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Braumiller Law Group, PLLC

China and Walmart, Please, for the Love of ____, Let’s Observe a Silver Lining Partnership in an Otherwise Dismal Global Landscape...

At a glance, gauging where we stand in our relationship with China overall, one would assume the key operative word in most descriptions would be “dismal” at best. This is of course accurate to a certain extent but looking at...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Latest Federal Court Cases - March 2024

Freshub, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1391, -1425 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2024) In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Court affirmed a jury finding that use of Amazon’s “Alexa” products...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Alexa: What Is Plain and Ordinary Meaning?

Is “milk” an item, or just a word? This question, among others, is set to be answered on January 12, 2024, as Freshub Inc. (Freshub) and Amazon.com, Inc. (Amazon) argue before the Federal Circuit (Nos. 22-1391, 2022-1425). ...more

Proskauer on Privacy

Amazon’s Recent Acquisitions Highlight the Value of Consumer Data (and the Evolving Privacy Issues)

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Roughly two weeks apart, on July 21, 2022 and August 5, 2022, respectively, Amazon made headlines for agreeing to acquire One Medical, “a human-centered and technology-powered primary care organization,” for approximately...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

The Voice of Reason

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In this fraught and fractured time, wouldn’t we benefit from some humanizing assurance? Rather than the tinny machine-generated sounds we absorb from our technology, or the universal impersonal voices chosen by Google,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

From Marshall to San Francisco: Transfer Pays Off for Patent Challengers

Eolas Technology filed patent infringement actions against Amazon, Google, and Walmart in the Eastern District of Texas in 2015. The asserted patent generally relates to remote computer systems that allow users at a client...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

Judge Andrews Grants Amazon’s Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement in Patent Infringement Action Claiming Infringement...

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By Memorandum Opinion entered by the Honorable Richard G. Andrews in IPA Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al., Civil Action No. 16-1266-RGA (D.Del. October 28, 2021), the Court granted Amazon’s Motion for Summary...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Smart Speakers Can Monitor Heartbeats

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Researchers from the University of Washington have developed a system that uses smart speakers and machine learning algorithms to monitor heartbeats without the need for physical contact. The system was described in a study...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Hey Google: Are You Alone?

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Smart speakers – like Google Home and Amazon Echo – have changed the way our homes/offices function. Indeed, these voice-activated speakers execute simple commands provided by voice or smartphone application. With nothing...more

Harris Beach PLLC

“Alexa – Can You Comply with HIPAA?”

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Apparently, that answer is yes. According to Amazon, its virtual personal assistant, Alexa, can now transfer and handle protected health information (“PHI”) in accordance with HIPAA....more

Fish & Richardson

D.Del. - MJ Burke Describes Analysis Framework for Assessing Section 101 Motion to Dismiss

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In the most recent section 101 opinion out of Delaware, Magistrate Judge Burke addressed patent eligibility of three patents directed to systems, apparatuses, and methods of using wireless machine to machine (“M2M”)...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

OIP Technologies, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015)

In its first substantive application of Alice v. CLS Bank in 2015, the Federal Circuit has once again shot down claims for not meeting the patent-eligibility requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 101. In 2012, OIP sued Amazon in...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Investment Trends in the Gaming Industry

Over the past decade, the gaming industry has evolved into one of the hottest sectors of mobile internet services. VentureBeat recently reported that in the trailing twelve months of Q3 2014, gaming accounted for $18 billion...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media

Privacy in the Cloud: A Legal Framework for Moving Personal Data to the Cloud

For many companies, the main question about cloud computing is no longer whether to move their data to the “cloud,” but how they can accomplish this transition. Cloud (or Internet-based on-demand) computing involves a shift...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Quantum Dots Enter Mainstream Mobile Device Market

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Last month, Amazon released Kindle Fire HDX 7 — the first ever mobile device to feature a quantum-dot-enhanced display. ...more

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