partial satisfaction of judgment at the request of client the National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry when it came to light that an...

In Collins v. Athens Orthopedic Clinic, Case No. A18A0296 (decided June 27, 2018), the Georgia Court of Appeals addressed the issue of whether an individual whose personally-identifiable information...

On Friday, March 13, 2020, President Trump declared a national state of emergency related to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has long been aggressive in holding businesses accountable for the commitments made to consumers in online privacy policies.

Juvenal Reis (tenant) and J.B. Kaufman Realty Co, LLC (landlord) signed a lease in 2002 for real property in Long Island City. Over the years, Reis and Kaufman executed various letter agreements...

The New York Court of Appeals recently issued its decision in the case of Del Terzo v. 33 Fifth Avenue, which had been moving through the New York courts for four and half years.

Neighbors regularly and routinely litigate disputes over fallen trees and branches. A recent case had a twist: the dispositive proof was photographed from Google Maps.