Intellectual Property Law

Perfecting Security Interests in Intellectual Property
Early-stage companies seeking to grow, established companies looking to expand or repair facilities, and investment groups seeking to acquire companies often finance transactions with loans that are secured by assets of the company as collateral...

Intellectual Property And Access Can Co-Exist, US Rightsholders Say
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch WASHINGTON, DC - There is a growing backlash against intellectual property rights and international rules aimed at protecting innovation and ideas in certain parts of the globe, several pharmaceutical and other innovator companies said Wednesday...

No trade secret : Jorda in the Hall of Fame
Congratulations to Professor Karl F. Jorda, one of nine individuals to be selected for induction into the Intellectual Property Hall of Fame. He was recently chosen from a field of over 300 nominations solicited from members of the global intellectual property community...

Banking on IP rights: are these the right principles
Readers of this weblog will be well aware of the troubled history of UNCITRAL's efforts to conclude a Legislative Guide on Secured Financing -- which would be the basis for national legislation in all UNCITRAL members -- without taking into account the special position of intellectual property rights (see eg the IPKat weblog here and here)...

UNCITRAL Lays Groundwork For Policy On IP Assets And Financing
By Liza Porteus Viana for Intellectual Property Watch NEW YORK - The groundwork has been laid at the United Nations by governments, nongovernmental organisations, and intellectual property and finance experts on how to use intellectual property assets to encourage credit around the globe while not interfering with intellectual property laws...

The Use of Rhetoric When Discussing Intellectual Property Law
Patricia Louise Loughlan, University of Sydney, has published "`You Wouldn't Steal a Car': Intellectual Property and the Language of Theft," at 29 European Intellectual Property Review 401 (2007)...

Nanotechnology Law
Intellectual property laws

Rightwing Extremism
Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment

Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Career Choices
Descriptions of law enforcement occupations

Compellent, Storage Engine, et. al.
$10.5 million settlement reached in intellectual property dispute.

General Electric Co. and SABIC Innovative Plastics
$3 million settlement reached in intellectual property dispute.

Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Mutual Fund Losses
alleging financial advisors breached fiduciary duties by not looking out for investors best interests.

Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits
Social Security Loses Class Action, Will Pay $500 Million in Benefits

Security One
accused of selling faulty alarms