It’s a bit late for a year-end wrap-up, but better late than never, right? For those who may have missed some of these, here are my picks for some of the more important developments in Cyberspace law that occurred in
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The Business + Intellectual Property + Internet Law blog, published by Partridge, Snow & Hahn LLP, covers legal developments at the intersection of business, intellectual property, and internet law. Topics include data breach liability and indemnification, patent law decisions affecting software and business methods, copyright issues related to streaming and digital content, trademark protection strategies especially for local businesses, online contracting and enforceability of terms, and emerging concerns around data ownership and privacy in the Internet of Things. The blog also discusses venture capital trends in technology and internet companies, as well as regional trademark filing statistics and their implications for brand protection.
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Investments in RI Companies Rebound in 4th Quarter, Top $81 Million in 2013
After a slow third quarter, venture capital investments rebounded in the last quarter of 2014, according to the MoneyTree Report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson Reuters.
Venture capital investments in New England…
Quotes in BNA’s Cyberlaw Review 2014
Near the end of 2013, Bloomberg BNA asked leading attorneys, government officials, and online experts for their views on the most important legal developments in online law during 2013 and on what policy areas they believed would be the most…
RI TrademarkTracker™ — 2013 RI Trademark Filings Down 14% Over 2012 Filings
Applicants with Rhode Island addresses filed 172 applications to register trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) during the fourth quarter of 2013. This represents a 17% decrease over the 208 trademark applications filed by Rhode Island owners…
RI IPCaseTracker™ — 2013 Was a Typical Year
property (patent, trademark and copyright) case filings in the U.S. District Court for Rhode Island.
We got off to a fast
start, with 10 new intellectual property case
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Is it Software? Is it a Service? It Matters for Purposes of Trademark Registration.
some time thinking about whether a mark used in connection with software is
being used on a product (software),
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Check Out the Providence Startup Map
Courtesy of the Founders League, we have the first iteration of the “Providence Startup Map.” While there are inevitable omissions, and it is not clear how the creators define a “startup,” the map demonstrates the tremendous growth…
RI VentureTracker™ — What Happened? Venture Investments in RI Companies Plummet in Q3 2013
jumped to $870 million invested in 109 companies in the third quarter of 2013,
according to the Money Tree Report by PriceWaterhouseCoopers and the National
Venture Capital Association based on data from Thomson
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RI TrademarkTracker™ — RI Trademark Filings Down 12.9% Through 3rd Quarter 2013
Applicants with Rhode Island addresses filed 230 applications to register trademarks with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) during the third quarter of 2013. This represents a 21% decrease over the 291 trademark applications filed by Rhode Island owners during…