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Scientists like acronyms, which is why the technology at the heart of an important patent ruling has a name like CRISPR. It stands for...

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I've written before about anti-disparagement clauses--clauses in contracts that purport to prohibit customers from posting bad reviews...

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The commerce.gov website now shows that most agency leadership positions are filled, leaving only a handful of vacancies under the new...

Mechanical grape harvesters typically use one of two types of picking head: 1) a bow rod shaker; or 2) a trunk shaker. Each has...

"The Slants" are an asian-American rock band from Portland, OR, fronted by Simon Tam. A trademark application for the band's name has...

Net neutrality is the idea that internet service providers should provide access to content and applications fairly, without...

The team behind Prenda Law have a long and sordid history as copyright trolls, and that history finally gave way to a federal indictment....

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Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it illegal to circumvent a technological measure that controls access...

I have received numerous questions in light of various court decisions, most recently Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank, about whether software...

In 2013, the U.S. joined most of the rest of the world in adopting a First-to-File patent system. Before the change, the U.S. system was...

"How do I get a copyright?" is a question I hear a lot from authors and artists. The answer is simple: you get it automatically, when you...

The Copyright Act grants a number of exclusive rights to a copyright owner. Among those rights is the right to publicly perform the...

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When Madison Vineyard branded their "Jamieson Ranch Vineyard" in 2013, they might have foreseen the possibility of drawing the...