Wednesday, 31 July 2019

Film and TV Tax Credits Working for California?

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California significantly increased tax credits to incentivize the location of film and TV production in the state of California in late 2...
Tuesday, 30 July 2019

Reinvigorating Competition Law in the United States: A Path Forward?

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In late 2018, Professor Timothy Wu at Columbia University Law School published a short, readable and nicely priced book at about 140 pag...
Tuesday, 23 July 2019

Another Upside of Intellectual Property's Downside?

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In an article titled, The Upside of Intellectual Property Law’s Downside , Professors Christopher Cotropia and James Gibson discuss how IP’...

"Decluttering" the U.S. Trademark Register?

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The USPTO recently announced that “foreign-domiciled trademark applicants, registrants, and parties to [TTAB] proceedings" must secure ...
Thursday, 18 July 2019

New Report: UK's Cell and Gene Therapy Sector Growing at a (very) Healthy Rate

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The Alliance for Regenerative Medicine and the Bioindustry Association of the UK have released a report (Report) concerning development a...
Tuesday, 18 June 2019

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Public Universities do not have Sovereign Immunity from Patent IPRs

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In a new U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit opinion, Regents of the University of Minnesota v. LGI Corporation, et al. , the cou...
Friday, 31 May 2019

OxFirst Presentation: "Patent Aggregator meets Patent Aggregator: SISVEL and RPX Join Forces"

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OxFirst is offering another interesting presentation titled, “Patent Aggregator meets Patent Aggregator: SISVEL and RPX Join Forces,” on Jun...
Sunday, 26 May 2019

California to Raise Taxes Significantly?: What Impact on the Entertainment and Technology Industries?

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In past posts, here and here, I discussed federal estate taxes in the United States and the right of publicity.  Celebrities at death may...
Wednesday, 15 May 2019

Large differences in FRAND rates and royalty payments are legitimate and pro-competitive

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Cellular technology companies with substantial device businesses — including Huawei and Samsung today, and Nokia until it sold its handset...