On February 5, 2015, the House Judiciary Chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), flanked by a bipartisan group of his peers, reintroduced his “Innovation Act” (H.R. 9). The bill is the… Source: http://www.jdsupra.com

Four executives regale members of the House Judiciary Committee with horror stories of patent-based shakedowns. Source: fortune.com

The Importance of Patents and Academic Technology TransferIPWatchdog.comWhat follows are the prepare remarks of David Winwood before the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee on March 19, 2015. Source: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Patent holding company Intellectual Ventures’ second crack at holding Motorola Mobility liable for using its technology without permission partially succeeded on Wednesday after a… Source: uk.reuters.com

Many businesses stop with a registration, however, and assume that once this step is completed, their brand is secure. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Source: http://www.insidecounsel.com

Aircraft, defense and security company Boeing Co. has just patented force field technology seen more commonly in science fiction. The patent is named  Source: http://www.valuewalk.com

The company has set out to create wide-area network as a service. Source: blogs.wsj.com

Quinn Emanuel’s Kathleen Sullivan who represents Marvell has backing from Google Hewlett-Packard and other tech heavyweights. Carnegie’s lawyer Orrick’s Joshua Rosenkranz says the Quinn team made its own bed. Source: http://www.law.com

Bank of America patents mobile banking programs and video ATM terminalsIPWatchdog.comU.S. Patent No. Source: http://www.ipwatchdog.com

What is the effect of a product design’s functionality on trademark protection relating to that design? How does trademark functionality interact with patent? Source: http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com