by John W. Polk | Apr 15, 2019 | Intellectual Property
Rimini Street, Inc. v. Oracle USA, Inc., ___ U.S. ___, No. 17-1625 (4 March 2019) Oracle USA, Inc. (Oracle) develops and licenses software programs that manage data and business operations, and Oracle offers software maintenance services. Rimini Street, Inc. (Rimini)...
by John W. Polk | Mar 18, 2019 | Intellectual Property
Fourth Estate Public Benefit Corp. v. Wall-Street.com, LLC, ___ U.S. ___, No. 17571 (4 March 2019). Fourth Estate is a news organization producing online journalism. Wall Street is a news website. Fourth Estate licensed its journalism to Wall Street. The license...
On behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | Aug 10, 2018 | Business Litigation, Cybersecurity & Data Privacy, Intellectual Property
FAR Part 12 – Acquisition of Commercial Items contains unique contracting policies not found in other parts of FAR. For example, changes to a commercial items contract must be bilateral and may not be made unilaterally by the government like under the traditional...
On behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | May 24, 2018 | Intellectual Property
In the April 24th decision of SAS Institute, Inc. v. Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed a patent law case concerning a procedure known as inter partes review. At first blush, patent law may seem to be of little interest...
On behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | Jun 26, 2017 | Intellectual Property
All eight of the Supreme Court Justices who heard the case of Matal v. Tam have ruled that the “disparagement clause” of the federal Lanham Act, which states that derogatory phrases cannot be trademarked, is unconstitutional. The United States Patent and Trademark...
On behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | Sep 19, 2016 | Intellectual Property
Since Iron Man was released to rave reviews in 2008, Marvel has created the most successful film franchise in history and has amassed a global empire while simultaneously re-energizing the comic book genre. As you might expect, many overly ambitious citizens have...
On behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | Sep 8, 2016 | Intellectual Property
Roughly a year and a half after the highly controversial March 2015 jury verdict awarding Marvin Gaye’s children nearly $7.4 million in a copyright infringement lawsuit against Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams, the “Blurred Lines” case is in the news again. Over two...
On behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | Jun 29, 2016 | Intellectual Property
Led Zeppelin emerged victorious in their recent copyright infringement lawsuit against the estate of founding Spirit guitarist, Randy Wolfe, proving once and for all that their smash hit, Stairway To Heaven, is a unique composition and arguably one of the most...
On behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | Jun 20, 2016 | Intellectual Property
Trial is underway in a U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, where the legendary British rock band Led Zeppelin has been sued for money damages and writer credits for the band’s iconic megahit “Stairway to Heaven.” In 2014, the estate of...
On behalf of Berenzweig Leonard, LLP | Apr 5, 2016 | Intellectual Property
If you work in or around the music industry, you’re probably well aware of the fact that Led Zeppelin, one of the most popular bands of all time, has been embroiled in litigation over the writer credits for the band’s iconic megahit “Stairway to Heaven.” In 2014, the...
