The passage of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) on September 16, 2011 has brought with it a flood of changes to United States patent law. These changes have incrementally come into effect over the last two plus years, with the final stage of implementation effective as of March 16, […]
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Videogame Voiceover Work Constituted Work Made for Hire Lewis v. Activision Blizzard, Inc. et al, C 12-1096 CW (N.D. Cal. October 17, 2013). This case from the Northern District of California involved a dispute between a video game developer and an employee who had provided voice-over work for […]
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Eighth Circuit Vacates Attorney’s Fees in Trade Secrets Misappropriation Case Mayo Clinic v. Elkin, Case No. 11-2959 (8th Cir. August 27, 2013). This Eighth Circuit case arose out of a trade secret dispute between the Mayo Clinic and Dr. Peter Elkin over medical records software developed by Elkin while he […]
Is a Website a Place of Public Accommodation?
Currently, there is a split of judicial authority over whether and how a commercial website might be a place of public accommodation (“PPA”) under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”). Websites are a significant portal for access to commercial services and products, and they continue to grow […]
Protecting Your Digital Assets
When preparing an estate plan, people generally have the goal of passing their real and personal property in an orderly way according to their wishes. As the world’s business activities are increasingly conducted electronically, however, people generally neglect to form a plan to deal with some of the assets they […]