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.

In Sig Sauer Inc. v. Lone Star Future Weapons Inc., IPR2025-00410, Paper 13 (PTAB June 26, 2025), Acting Director Coke Morgan Stewart (Acting Director) exercised discretion...

In POSCO Co., Ltd. v. Arcelormittal, IPR2025-00370, -00371, Paper 10 (PTAB Jun. 25, 2025), Acting USPTO Director Coke Morgan Stewart...

Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter for the Chemical and Life Science sectors. In this quarter's update, we cover key patent law developments and provide expert...

Chateau Angelus S.A., a vineyard spanning eight generations in Saint-Émilion, France, sought to extend to the U.S. its International Registration ("IR") under the Madrid Protocol of ECHO D'ANGÉLUS for "wines" and "alcoholic beverages except beers".

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As announced on the USPTO website, as of June 30, 2012, there will be a daily limit of $49,999.99 for credit card accounts, but no daily limit for debit card accounts.

Modern history can be broken into several periods of technological revolutions that developed in different regions throughout the world.

In April 2007, the Supreme Court’s decision in KSR Int’l v. Teleflex Inc. heralded an important potential shift in the law of obviousness.