In the ongoing saga over Oracle’s lawsuit against Google, the district court has allowed Oracle’s damage expert another chance to fix its damage report.

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This Republican primary season has provided lots of fodder for political blogs, but it has also provided a few gems relating to — what else — trademark issues.

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On 24 November 2011, the Court of Justice of the European Union (“ECJ”) delivered its judgments in case C-322/10 Medeva BV (“Medeva”) v. Comptroller General of Patents, Designs and Trade Marks and case C-422/10 Georgetown University, University of Roch…

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Along with January’s hot activity in the race for the Republican Presidential nomination, we also saw the emergence of two more stories about the intersection of intellectual property and political ads.

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On January 30, 2012, Justice Martineau of the Federal Court released his decision in the case of Eurocopter (Société par action simplifiée) v. Bell Helicopter Textron Canada Limitée1, in which Eurocopter claimed infringement of its patent relating …

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Applicant filed a motion to compel certain electronically stored information (“ESI”) from Opposer. The TTAB explained that neither the Federal Rules nor the Trademark Rules dictate how extensive ESI discovery should be.

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Respondent failed to timely respond to Petitioner’s discovery requests on multiple occasions, including in violation of two TTAB orders.

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A few weeks ago, we said goodbye to 2011, welcomed 2012 and made some New Year’s resolutions – whether it be to shed a few extra pounds, to quit smoking or to complain less and laugh more.

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We presented this case at our Privacy Law Update last fall.

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Plaintiff, Two Moms and a Toy, filed an emergency motion to stay the expert phase of their case pending the court’s ruling on claim construction.

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The Federal Court granted summary judgment to the Aga Khan, holding that Tajdin and Jiwa infringed his copyright in certain literary works.

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After years of debate, Congress finally passed, and the President signed, the “Leahy-Smith America Invents Act,” the most comprehensive overhaul of the patent statute since it was enacted in 1952.

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Since the “Madrid Protocol” in 2001, a single international trademark application can be filed in a number of countries.

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Solahart was successful in establishing that use of SOLARHUT was an infringement of trade mark registration of SOLAHART.

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The legal wrangling between Apple & Samsung demonstrates the difficulties applying for an interlocutory injunction.

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On January 5, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the decision of the U.S. District Court of the District of New Jersey (“District Court”) with respect to 2010 N.J. Laws Chapter 25 (“Chapter 25″), which amended New Jersey’s u…

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The Internet as we know it may soon be changing forever. From January 12, 2012, to April 12, 2012, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is expected to accept applications for new generic top-level domain names (gTLDs) to the …

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In response to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) pending in Congress, several online resources have decided to make their resources unavailable for a 24 hour period.

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Defendants registered domain names in bulk and made money from pay-per-click advertising on the corresponding websites.

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Defendants used nearly sixty domain names containing plaintiff’s marks for websites selling counterfeit cigarettes bearing those marks. The court granted plaintiff’s ex parte motion for a preliminary injunction.

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