On June 1, 1869, the United States Patent Office issued U.S. Patent No. 90,646 entitled, “Electrographic Vote Recorder” to Thomas Edison of Boston, Mass. The most notable aspect of this patent was that it was the first of the 1, 093 U.S. patents obtained by Edison. The device was the first of its kind, and […]

On May 20, 2019, in an 8-1 decision the Supreme Court resolved a split among the Circuits as to whether a debtor/licensor’s rejection of a license under § 365(g) of the Bankruptcy Code, which reads that “the rejection of an executory contract or unexpired lease of the debtor constitutes a breach of such contract or […]

Under the United States Patent Law, 35 U.S.C. § 287(a), damages arising from the infringement of patent claims covering a product do not begin to accrue until an infringer has notice that it is infringing. This can be distinguished from the liability arising from the infringement of claims that cover a method, which begins when […]

By a vote of 348 to 274, on March 26, 2019 the European Parliament passed a directive that requires websites to license copyrighted material posted on their websites. Each EU country now has two years to turn the directive into law. Although these laws will apply only in the EU, affected companies may choose to […]