Tech companies are using patent strategies that the Supreme Court rejected over a hundred years ago.
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POSTED BY Andrew Beckerman-Rodau | Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Suffolk University Law School IP Concentration, e-mail: arodau@suffolk.edu), website: www.lawprofessor.org Yesterday (April 29, 2014) the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two unanimous decisions in the Octane Fitness case and the Highmark case. Both cases addressed the standard for awarding attorney fees in patent… Read More The Potential Unintended Consequences of Fee Shifting after the Supreme Court Decisions in Octane Fitness and Highmark
POSTED BY Caroline Carollo Although we are living in the age of technology, there are still many unanswered questions as to how certain forms of technology fit within the legal world. Specifically, there is not a clear answer as to whether Fourth Amendment protections apply to one’s personal technology devices, such as cell phones and… Read More Should Law Enforcement Officers be Allowed to Conduct a Warrantless Search of the Contents of a Cell Phone Seized Incident to the Lawful Arrest of a Criminal Suspect?