The U.S. Supreme Court’s opinion in United States v. Arthrex has shaken up the Patent Trial and Appeals Board but will likely have little effect on case outcomes. Arthrex involved a challenge to the constitutionality of the...more
9/1/2021
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Assignor Estoppel: When Are Inventors Allowed to Attack Their Own Inventions?
In Minerva v. Hologic, the Supreme Court recently upheld the patent-law doctrine of assignor estoppel—which bars the...more
8/26/2021
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Antitrust Division ,
Appeals ,
Arbitration ,
Artificial Intelligence ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Best Practices ,
Copyright ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Final Written Decisions ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventions ,
Inventors ,
Life Sciences ,
Music Modernization Act ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Royalties ,
Trade Secrets
The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) passed by ballot measure in November 2020. While it does not repeal the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which became effective in January 2020, it does change and augment CCPA...more
1/11/2021
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California ,
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Data Collection ,
Data-Sharing ,
Demographic Targeting ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Digital Communications ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Geolocation ,
Opt-Outs ,
Private Right of Action ,
Sensitive Personal Information ,
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Revised Proposed Regulations. Just when you exhaled after the January 1, 2020, effective date of the California Consumer Privacy Act, on February 10, the California attorney general released modifications to the draft of the...more
In 2019, we published analysis to help tech and life sciences companies navigate U.S. tax law changes, an evolving IP landscape and new privacy regulations such as the California Consumer Privacy Act. We also tracked venture...more
1/8/2020
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California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
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Convertible Debt ,
Corporate Governance ,
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Debt Financing ,
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Emerging Technology Companies ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Foreign Tax Credits ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
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IRS ,
Life Sciences ,
Misclassification ,
New Guidance ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Privacy Laws ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proxy Season ,
Silicon Valley ,
Startups ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Venture Capital ,
Withholding Tax ,
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Intellectual property (IP) is the key asset for many startup companies. Patents are one of the primary tools for protecting the IP. Yet many founders view patents as a mysterious “black box” to be dealt with at a later time....more
Eight Weeks and Counting to the Deadline. The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) becomes effective on Jan. 1, 2020. With the compliance deadline rapidly approaching, the finish line seems farther away than ever. In this...more
11/7/2019
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Consumer Privacy Rights ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Brokers ,
Data Privacy ,
Employee Privacy Rights ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Personal Information ,
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The Federal Trade Commission is putting more teeth into the multiyear compliance obligations of consent orders it enters into with companies to settle enforcement actions related to data breaches. The FTC recently issued a...more
5/30/2019
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Consent Order ,
Cybersecurity ,
Data Breach ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Protection ,
Data Security ,
Enforcement Actions ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Information Security ,
Personal Data ,
Risk Management ,
Security Risk Assessments ,
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