Ostrolenk Faber is a premier intellectual property boutique law firm. Since 1929, we have specialized in domestic and international patent, trademark and copyright law matters. We handle all aspects of IP law from counseling clients to prosecuting their applications to litigating their disputes. Our client base spans from Fortune 500 companies to privately owned businesses to individual inventors. They operate in fields as diverse as consumer electronics, luxury goods, entertainment, pharmaceuticals, and industrial products. With over 75 years of history, we have participated in the development of intellectual property law and gained the experience necessary to best serve our clients now and in the future. Read More

2011 Review of Copyright Law and the Internet

This article covers some of the recent case decisions and other legal developments concerning copyright law and the internet which are representative of current court decisions deciding copyright infringement issues, as well as major trends in the copyright and domain name fields. 

In this continuously evolving area of the law, litigants and courts struggle to apply established legal principles to a constantly changing technology that drives the internet.  As noted by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: "We must be acutely aware of excessive rigidity when applying the law in the Internet context; emerging technologies require a flexible approach." Network Automation, Inc. v. Advanced Sys. Concepts, 638 F.3d 1137, 1141-1142 (9th Cir. 2011).   Read More

President Obama Signs “America Invents Act” into Law

On September 16, 2011, President Obama signed into law the “America Invents Act,” which implements changes in the U.S. patent law that have been in place for almost 60 years.  Many of the provisions that have significantly changed U.S. patent law will not take place for a year or more, although some provisions took effect immediately upon the act becoming law, or will take place within a matter of weeks.

Click Here to read some highlights of the new law.

U.S. Supreme Court Rules Rights To Invention Resulting From Federal Grant Belong to Inventor

Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. that rights to a patent or invention do not vest automatically in an institution simply because that institution receives federal grant dollars in connection with the invention.  Absent an agreement to the contrary, the Supreme Court upheld the Federal Circuit's conclusion that patent rights vest automatically to the inventor.  Read More

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