Intellectual Property Law and Copyright Laws

The Supreme Court of California held that it is a violation of California law for businesses to request and record a credit card holder’s ZIP code in connection with credit card transactions. Under California’s Song-Beverly Credit Card Act of 1971, businesses are prohibited from requesting that cardholders supply personal identification information in connection with credit card transactions.

In a case with major implications for retailers and marketers, the Supreme Court of California ruled on February 10, 2011 that state law prohibits businesses from requesting and recording ZIP codes from consumers prior to credit card transactions, including requests for use in marketing.

On March 11, 2011, the FTC announced that it had reached a settlement with the social networking site Twitter regarding privacy failures on the site to adequately safeguard user information, which led to two high-profile hacker attacks in 2009.

As we've explored throughout this series, trade secret litigation can prove costly, time-consuming, and potentially devastating to business relationships.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently issued a significant opinion in AMS-OSRAM USA Inc. v. Renesas Electronics America, Inc., clarifying important aspects of trade secret remedies...

Our team attended the recent AIPLA Trade Secret Summit, one of the nation's premier conferences on trade secret law.

Plaintiff Sound and Color LLC, the owner of the copyright to the 2015 song "Dancing With Strangers" (also known as "Dancing With a Stranger"), composed by Jordan Vincent and Christopher Miranda...

The U.S. Copyright Office ("USCO") issued a notice of inquiry to initiate a study and seek public feedback on several issues relating to the Copyright Claims Board ("CCB").

The United States Copyright Office (the "Office") released the latest part in its Report on Copyright and Artificial Intelligence on January 29, 2025.

On August 22, 2024, Hulu, LLC ("Hulu") filed two separate petitions for inter partes review ("IPR") of U.S. Patent No. 11,463,768 ("the '768 Patent"), assigned to Piranha Media Distribution, LLC ("Piranha").

Attaching an October 7, 2024 letter signed by Michelle Fisher as the CEO of Blaze Mobile Technologies LLC (BMT), Charles Schwab has asked the Northern District of California for declaratory judgments...

Western District of Texas Alan D. Albright has frequently tangled with the Federal Circuit over his handling of convenience transfers during his time on the bench, resulting in an ongoing series...