Recent Decisions

Industry Recent Decisions
The legal landscape in intellectual property, like other areas of law is constantly changing. These changes affect all those with potential and vested intellectual property rights. Here are a few recent decisions and legislation affecting selected areas in intellectual property.

• Patents


RIM (Blackberry) Litigation (Owner of "blackberry” technology accused RIM of infringement) Laboratory Corp. v. Metabolite (Three Supreme Court Justice’s view on the legitimacy of method patents)

• Trademarks:




Check back soon for recent trademark decisions.

• Misappropriation of Trade Secrets/Unfair Competition




IP Legislation: The American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) has a current feed for the most recent legislation affecting intellectual property.