Partners Lynda Zadra-Symes and Boris Zelkind contributed to the United States chapter for the recent "Trade Secret Protection: A Global Guide" published by Globe Law and Business. Description: The law of…
In Pinterest Inc v Pintrips Inc (No 13-CV-04608-HSG, October 21 2015), the US District Court for the Northern District of California has held that the PINTRIPS and PIN marks used…
The New York Times reports that Congress has passed a $1.8 trillion package of spending and tax cuts which includes a two-year-long suspension of the medical device tax and a permanent extension of…
Partner Ryan Melnick and Tate Scott, CEO of KFx Medical were recently featured in the San Diego Business Journal discussing the recent success in a patent infringement case. Infringement Case…
Knobbe Martens attorneys Sheila Swaroop, Joseph Reisman and Scott Seeley recently authored “Intellectual Property Issues Under The Trans-Pacific Partnership,” which was featured in the publication Biosimilar Development. Excerpt: On November 5,…
Privacy law has traditionally focused on an individual’s right to privacy vis-à-vis a government’s physical intrusion. Privacy law, however, has morphed in recent years to address concerns of the digital…
Yesterday, in MCM Portfolio LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Company, the Federal Circuit found inter partes reviews constitutional. HP filed for inter partes review (IPR) of several of the claims of MCM’s…
The recently announced Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a multi-national trade agreement between Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, Vietnam, and the United States, has been the topic of debate in the…
The Federal Circuit held that the U.S. International Trade Commission (“ITC”) could not block the import of infringing digital files because the ITC lacked jurisdiction. According to the Federal Circuit,…
Knobbe Martens Partners Catherine Holland, Lynda Zadra-Symes, Jeff Van Hoosear and Jonathan Hyman give insight into the major trademark law issues across multiple jurisdictions, covering: ownership and scope of trademarks,…
