- Where the Wild Wind Blows: Genetically Altered Seed and Neighboring Farmers
By: Jill Sudduth
In March 2001, agro-business giant Monsanto won a victory in Canadian Federal Court over Saskatchewan farmer Percy Schmeiser. This case sets international precedent for appropriated seed cases and illustrates the primary ...
- Patent Amendments and Prosecution History Estoppel Under Festo
By: Stephen Dirksen, Kyle Grimshaw, Michael Hostetler, Michael Kim & Steven Mesnick
On November 29, 2000, the Federal Circuit retroactively reduced the value of nearly 1.2 million unexpired United States patents by announcing a ...
- Digital Television: Has the Revolution Stalled?
By: Aaron Futch, Yemi Giwa, Kisa Mlela, Amy Richardson & Yelena Simonyuk
When digital television technology first hit the scene it garnered great excitement, with its promise of movie theater picture and sound on ...
- FTC vs. Toysmart
By: Daniel Bronski, Conway Chen, Matthew Rosenthal & Robert Pluscec
Last summer, Toysmart agreed to a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission concerning use of its customer information database. Under the terms of the ...
- The Fate of Napster: Digital Downloading Faces an Uphill Battle
By: Jennifer Askanazi, Glen Caplan, Dianne Descoteaux, Kelly Donohue & Darin Glasser
First Diamond Multimedia, then MP3.com, now Napster. The recording industry, in a flurry to protect its copyrighted material, has waged an all-out ...
