Infringing Actions

"Intellectual property and technology law and news—just the interesting bits."

Author: Kelly D. Talcott is a partner at Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge in New York City.

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Recent Posts from Infringing Actions

When is an Inventor not an Inventor?
In Nartron Corp. v. Schukra U.S.A., Inc., the Federal Circuit considered the standards for adding an alleged co-inventor to an existing patent. The case serves as a reminder that the simple fact that more than…
My Twitter Piece for Law.com
I write a bi-monthly column for the New York Law Journal's "Technology Today" feature. It sometimes gets picked up by one or more affiliated websites or publications. While the title is maybe a little too…
Patent Infringement Finding Does Not Equal Lanham Act Violation
A recent Federal Circuit case highlights the contrast between claims of patent infringement and violation of the Lanham Act.In Baden Sports, Inc. v. Molten USA, Inc., Baden Sports patented a padded basketball that it marketed…
Jones Day Settles Linking Suit with Blockshopper
In what the ABA Journal characterizes as a "Fig Leaf" settlement, Jones Day and Blockshopper have settled the lawsuit that Jones Day brought when Blockshopper had the temerity to link to the bios of two…
Are Recession's Roots in September 2001?
This blog is nominally devoted to IP and Technology law, but anyone who knows me well has had to put up with my frequent rants over the increasingly-intrusive nature of our government’s efforts to secure…
LegalTech Panel: Adopting Web 2.0 Capabilities Into Your Web Presence
This was a lively panel consisting of the following:Maia Benson – Director of Search Enging Marketing, Lexis/NexisRoland Goss – Jorden Burt law firm. Reinsurance and arbitration blog.Brian Green – Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP;…
LegalTech Panel: Best Practices for Online Networking
I will keep this short.The best thing about this panel was its moderator, Bob Ambrogi, who made several polite but ultimately unsuccessful attempts to steer the panelists somewhere in the vicinity of their panel's promised…
LegalTech Panel: "Five Things Every Practice Should Know About Web 2.0 Technology"
This was an information-packed session presented by Mary Abraham (lawyer and “knowledge manager”) and Lee Bryant (director at Headshift, London). The focus of this presentation was on tools used within the enterprise.The presentation began on…
LegalTech Panel Report: "What is Twitter and How Can I Use It?"
I attended an excellent LegalTech panel discussion yesterday titled “What is Twitter and How Can I Use it?” Bob Ambrogi introduced the panel (each introduction done in 140 characters or less), which consisted of Kevin…
The Register Confuses Utility and Design Patents
It surprises me how often even industry publications get IP wrong. A case in point: The Register, the well-respected, often irreverent, but definitely tech-savvy website issuing mainly out of the UK today published a piece…