Top 5 Intellectual Property News Stories of 2014 and Future Impact January 20th, 2015Patents/IP By Bryan D. Stewart, Daniel E. Sineway, John R. Harris, and Lee Strasburger. Last year was a big year for the intellectual property community. Landmark cases in patent law and other developments will shape the intellectual property portfolios of companies doing business in the United States for years to come. For more on the biggest intellectual property developments of 2014 and their impact on your business in 2015, read below. 1. Alice v. CLS Bank Heralded by some as the savior of software patents and by others as a limitation on the protections available for software inventions, the Supreme Court’s Read More
Who Owns Your Technology? December 1st, 2014MMM Tech Law Video Channel, Patents/IP MMM’s Paul Arne discusses ownership of intellectual property rights in this series. Who Owns Your Technology? (A Brief Introduction) from MMMTechLaw on Vimeo. Read More
PMC Licenses HP Smart Array Intellectual Property to Accelerate Growth in Server Storage Solutions September 5th, 2014Patents/IP Read More
Massachusetts court rules that Appthority infringed Veracode patents September 4th, 2014Patents/IP Read More
Alice Corp. V. CLS Bank – Supreme Court Continues Trend Of Finding Abstract Ideas Ineligible For Patent Protection June 23rd, 2014Patents/IP MMM Articles However, Many Computer Implemented Inventions Remain Patentable Subject Matter by: John R. Harris, Morris, Manning & Martin, LLP On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its eagerly anticipated decision in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 573 U.S. ___ (2014). The court held that the claims of several patents held by Alice Corp. were drawn to patent-ineligible abstract ideas, and were thus unpatentable subject matter under the U.S. patent laws, 35 U.S.C. § 101. The patent-ineligible claims were directed to a scheme for Read More
Tesla Motors Open-Sources Patents – What It Could Mean for Entrepreneurial Ventures June 16th, 2014Patents/IP MMM Articles ELON MUSK & TESLA SAY: “ALL OUR PATENT ARE BELONG TO YOU.” Tesla Motors Open-Sources Patents – What It Could Mean for Entrepreneurial Ventures By: John R. Harris In a blog post on June 12, 2014, Elon Musk said that he removed the wall of Tesla patents from the lobby of their headquarters in Palo Alto, in the “spirit of the open source movement.” Mr. Musk added that, “We believe that applying the open source philosophy to our patents will strengthen rather than diminish Tesla’s position in this regard.” What does this Read More
The Patent Players June 6th, 2014Patents/IP Quietly, behind the scenes, universities have been lobbying to influence patent legislation. Read More
Court rules Oracle Can Own APIs, Google Loses Copyright Appeal May 14th, 2014Patents/IP Tech world stunned as court rules Oracle can own APIs, Google loses copyright appeal. Read More