In March 2007 Viacom filed a $1 Billion lawsuit alleging that YouTube “actively engage[s] in, promote[s] and induce[s] [copyright] infringement”. Viacom properties such as South
In recent years, Montana has been flooded by wealthy out-of-staters buying property. [1] Montana’s historic economy was built on mining, timber, railroads, ranching and energy extraction; today,
Recent decisions by the US courts and Patent and Trademark Office have suggested a move towards the rejection of software patents.[1] This is likely an
Update July 7, 2009: Jonathan Giraldi’s post “CIRA’s WHOIS Policy Strikes a Balance” won the Gowlings LLP Best Blog in IP Law and Technology Prize
When American Airlines filed a lawsuit last year against Google claiming trademark infringement, many people hoped that this case would clarify the otherwise confusing jurisprudence
The ideas that an inventor’s time and investments should be protected and new inventions encouraged through the granting of patents, underlie some of the justifications of
