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Intellectual Property Law

2187 ABA Journal Intellectual Property Law articles.

Chinese Company Wins Rare Overseas Trademark Ruling

In an unusual example of Chinese company resorting to litigation to enforce its intellectual property abroad, a Beijing curd maker has won a trademark infringement suit against a German company.

Louis Vuitton Wins Hummer-Dinger Suit, Ruffed Up by Parody Ruling

Music lost and humor won in two recent rulings in lawsuits filed by Louis Vuitton.

The luxury goods maker succeeded in getting a Britney Spears video showing Vuitton-like fabric pulled…

Counterfeit Case Against eBay May Raise Web Policing Requirements

A federal judge in Manhattan has begun to hear a closely watched case between a renowned jeweler and an Internet auctioneer accused of turning a blind eye to the sale…

Infringement Anomaly: States Can Sue But Not Be Sued

A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that preserves state immunity in patent suits—even if the state sues to enforce its own patents—is sparking…

Bratz Maker Splits With O’Melveny, Investigates Fees

The maker of the popular Bratz doll—sort of a Barbie alternative with attitude—has hired a new law firm to represent it in an upcoming trial after a dispute with O’Melveny…

Plaintiff to RIAA: Download This!

Accused of online music theft, Oregon woman strikes back

Judge Blocks Patent Rules

A Virginia judge has issued an injunction to bar controversial new patent rules from taking effect today.

U.S. District Judge James Cacheris ruled late Tuesday (PDF posted by…

Patent Dispute Aired on High-Tech Executives’ Blogs

Officials with two high-tech companies, including one general counsel, are trading barbs on their own blogs about a patent dispute.

Voicing their opinions from Sun Microsystems are general counsel

Broad Opposition to Proposed Patent Bill

A broad array of IP industries and groups are gearing up to protest proposed patent reform legislation.

More than 400 companies and organizations representing 25 industries have written to the…

Intel Settles Patent Case With Chip Maker

Intel Corp. has agreed to pay a struggling chip maker $250 million for a license to its patents.

The deal calls for Transmeta Corp. to license its existing patents and…

Microsoft Bends Knee to EU Regulation

Bowing down to the authority of the European Union to regulate antitrust issues, Microsoft Corp. has agreed to end a nine-year court battle and share some of its intellectual property…

Seyfarth Shaw Malpractice Defense Claims Catch-22 Similarities

Lawyers for Seyfarth Shaw claim in a dismissal motion that a $75 million malpractice suit is “distressingly similar to Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22.”

Seyfarth’s motion does not explain how the…

Industry Pact Sets Video Clip Posting Rules

A coalition of Internet and mainstream media groups have agreed to a new system of preventing copyright violations concerning video clips posted on user-generated sites such as MySpace.

Participating members…

Fish & Richardson Sues Ex-Partner Over Patent Inventions

Fish & Richardson has fired one of its partners and filed a lawsuit against him after he invented a new method for online page turning and sold it to a…

Damages ‘Offensive’ in Music Piracy Case, Motion Says

The lawyer for a woman assessed $222,000 in damages for illegally sharing downloaded music contends in a motion for a new trial that the amount is constitutionally excessive.

The judgment…

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