Musings on Intellectual Property
Intellectual property covers many areas, including patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets. Learn how each of these creative assets can bolster your revenue, secure a market advantage over competitors, and drive growth.
Updated: December 15, 2017, to reflect the decision of In re Brunetti, 877 F.3d 1330 (Fed. Cir. 2017). Updated: June 24, 2019, to reflect the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in Iancu v. Brunetti, __ U.S. __ (2019). Supreme Court invalidated “disparagement” section of trademark statute based on free
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License between Medtronic and its wholly owned subsidiary deemed not arm’s length transaction. Opens contract to attack by IRS, re-assesses Medtronic’s income, and increases its tax liability. Today the United States Tax Court issued a memorandum opinion that significantly and materially increased the royalty rate in a technology license agreed-to
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In a case of first impression, the Fifth Circuit addressed the retroactive application of a most favored licensee (MFL) clause under a fully-paid up lump sum royalty in a patent license agreement. In an underlying patent infringement case, DataTreasury Corp settled with JP Morgan Chase and negotiated a license in
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