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Eric Kline
Emerging Business and Technology partner Eric Kline delivered opening remarks during Innovation Works' Annual Community Meeting and spoke of funding startups in the Pittsburgh region. more
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E. John Park
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E. John Park
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E. John Park
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E. John Park
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E. John Park
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E. John Park
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E. John Park
LawFlash/Client Alert | Antitrust LawFlash
Antitrust Practice
On December 18, the federal government sued to break up a consummated merger for the second time in two days. The Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice alleged that Microsemi Corporation’s acquisition of Se... more
July/August 2004
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: Strong Arm Comes Up Short in Long-Arm Dispute: Ask the Terminator: In Schwarzenegger v. Fred Martin Motor Co. , 2004 WL 1462444 (9th Cir. June 30, 2004), the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed... more
May/June 2004
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: Door Still Open on Trademark Keywords: The practice of selling a third party’s trademark to generate an advertisement for another company continues to be controversial and in the news. Although ... more
March/April 2004
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: Deere Color Trade Dress Claims Roll On: In Deere & Company v. MTD Holdings Inc. , 2004 WL 324890 (S.D.N.Y. February 19, 2004), the Southern District of New York denied lawn and garden manufacture... more
LawFlash/Client Alert | Business and Finance LawFlash
Frederic Wilf
By now, the CAN-SPAM Act, a complicated piece of legislation that became law on January 1, 2004, has had companies of all sizes and industries scrambling to make sure that their e-mail communications are in compliance. In fact,... more
January/February 2004
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: Who CAN-SPAM and Who Can't: On January 1, 2004, the new Federal CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 went into effect. CAN-SPAM, which stands for "Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Ac... more
November/December 2003
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: I Know What You Madrid Last Summer: The Madrid Protocol took effect in the United States on November 2, 2003. As reported in the May 2003 and December 2002 editions of Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Pr... more
October 2003
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: Bean There: Web Site Presence Creates General Jurisdiction: In Gator.com Corp. v. L.L. Bean, Inc ., 341 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 2003), the Ninth Circuit held that L.L. Bean's online business constituted ... more
September 2003
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: No Color Overdose: Pill Appearance Found Functional: Pharmaceutical companies in the Third Circuit may now find it harder to stop generic drug manufacturers from copying the shapes and colors of their... more
June/July 2003
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: Rights of Publicity vs. Free Speech: The Winters' Discontent: In a highly publicized case in California involving the balance between the right of publicity and the First Amendment, the California Sup... more
May 2003
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: You've Been Hacked: New California Disclosure Law Takes Effect in July: On July 1, 2003, new California cybersecurity legislation, SB 1386, will take effect. The legislation was prompted by an April 2... more
April 2003
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property and Technology
In this Issue: Ringside at Festo : Courthouse Packed for Patent Prize Fight: The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently held an en banc rehearing in Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kabushiki Co. , which... more
December 2002
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property
In this Issue: Seven Things You Need to Know About the Madrid Protocol: In November, the United States enacted legislation implementing the Madrid Protocol (often simply called the Protocol). This long-awaited step ... more
September 2002
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property
In this Issue: Court Spins Victory for Spider-Man: On July 30, 2002, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a curt dismissal of all claims brought by Sherwood 48 Associates and other owner... more
June 2002
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property
In this Issue: Presto Festo: Is Infringement by Equivalents Now a Vanishing Act?: The doctrine of equivalents (“DOE”) was developed to prevent piracy of a patented invention by someone making minor changes to avoid ... more
March 2002
Newsletter | Morgan Lewis on Intellectual Property and Technology
Intellectual Property
In this Issue: Plant Patents: Firmly Rooted in U.S. Law: In December, the U.S. Supreme Court held in a 6 to 2 decision that utility patents properly could be issued for plant inventions pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 101. ... more