Consumer privacy is an increasing concern in many countries. On October 28, 2014, the US Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) announced that it had joined the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), of which the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was already a member. The GPEN is a group of about 50 worldwide privacy enforcement authorities and…
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Patent Rights Can be Exhausted by a Covenant Not to Sue
A New Jersey federal court ruled that the doctrine of patent exhaustion can be the basis for dismissal of a patent infringement suit against a customer’s manufacturer, where the patent owner offered the customer a covenant not to sue – even if that offer was subject to certain conditions and therefore never accepted. In Re…
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Court Dismisses Patent Case because Co-Inventor Not a Party
The US District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed a patent infringement case for lack of jurisdiction because a co-inventor on the patent was not joined as a party. In 2013, plaintiffs Alpha One Transporter, Inc. and American Heavy Moving and Rigging, Inc. filed a complaint against defendant Perkins Motor Transport, Inc. The…
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Ninth Circuit: Don’t Rely on Browsewrap as Assent to Terms of Use
The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has warned website owners that if they are not active in ensuring user assent to their terms of use, those terms may be deemed unenforceable by the courts. The case involved an online purchase of discontinued Hewlett-Packard Touchpads on the Barnes & Noble website. Kevin Khoa Nguyen…
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