Monday, December 29, 2014

Second Annual top OP-IP Intellectual Property News Stories

'Tis the season for the mainstream media to wax nostalgically over the past year's memorable events.  This past weekend, there was a reprieve from the "year in review" on at least one news outlet as CNN went into its trademark 24-7/wall-to-wall coverage of missing jetliners to report the disappearance of Asia Air Flight QZ8501.  Notwithstanding this one outlier, we are once again inundated with stories of the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, the Republican takeover of the U.S. Senate, the polar vortex, etc.  Not to disappoint, here at OP-IP, we too, look back on the memorable blog posts of 2014.

In the tradition of Casey Casum once again enjoy the Top Ten OP-IP blog posts of 2014....

10.  Love on the Rocks:  Trademark Custody Battle When Going Through a Corporate Divorce

9. IP and Innovation: Are we heading for Star Trek or Star Wars as Science Fiction becomes Science Fact? 

8. GPS (Guidance for Patent-eligible Subject matter) to Direct the U.S. Patent Office in view of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int'l and the USPTO Preliminary Instructions

7. Aereo's Online Streaming Broadcast TV Caught Between a Rock and a Hard Place

6. iPhone "dressed" in Blackberry's clothing?  The 'keys' to understanding a 'case' for trade dress infringement

5. Increasing wave of secret Internet communication

4. Supreme Court says, "'No, You CANNOT Hear Me Now!' Let Alone Search my Cellphone Unless you get a Warrant" in RILEY v. CALIFORNIA

3.Patented Tobacco Plant Genetically Engineered to Produce Antibodies Against Ebola gets Boost to Treat Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol






2. “Stairway to Copyright Infringement”- Step one in Spirit's uphill climb to prove Led Zeppelin's 'Stairway to Heaven' infringes its copyright'



1. Disney's "Frozen" in Hot Water Over Alleged Copyright Infringement



Happy New Year 2015!




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