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The Layoff List

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 09:49:45 -0800

Major law firms are feeling the pinch. Maybe a little "baseless" litigation by the "trolls" is in order, heh, heh.

Seen and Unseen Cost of Patents

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 21:06:57 -0800

A word from the "other side." Have patents outlived there usefulness?

Korean copyright suit over Advent rising

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:49:28 -0800

The infringing subject matter at issue has to do with a scene from FFVII: Advent Children, and a music video from Korean singer Ivy in the song “Sonata of Temptation.” The Korean singer appropriated the content from Square-Enix without their permission or authorization. Below are the links to the respective videos; the similarities between the two are immediately apparent, and quite striking.

Digital Security Systems files patent infringement suit against major Blu-ray players

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:46:17 -0800

The legal battle between SiRF and Global Locate began before Broadcom bought Global Locate in July 2007. SiRF initially took Global Locate to federal court over patent infringement and then Broadcom counter-sued. Those suits were stayed pending the ITC ruling.

Suit filed against company Microsoft is buying

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:44:11 -0800

With the acquisition still pending, Microsoft isn't named as a defendant in the suit. The Redmond company referred questions to DATAllegro, based in Aliso Viejo, Calif. DATAllegro didn't respond to requests for comment Wednesday afternoon.

Historic intellectual property ruling could validate open licenses

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 16:35:49 -0800

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit yesterday ruled that a license called Artistic License, similar to Creative Commons, was violated in a dust up between model engineer software developers. One developer created software that could be used to program the tiny trains, put it under Artistic License, and then alleged that another developer took parts of his work, incorporated it into commercial software and didn't give any credit to the original author.

Whitaker Law Group (John Whitaker)

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Tue, 22 Mar 2005 08:42:47 -0800

The Unknown Tech Lawyer

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sat, 09 Oct 2004 22:33:50 -0800

TTABlog (John L. Welch)

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sat, 15 Nov 2003 11:30:58 -0800

IP Funny -- Intellectual Property Humor

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Mon, 10 Nov 2003 14:29:37 -0800

Intelprop.ca Blog (Peter Eliopoulos)

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sun, 26 Oct 2003 11:18:24 -0800

Navigating the patent maze - Biotech (Carol Nottenburg)

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:43:09 -0800

Patently Obvious (Dennis Crouch)

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:41:31 -0800

The Trademark Blog (Martin Schwimmer)

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:39:11 -0800

I/P Updates (Bill Heinze)

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:34:59 -0800

The Invent Blog (Stephen Nipper)

phil@mannlawgroup.com (Philip Mann) — Sun, 31 Aug 2003 11:32:40 -0800