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December 18, 2019 - Litigation, Intellectual Property
Striking the Balance in Trade Secret and Corporate Espionage Disputes
By: Matthew A. Chivvis
In 2017, the Commission on the Theft of American Intellectual Property issued a report to Congress estimating that the theft of trade secrets could cost the United States economy as much as $600 billion annually. In the years following, news reports indicate that alleged
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December 12, 2019 - Asia, Intellectual Property
Crossing Borders
By: Janet Xiao Ph.D.
Partner Janet Xiao, who leads the firm’s China Life Sciences Group, co-authored an article with associate Can Cui for Intellectual Property Magazine , titled “ Crossing Borders ,” which explores technology transfer opportunities emerging from import rules in China. The authors note that Chinese
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September 16, 2019 - Intellectual Property
Ninth Circuit’s LinkedIn Decision Does Not Greenlight the Unauthorized Webscraping of Public Websites
By: Michael A. Jacobs and J. Alexander Lawrence
A recent decision from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in a dispute between LinkedIn and hiQ Labs has spotlighted the thorny legal issues involved in unauthorized webscraping of data from public websites. While some may interpret the LinkedIn decision as greenlighting such activity,
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September 11, 2019 - Announcements, Intellectual Property
Morrison & Foerster Launches Complimentary Tracker for Northern District of California IP Cases
We are pleased to announce the launch of the MoFo NDCal IP Resource Center. This complimentary resource is available to the public and provides insights on the judges, trends, and decisions for intellectual property cases for the last five years in the United States
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September 03, 2019 - Regulatory, Artificial Intelligence, Intellectual Property
AI Patent Policy – Calling All Technology Practitioners
By: Anna Yuan and Karen G Potter Ph.D.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has become one of the most disruptive technologies of our era. For many technology companies and startups, AI constitutes the core of their prized products, from autonomous vehicles to pick-and-place robots to voice assistants. With the rapid development of AI comes
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August 07, 2019 - Litigation, Intellectual Property
Preparing for the Increased Globalization of IP Litigation
Morrison & Foerster surveyed intellectual property decision-makers from more than 50 companies with revenues greater than $750 million each. The study showed that, while intellectual-property litigation has decreased by 26% since 2015, the amount that companies spend on intellectual-property litigation is higher than ever.
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July 31, 2019 - Intellectual Property, Software
DOD’s Other Transactions: Data Rights & Intellectual Property Simplified
By: W. Jay DeVecchio
The Department of Defense is actively pursuing “Other Transactions” (OTs) instead of procurement contracts. This allows DOD and its contractors to avoid many of the most burdensome aspects of the procurement regulations. But it also allows for even more confusion than usual about how
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April 09, 2019 - Intellectual Property, European Union, Telecommunications
FRAND Case Law in Europe After Huawei v. ZTE
O n July 16, 2015, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) rendered its seminal decision in Huawei v. ZTE. In its decision, the ECJ provided fundamental guidance for the licensing and enforcement of standard essential patents (SEPs) that are subject to a FRAND licensing
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January 08, 2019 - Intellectual Property, Software
A New Year's Gift for Patent Applicants?
By: Jonathan Bockman, Christopher Gloria and Karen G Potter Ph.D.
The USPTO rang in the new year by releasing new Examiner Guidance that could potentially benefit patent applicants who have previously encountered difficulty acquiring patents under the Office’s procedures for determining patent subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Supreme Court decisions regarding
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December 04, 2018 - Intellectual Property, European Union
IP Protection Post-Brexit: A Right-by-Right Analysis
By: Alistair Maughan, Wolfgang Schönig, Sana Ashcroft and Robert Grohmann
The United Kingdom is set to leave the European Union on 29 March 2019 (“Exit Date”). With Brexit fast approaching, on 25 November 2018 the EU and the UK announced their consensus on a withdrawal agreement that sets out the terms of the UK's
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Topic Archives: Intellectual Property

Striking the Balance in Trade Secret and Corporate Espionage Disputes

By: Matthew A. Chivvis

Crossing Borders

By: Janet Xiao Ph.D.

Ninth Circuit’s LinkedIn Decision Does Not Greenlight the Unauthorized Webscraping of Public Websites

By: Michael A. Jacobs and J. Alexander Lawrence

Morrison & Foerster Launches Complimentary Tracker for Northern District of California IP Cases

AI Patent Policy – Calling All Technology Practitioners

By: Anna Yuan and Karen G Potter Ph.D.

Preparing for the Increased Globalization of IP Litigation

DOD’s Other Transactions: Data Rights & Intellectual Property Simplified

By: W. Jay DeVecchio

FRAND Case Law in Europe After Huawei v. ZTE

A New Year's Gift for Patent Applicants?

By: Jonathan Bockman, Christopher Gloria and Karen G Potter Ph.D.

IP Protection Post-Brexit: A Right-by-Right Analysis

By: Alistair Maughan, Wolfgang Schönig, Sana Ashcroft and Robert Grohmann