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Health IT Law Blog
Intellectual property licenses in bankruptcy: review of current law
Bankruptcy law is designed to give a struggling company the respite it needs to reorganize itself and hopefully get a fresh start, even if this means severing existing business relationships. …
Understanding the ADA
When it comes to licensing, can a public entity conduct its processes in a way that discriminates against persons with disabilities or in a way that mandate discrimination against persons with disabilities?
Many years ago I represented a public entity that was the subject of an adverse licensing decision. In that particular situation, the public entity had a group home for persons…
The Contingency
Microsoft Tags Motorola for $14 Million of Bad Faith in License Offer for Standard-Essential Patents
A Seattle jury today hit Motorola with a $14 to $15 million damages award for bad faith in negotiating to license patents that Microsoft's Xbox and Windows products infringe. The dispute involved patents that Microsoft holds…
InsureReinsure
NAIC Summer Meeting Update: Producer Licensing (EX) Task Force
The Producer Licensing (EX) Task Force met on Sunday afternoon at the 2013 Summer Meeting of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) in Indianapolis, IN.
The Trade Secret Litigator
Cloudy, with a Chance of Litigation: The Weather Channel’s Trade Secret Woes Illustrate The Challenges of Licensing Database Information
By John Marsh
Cloudy, with a Chance of Litigation: The Weather Channel's Trade Secret Woes Illustrate The Challenges of Licensing Database Information
Retail Patent Litigation
Will a Patent Rights Exchange Help Solve the Troll Problem?
By LexBlog Admin, R. David Donoghue
Chicago-based Intellectual Property Exchange ("IPXI") plans to offer its first patent family for purchase via what IPXI calls unit license rights. Any entity will be able to purchase unit license…
PropertyProf Blog
Newman on Disentangling Divisibility and Transferability of Ownership in Copyright
By propertyprof
Christopher Newman (George Mason) has posted An Exclusive License is Not an Assignment: Disentangling Divisibility and Transferability of Ownership in Copyright (Louisiana Law Review) on SSRN. Here's the abstract:Is there…
CommLawBlog
FCC Proposes Tripled Fine for Unauthorized Two-Way Radios
By FHH Law
Here's another reminder to stay on top of the licensing paperwork. Especially if your company is successful.
DuetsBlog
A Question, a Funny and a Curiosity: Three Things Coming from a Trip to New York City
First, the curiosity, when you see a gaggle of characters and then notice they all have "tip purses" in some form with their respective costumes, beware. In a visit with…
M&A Viewpoints Blog
Delaware Closes the Book on Assignment of Licenses in Reverse Triangular Mergers
License agreements typically contain anti-assignment clauses that require the licensor to consent to any transfer of a license. One of the advantages of using a reverse triangular merger structure for…