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Copyrights

September 1, 2010 9:39 AM The Innovative Design Protection and Privacy Prevention Act: Will Design Protection Be In Vogue in Congress?
August 16, 2010 1:31 PM Sublicenses By Exclusive Licensees Of Copyrights - Copyright "Clarification" May Change The Law
May 4, 2010 10:40 AM Supreme Court Grants Certiorari To Better Define The First Sale Doctrine
January 13, 2010 9:54 AM It's Not Over For MGA's Bratz Doll Line Yet
July 14, 2009 3:35 PM What Is the Jurisdictional Pre-Requisite for Copyright Litigation?: Do Denim v. Fried Denim
April 16, 2009 12:25 PM Copyrights: First Amendment Trumps Copyright Restoration
April 10, 2009 2:02 PM For Artists with Original Works, It's Buy Now or Pay Later
March 6, 2009 3:00 PM Hot News Meets DMCA
February 26, 2009 9:49 AM UMG Records v. Veoh Networks: Central District Decides Certain Activities Fall Within A DMCA Safe Harbor
December 8, 2008 3:44 PM The Google Book Digitization Settlement: The Fair Use Question Remains
November 14, 2008 4:39 PM First Sale Doctrine Not Applicable To Foreign Imports Manufactured And First Sold Abroad
November 14, 2008 4:31 PM Open Source Licensing Finds Protection Before The CAFC
October 7, 2008 3:48 PM Two Recent Decisions Reframe the DMCA Discussion
October 7, 2008 3:20 PM UMG v. Augusto: Allowing the Sale of Promotional CDs Under the First Sale Doctrine Could Affect Much More than the Music Industry
August 11, 2008 11:00 AM The National Geographic Gets The Picture
July 7, 2008 12:34 PM Injunctions in Trademark and Copyright Infringement Cases: Trending Against the Irreparable Harm Presumption?
July 7, 2008 12:27 PM Meshworks, Inc. v. Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A.: Good News and Bad News for Creators of New Media Works
May 19, 2008 3:03 PM Developers of musical ringtones may benefit from using the statutory license created by Section 115 of the Copyright Act
April 17, 2008 11:37 AM The Copyright Office Makes An Improvement For The Worse
March 12, 2008 5:02 PM First In Line: Registration Before Litigation
January 9, 2008 10:03 AM Lord to Commoners: Copy Away!
December 27, 2007 4:11 PM Gambling with the Video Gaming Industry
December 14, 2007 10:29 AM Fans: Friend or Foe?
May 29, 2007 2:24 PM Supreme Court Heightens Federal Pleading Standard
May 24, 2007 4:43 PM Perfect 10 Scores A Not-So-Perfect Rating By The Ninth Circuit
May 23, 2007 11:56 AM Adding Onto eBay
May 18, 2007 1:36 PM Perfect 10 Scores A Not-So-Perfect Rating By The Ninth Circuit
May 16, 2007 10:14 AM NINTH CIRCUIT NARROWS CDA IMMUNITY
March 29, 2007 10:46 AM Coordinated Enforcement
March 20, 2007 11:28 AM ASCAP Lawsuit Seeks To Classify Music Downloads As "Public Performances"
January 30, 2007 1:03 PM The Top Ten Ways Copyright Law Can Mess Up Your Transaction
November 30, 2006 2:16 PM Orphan Works - U.S. Developments
November 7, 2006 11:14 AM YouTube Acquisition May Give New Life to Copyright Claims
November 6, 2006 11:35 AM Ensuring Compliance With Changes To The FRCP
October 3, 2006 10:59 AM Current Developments in Copyright Office Practice A Quick Report from Washington, D.C.
September 27, 2006 3:12 PM Second German Court Upholds the GNU General Public License (GPL)
September 21, 2006 10:32 AM POOH'F!: There Goes the Termination Right
July 17, 2006 4:14 PM Federal Judge Exposes CleanFlicks as Naked Violation of Rights to Reproduce and Distribute
June 29, 2006 8:35 AM Copyright Act Preempts Singer's Right of Privacy and Publicity Claims Under California Law
June 7, 2006 4:21 PM The Cost Of Non-Compliance
May 22, 2006 9:26 AM A Tale of Two Towers: Copyright Protection for Architectural Works
May 3, 2006 11:28 AM The Open Source Initiative: A 30-Second Primer
April 17, 2006 9:09 AM I Can Copy, Right? Oh No, Copyright!
March 10, 2006 6:51 PM Trade-Dressing Copyrights
March 10, 2006 6:49 PM Some Copyright History

Digital Media

May 25, 2010 4:29 AM Content Monetization: What's Working?
July 13, 2009 1:41 PM Branded: Product Placement and Video Games
April 10, 2009 1:36 AM Gibson's Patent Action Against Activision Hits Wrong Chord With Court In "Guitar Hero" Dispute: Summary Judgment Granted
March 10, 2009 12:33 PM The Digital Countdown
March 6, 2009 3:00 PM Hot News Meets DMCA
February 25, 2009 12:22 PM Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down California Law Banning the Sale or Rental of "Violent Video Games" To Minors

Entertainment and Media

June 19, 2009 12:23 PM An Advertising Face-Off: Images and the Right of Publicity

First Amendment

February 25, 2009 12:22 PM Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down California Law Banning the Sale or Rental of "Violent Video Games" To Minors

Internet

April 10, 2009 1:13 PM Second Circuit Resolves Split Between the Circuits Regarding Sale of Keywords to Trigger Sponsored Links and "Use in Commerce" Under the Lanham Act
January 13, 2009 9:21 AM Brave New Web: Trademark Rights in the Expanding Internet
January 13, 2009 8:34 AM Ninth Circuit Clarifies the Scope of Immunity for Website Operators Under the Communications Decency Act of 1996
December 8, 2008 3:39 PM What To Do When Your .CN Domain Name Is Already Taken
November 14, 2008 4:19 PM Why US Web Site Owners Should Watch Foreign Suits
October 7, 2008 3:48 PM Two Recent Decisions Reframe the DMCA Discussion
August 11, 2008 10:36 AM Solicitation by Domain Name Registrar in Asia
July 7, 2008 11:53 AM Dilemma for Foreign Enterprises Running E-sports Games in China
January 23, 2008 9:00 AM Constitutional Rights and Digital Dilemmas
December 27, 2007 9:54 AM The Thin Digital Line

IP and Technology Transactions

May 13, 2009 10:16 AM Limiting Liability in Clinical Trials: Non-Lawyers, Lawyers Beware
April 10, 2009 2:02 PM For Artists with Original Works, It's Buy Now or Pay Later
September 13, 2007 10:54 AM Launch of the '.Asia' Domain
May 16, 2007 10:14 AM NINTH CIRCUIT NARROWS CDA IMMUNITY
June 7, 2006 4:21 PM The Cost Of Non-Compliance
April 24, 2006 8:46 AM Practice Tip - Jury Waivers and IP License Agreements

IP Lawyers

November 8, 2007 11:19 AM
June 1, 2004 5:13 PM Other Intellectual Property Lawyers

IP Practice

January 20, 2004 11:44 PM Sheppard Mullin's IP Practice

Legal Info

September 15, 2006 8:20 AM Kimberly A. Moore Unanimously Confirmed To The Federal Circuit
December 30, 2005 6:28 PM Disclaimer
December 30, 2005 6:27 PM Privacy Policy

Life Sciences

May 13, 2009 10:16 AM Limiting Liability in Clinical Trials: Non-Lawyers, Lawyers Beware

Other

August 12, 2010 11:31 AM Digital Media Law Forum - Fall 2010
April 23, 2010 10:57 AM Beware The New Patent Trolls - Strategies For Handling and Avoiding False Patent Marking Claims After Forest Group v. Bon Tool
July 1, 2009 4:13 PM California Passes New Electronic Discovery Act Effective Immediately

Patents

June 28, 2010 10:19 AM Supreme Court Rejects Bilski Claims, Overturns "Machine-or-Transformation" Requirement for Patent Eligibility of Processes
June 3, 2010 2:33 PM USPTO Director Visits Sheppard Mullin
April 1, 2010 2:22 PM District Court Holds Gene Sequences Not Patentable Subject Matter
March 25, 2010 12:43 PM Federal Circuit Confirms Written Description Requirement in Ariad
January 8, 2010 9:59 AM Federal Circuit Grants Patent Term Extensions
December 4, 2009 4:16 PM Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Regarding Patentability of Business Method Claims
August 31, 2009 2:44 PM 426,000 Patent Applications Filed in China During First Half of 2009
May 13, 2009 10:00 AM Developing a Foreign Filing Strategy
April 14, 2009 9:53 AM The US Federal Trade Commission considers issues in patent damages awards
April 10, 2009 1:36 AM Gibson's Patent Action Against Activision Hits Wrong Chord With Court In "Guitar Hero" Dispute: Summary Judgment Granted
February 17, 2009 12:08 PM Federal Circuit Awards Permanent Injunction to Patentee in "Close Case"
February 17, 2009 11:45 AM Ninth Circuit Finds Genuine Issues Relating to Possible Walker Process Fraud Arising from Counsel's Omissions in Patent Application Process
February 17, 2009 11:40 AM Implications of Aristocrat v. IGT for Software Patents
January 13, 2009 9:47 AM Federal Circuit's Egyptian Goddess Decision Polishes Analysis Used to Determine Design Patent Infringement
January 13, 2009 9:39 AM Summary of U.S. Chamber of Commerce Recommendations to the Incoming Obama Administration Regarding the USPTO
November 14, 2008 4:26 PM Patent Prosecution Highway Program: European Expansion
October 7, 2008 3:42 PM Muniauction, Inc. v. Thompson Corp.: The Federal Circuit Again Weighs In On Software Patents
October 7, 2008 3:25 PM In re Nuijten: Are Tangibility and Permanence Required For Patentability?
September 25, 2008 6:41 PM Federal Circuit Redesigns Design Patent Infringement Analysis
August 11, 2008 10:44 AM Patent Suit Brings Question of Immunity Before Supreme Court
July 7, 2008 12:23 PM D.C. Circuit Overturns FTC Rambus Decision
June 10, 2008 9:09 AM Supreme Court Strengthens Patent Exhaustion Doctrine
March 25, 2008 10:51 AM Briefs Filed for the In re Bilski Appeal
February 19, 2008 11:14 AM Patent reform is again before Washington legislators, as Congress continued to fail to reach a consensus on the legislation in 2007.
February 11, 2008 4:30 PM Leadership liability: Protecting directors, officers from exposure to patent infringement damages
January 17, 2008 8:45 AM Bluetooth Blues for Nintendo and Sony
January 14, 2008 10:22 AM 2007 - An Exciting Year For Patent Law
December 13, 2007 2:13 PM United States Supreme Court To Clarify Patent Exhaustion Doctrine
November 20, 2007 9:27 AM Court Enjoins Implementation and Enforcement of New PTO Rules
November 5, 2007 1:23 PM Inducement of Patent Infringement
September 21, 2007 3:34 PM USPTO Releases Guidelines for Examination Support Document
September 21, 2007 3:29 PM The Economist on the Patent Office's "Peer to Patent" Pilot Program
September 17, 2007 10:38 AM Update: Patent Reform 2007
August 27, 2007 11:58 AM In re Seagate (Fed. Cir. August 20, 2007) (en banc)
August 15, 2007 10:49 AM USPTO Proposes New Rules for Claims Containing Alternative Language
August 1, 2007 11:17 AM New Continuation and Claims Rules to be Published Later this Summer
June 26, 2007 10:50 AM Legislation to Combat Forum Shopping In Patent Cases Finds New Endorser
June 22, 2007 3:17 PM Patent Reform 2007 - The debate is heating up
June 21, 2007 2:10 PM Bill to Prohibit Patents on Nucleic Acid Sequences Presented to U.S. House of Representatives
June 7, 2007 9:58 AM The Poetry of Patent Claims
May 31, 2007 5:08 PM Leapfrog v. Fisher-Price: CAFC Ushers In A "New" Era of Obviousness with A Croak
May 29, 2007 2:24 PM Supreme Court Heightens Federal Pleading Standard
April 30, 2007 3:26 PM Supreme Court Rules on "Obviousness" and Infringement for Export of Patented Components
April 19, 2007 2:11 PM Patent Reform Act of 2007
April 12, 2007 9:48 AM USPTO Proposes Changes to Disciplinary Rules
March 23, 2007 1:15 PM Supreme Court Invites Guidance From Solicitor General Regarding Whether to Review 'Reverse Payments' For Settling of Patent Litigation
February 7, 2007 5:25 PM The Federal Circuit Comments on Actions Taken Against Customers
December 26, 2006 1:25 PM The Supreme Court Set to Make a Change to U.S. Patent Law
November 6, 2006 11:35 AM Ensuring Compliance With Changes To The FRCP
September 25, 2006 2:37 PM Inherent Anticipation by Inventors' Own Publication
September 15, 2006 8:27 AM Roundup of Patent Law in the Central District of California
September 11, 2006 2:17 PM A Wiki'd Initiative for Improving the Patent Review Process
August 25, 2006 8:32 AM License to Litigate
August 24, 2006 9:02 AM Getting More From Your Patent Claims
August 8, 2006 12:37 PM Bayer AG v. Housey Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Federal Circuit Decision Highlights the Importance of Detailed Declarations and Supporting Data in Resisting Claims of Inequitable Conduct
July 28, 2006 8:46 AM KSR Intern. Co. v. Teleflex
July 10, 2006 10:19 AM USPTO To Provide New Accelerated Examination Program For Patent Applications
June 13, 2006 10:16 AM D.C. Circuit Provides More Certainty to Generic Drug Manufacturers and Takes Some of the Gamesmanship Out of Patent Lawsuits
June 12, 2006 10:49 AM Settlement of Patent Case May Preclude Subsequent Litigation
June 7, 2006 4:21 PM The Cost Of Non-Compliance
May 25, 2006 11:17 AM eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C.: Supreme Court Deals (Potential) Blow To Patent Owners
May 8, 2006 8:57 AM Expert Evidence Not Always Necessary to Resolve Questions of Patent Infringement
March 10, 2006 7:28 PM The Federal Circuit Cracks Down on DNA Inventions of Uncertain Utility: The Fisher Case

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Trade Secrets

June 21, 2010 10:08 AM California Court of Appeal Clarifies What Constitutes "Use" of a Trade Secret
May 21, 2010 11:24 AM California Court Takes On Trade-Secret Preemption of Other Civil Claims
June 19, 2009 5:18 PM Employers Should Carefully Consider Whether To Sue Former Employees For Threatened Trade Secret Misappropriation Based On Recent California Court of Appeal Decision Awarding Over $1.6 Million To Former Employees
June 19, 2009 11:36 AM Does Edwards v. Arthur Anderson Bar The Use of Employee Confidentiality Agreements?
May 13, 2009 8:45 AM Ninth Circuit Report: Raymond Edwards II v. Arthur Andersen LLP
May 13, 2009 8:26 AM California Court of Appeals Rejects Anti-SLAPP Motion in Trade Secrets/16600 Case
December 8, 2008 3:49 PM Questions Unanswered: The Application of California's New Trade Secret Jury Instructions
April 29, 2008 9:40 AM Trade Secrets Can Be All In Your Mind
October 2, 2007 11:22 AM Work Computers and Personal Privacy: Mutually Exclusive or Co-Existent?
November 6, 2006 11:35 AM Ensuring Compliance With Changes To The FRCP
June 7, 2006 4:21 PM The Cost Of Non-Compliance

Trademarks and Trade Dress

June 30, 2010 8:35 AM Gucci's Attempt to Extend Trademark Infringement Liability to Credit Card Merchant Service Providers Survives Motion to Dismiss
June 3, 2010 2:33 PM USPTO Director Visits Sheppard Mullin
September 1, 2009 4:20 PM Federal Circuit Clarifies Standard For Proving "Fraud" in Trademark Renewals
August 31, 2009 11:14 AM Removal of UPC Codes Constitutes Trademark Infringement
July 13, 2009 11:52 AM Joseph Abboud Is Back: Personal Name Trademark Controversy Continues
June 11, 2009 2:53 PM Effective Immediately, Trademark Owners Need To Protect Their Trademarks From Registration As Usernames On Facebook
April 10, 2009 1:13 PM Second Circuit Resolves Split Between the Circuits Regarding Sale of Keywords to Trigger Sponsored Links and "Use in Commerce" Under the Lanham Act
April 10, 2009 1:36 AM Gibson's Patent Action Against Activision Hits Wrong Chord With Court In "Guitar Hero" Dispute: Summary Judgment Granted
March 6, 2009 1:53 PM Case Study: Protecting Your Brand in China
February 17, 2009 11:43 AM Ninth Circuit Limits the Scope of In-Term Covenants Not to Compete
January 13, 2009 9:21 AM Brave New Web: Trademark Rights in the Expanding Internet
August 11, 2008 10:51 AM Summary Judgment in Favor of Fiji Water - "Bottled At the Source" Held Generic
July 14, 2008 4:22 PM S.D.N.Y Holds eBay Not Liable in Closely Watched Trademark Case
July 7, 2008 12:34 PM Injunctions in Trademark and Copyright Infringement Cases: Trending Against the Irreparable Harm Presumption?
April 24, 2008 9:59 AM Consider the Venue: Significant Split Among Circuits In Findings of Liability for Trademark Infringement in Metatags and Keywords
February 4, 2008 11:35 AM Court Finds Famous Foreign Trademarks Protectible
September 13, 2007 10:54 AM Launch of the '.Asia' Domain
August 20, 2007 1:24 PM When Is A Display "Associated" With E-Commerce Goods? The TTAB Provides An Internet Friendly Answer
May 29, 2007 2:24 PM Supreme Court Heightens Federal Pleading Standard
March 29, 2007 10:46 AM Coordinated Enforcement
March 1, 2007 11:28 AM Second Circuit Decision Expands Famous Trademark Owners' Rights
November 29, 2006 11:33 AM Federal Trademark Dilution - The Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2006
November 28, 2006 11:00 AM Taking Confusion Past Hearsay Hurdle
November 6, 2006 11:35 AM Ensuring Compliance With Changes To The FRCP
October 12, 2006 12:20 PM Reverse Confusion: The "Other" Trademark Infringement
September 29, 2006 3:14 PM Trademark Dilution Revision Act Awaits President Bush's Approval
September 13, 2006 8:52 AM Using Charity Names in Sales Campaigns
August 21, 2006 9:47 AM Ninth Circuit Declines to Expand Aesthetic Functionality Doctrine
August 17, 2006 1:05 PM Football Fans Take Note
July 5, 2006 11:00 AM Making A "Lasting Impression" Without Violating Trademark Rights
June 19, 2006 3:03 PM WHOIS Changes on the Horizon?
June 7, 2006 4:21 PM The Cost Of Non-Compliance
May 19, 2006 10:53 AM What's In A Name?
May 16, 2006 8:22 AM SmileyWorld v. Wal-Mart: Who Will Remain With the Happy Face?
April 18, 2006 9:30 AM Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005
March 10, 2006 7:38 PM "Surfviving" Summary Judgment In Trademark Infringement Actions
March 10, 2006 6:54 PM Fluidity of Test Factors Makes Trademark Cases Hard to Pin
March 10, 2006 6:51 PM Trade-Dressing Copyrights