A former client is suing two law firms in an effort to recapture some $10 million in legal fees and costs from ill-fated patent infringement litigation.
It was initially U.S District Judge Nancy Gertner’s idea that a pro se defendant in a high-profile file-sharing case should seek help from a renowned Harvard Law School professor.
A best-selling novelist who lost a California lawsuit contending that moviemakers breached a licensing agreement had already been ordered to pay $5 million in damages.
It is considered a clear fair use of copyrighted material when bloggers excerpt a quotation and link to the online publication that initially printed it.
The U.S. Supreme Court has accepted an appeal by Reed Elsevier, Thomson Reuters and other publishers seeking to reinstate a settlement providing compensation for the electronic republication of freelance articles.
Bothered by “patent trolls,” those pesky creatures who wait for inventions to hit the market and then cry, “I’ve got your patent; now pay me”? John Amster says he has…
A former Fish & Richardson client says the law firm dumped it as a client, then turned around the next day and sued it for patent infringement on behalf of…
In the hotly contested world of competitive sports, high-tech materials and innovative designs can shave critical seconds off an athlete’s time. So use of certain equipment, such as the Feb 21, 2009 1:24 AM CST
A federal judge is allowing a copyright infringement suit by the Associated Press to proceed on the theory that the “hot news doctrine” applies to the Internet.
Updated: In a “fig leaf” settlement entered into by BlockShopper after it racked up a six-figure legal defense bill in a controversial federal trademark infringement lawsuit, the website has agreed…
Perkins Coie has sued a former associate in its Menlo Park, Calif., office. The law firm contends that he reneged on a written agreement to repay up to $30,000 that…
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