IP News Shorts

Posted on October 23, 2009 by R. David Donoghue

Here are several stories and updates, as well as a new IP blog:

  • At Patently-O, Dennis Crouch covers the Federal Circuit decision in the appeal from the Northern District of Illinois case SourceOne Global Partners, LLC v. KGK Synergize, Inc. -- Click here for Crouch's post on the appeal and here for my post on the underlying decision.
     
  • The latest installment of Doug Lichtman's IP Colloquium is available -- click here to listen.  Lichtman and his guests from Microsoft, Paramount Pictures and MySpace discuss the protection of content in the digital age.  As always, it is an excellent listen and CLE credit is available.
     
  • Seattle Trademark Lawyer Michael Atkins has another great post up about Olympic trademarks, this time featuring an article that ran in the Chicago Tribune (here) and LA Times (here) quoting both Atkins and me.
     
  • California attorney and mediator Erica Bristol has started the IP Watchtower blog.  The blog covers all facets of intellectual property and the initial posts suggest it will be a great read.  I have added it to my feed reader.

 

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IP News Shorts

Posted on October 9, 2009 by R. David Donoghue

Here are several stories that I have been wanting to blog about, but have not been able to get to because of the new Local Patent Rules, my webinar on reducing IP litigation costs (I was glad to see that so many of you attended and found the presentation valuable) and pressing client matters:

  • Judge Zagel was interviewed by Metropolitan Corporate Counsel.  He discussed how his docket has been impacted by the recession and  noted, among other things, that parties have been much more interested in and willing to agree to staying cases or slow discovery -- click here to read the story.  He also briefly discusses discovery of electronically stored information.
     
  • Seattle Trademark Lawyer Michael Atkins has an excellent series of posts on the US Olympic Committee's enforcement of the Olympic marks, to which it has almost absolute rights based upon federal law -- click here, here, here, here and here.  I had planned to write about these issues myself early this week while Chicago enjoyed winning the 2016 Summer Olympics, but as you all likely know by now that is not quite how the vote went.
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Blawg Review #172, the Gold Medal Edition

Posted on August 11, 2008 by R. David Donoghue

This week's Blawg Review is available -- click here to read it -- at the Ohio Employer's Law Blog written by the lawyers at Kohrman, Jackson & Krantz.  The Blawg Review's Olympic edition awards gold medals in two categories of blog posts:  1) employment law; and 2) non-employment law.  It is worth your time, if you can pull yourself away from Michael Phelps's second run at Mark Spitz' record eight gold medals in a single Olympics.  But after last night's amazing finish in the 4 X 100 M relay, I would not suggest you stay away too long.

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