Google AdWords, the auction-based program where advertisers bid on search terms to place text ads alongside search results, has been the subject of controversy and litigation around the world. In response, Google, in an attempt to maintain its viable business model and to assist trade mark owners in protecting their registered rights from misuse by [...]

  Join distinguished senior counsel from some of the largest corporations worldwide, including Cisco, Dell, Sun Microsystems, Oracle, Yahoo!, AT&T, and Boeing at IP Law & Business’ official event, The 5th Annual IP Counsel Forum, March 24-25 in San Jose, CA. CLE, MCLE, CPE & CPD Credits Available This event will feature timely discussions on [...]

Experts in intellectual property and patents explain in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Technology Transfer and Commercialization how tools, such as online social networking could be used to eradicate the enormous backlog of patent applications in the US. Social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace allow visitors to create networks of [...]

The long-anticipated petition appealing the landmark In re Bilski decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was filed at the Supreme Court Wednesday, setting the stage for a showdown over whether so-called “business methods” — processes and procedures, not widgets — are patentable. “This is the fundamental question of patent law,” [...]

From: The Recorder, January 5, 2009 Big tech companies haven’t stopped patenting their inventions, but more than ever they’re also buying others’ patents as a weapon in intellectual property litigation. In-house counsel know that the best defense against a high-stakes IP suit can be the ability to threaten the other side with suits based on [...]