Intellectual Property Law

Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in LG v. Quanta

Media coverage of IMS Health
Yesterday?s oral arguments in IMS Health v. Ayotte before the First are getting some media play. At issue is whether the NH Prescription Confidentiality Act violated the free speech rights of data mining companies.

Oral Argument Audio Files
Howard Bashman just posted an announcement on How Appealing to let his readers know that the Fifth Circuit is now making audio files of oral arguments available on its website. Here is a short roundup of some other jurisdictions that...

More Thoughts on Oral Arguments in Morse v. Frederick
I highly commend and agree with Matt Bowman's excellent analysis of the oral arguments in the Morse v. Frederick oral arguments.  I add a few thoughts from observing the oral arguments with Matt and others...

Illinois Supreme Court Now Offering Oral Argument Video and Audio
The court reports: On-Demand video of oral arguments before the Illinois Supreme Court is available in Windows Media format.  Audio is available in MP3 format. Audio podcasts are also available...

So, What Does Chief Justice Roberts Really Think of the U.S. Patent Office
Question by C. J. Roberts at oral argument in Quanta v. LG, earlier this week: we’ve had experience with the Patent Office where it tends to grant patents a lot more liberally than we would enforce under the patent law...

Wind and Hail Coverage
Allstate Corp. agrees to restore insurance coverage and pay $250,000 settlement.

Oral HRT
More Than Doubles the Risk of Blood Clots

Blood Clots
Associated with Oral Contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin

Florida Medicaid
Limiting Coverage of Drugs for Kids

Marketing Spam
Member Source Media pays $200,000 civil penalty for deceptive online advertising.

Health Coverage Canceled
Kaiser Permanente to pay $300,000 settlement in insurance lawsuit.