How the sale of Florida Orange Groves 75 years ago established Securities Law compliance standards for Cryptocurrencies and other Digital Tokens today
Earlier this year, William Hinman, Director, Division of Corporate Finance, provided significant guidance on the applicability of U.S.
Blockchain and Intellectual Property: Protecting and Harnessing a Cutting-Edge Technology
Wed, Oct 10, 2018 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM CDT
Recent years have seen a sharp increase in efforts to implement and protect blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies. Companies
“I come from a state that raises corn and cotton and cockleburs,” Missouri Congressman Willard Duncan Vandiver told a U.S. Navy banquet in 1899. “[F]rothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I am from Missouri. You have got to show
Consumers love to “buy American.” It stands to reason, then, that consumer products companies love to market their products as “Made in America.” Recent settlements between the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and three different companies illustrate the danger of advertising
This post builds from a previous post on certifications, titled Credibility Through Certification – UL Standards & Selfie Certifications. That post sought to address the use of UL certifications. This post takes a closer look at how the Federal
Demand for so-called “natural” products is increasing. According to one published report, the natural products industry is experiencing “an average of about 8 percent growth.” Dietary concerns are at least one driving factor for the growth as consumers reach
The Federal Circuit issued a non-precedential decision delineating between patent-eligible and patent-ineligible improvements in technology related to taking a person’s temperature using a computerized thermometer. On March 8, 2018, the Federal Circuit affirmed that U.S. Patent Nos. 6,292,685 (‘685 patent)
On February 14, 2018, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision providing important guidance regarding the circumstances under which dismissal on patent eligibility grounds is appropriate at the pleadings stage. In Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc.,
The Federal Circuit issued another precedential decision adding to its line of cases delineating between patent-eligible and patent-ineligible improvements in computer-related technology. On February 8, 2018, the Federal Circuit affirmed that U.S. Patent No. 7,447,713 (‘713 patent) related to eliminating
In the non-precedential decision WCM Industries Inc. v. IPS Corp., the Federal Circuit overturned the district court’s grant of IPS’s motion for judgment as a matter of law, finding that the patentee WCM provided sufficient evidence to support the
