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A covenant not to sue may avoid invalidity claims

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 16 2013

Last week, in Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc. (opinion attached), the Supreme Court unanimously decided that the voluntary cessation doctrine, most often

Caution: tribal names not a free-for-all

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 30 2012

The Navajo Nation's recent lawsuit reminds companies that unauthorized use of American Indian tribal names might be considered infringement and might also violate the federal Indian Arts & Crafts Act

EA edges out a victory

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 19 2010

EA has defeated Edge Games' attempt to broadly assert rights in the word "EDGE" in connection with video games

French court rules eBay is liable for counterfeit sales of Hermes goods

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
  • -
  • France
  • -
  • July 24 2010

Internet businesses that are more than passive host sites should take note that a French court found that eBay is a "publisher of online brokering services" because it goes beyond "purely technical, automatic and passive site host services."

Who owns Bratz - does assignment of inventions cover ideas?

  • Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
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  • USA
  • -
  • July 23 2010

An appellate court ruled that an employee's agreement to assign "inventions" to Mattel may not cover "ideas" the employee had for the Bratz line of dolls