BY: ROBERT VAN ARNAM & ALISON S. McGEARY "Patent Trolls," or non-practicing entities that buy up patents with the expectation of litigating their way to profit, have been targeting software and computer hardware companies for years. Critics... Read More
BY: ROBERT VAN ARNAM As the financial services industry increases its use of technology to match consumer demand and expectations for mobile banking and applications, check imaging and requisite security and encryption features, it has increased its... Read More
BY: JOHN STAIGE DAVIS, V Can a would-be trademark-infringer evade the trademark laws by superimposing facsimiles of two different trademarks of the same company into a single combined image, and maintaining that the combined image is legally distinguishable... Read More
BY: BENNETT B. BORDEN , JAY BRUDZ , MONICA MCCARROLL , BRIAN C. VICK & NEIL MAGNUSON In Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. v. Wall Street Equity Group, Inc. , 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69577 (D. Neb. May 18, 2012) (Kiewit II) [ enhanced version available... Read More