Ross Danennberg
Patent Lawsuits Decline – Patent Lawsuits to Become Harder to File
For the first time since 2009, new patent lawsuit filings declined in 2014 from the previous year. Lawsuits dropped by 13 percent, a significant shift from the numbers of cases over the…
Apple v. Samsung appeal decided: design patents good, trade dress bad.
May 18, 2015: Today the Federal Circuit decided the appeal in the first Apple v. Samsung case, upholding a majority of Apple’s damages award, namely, damages attributable to patent infringement. However, the…
What NOT to name your product…
We get asked… often… what sorts of names are best for your video game. This post isn’t a treatise on how to name your video game. This post is a poster child…
Google announces patent purchase program during May 2015
Today Google announced a new initiative to try and keep patents out of the hands of patent trolls, entities whose only business is amassing intellectual property and filing lawsuits. Google is calling…
Job Posting: Research Intern 2015
Each year we take on a Research Intern to help with ongoing case research, updating our patent database, refreshing content, and anything else that comes along. If you’re interested, please send a…
GDC 2015 – Who will be there?
I (Ross Dannenberg) will be at GDC next week from March 2-6. If anyone would like to meet up while there, send me a note either via my work email or through…
EVENT: More Than Just a Game: Interactive Entertainment and Intellectual Property Law
Queen Mary University Law School is hosting an event on 24 April 2015. Some details: April 24, 2015 Time: 2:30pm Venue: Lecture Theatre, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of…
Targeting German consumers? Play by Germany’s rules!
Courtesy of : SCHULTERIESENKAMPFF Internet services that specifically target German consumer, e.g. by addressing them in German, have to adhere to German law when doing so. In a default judgment, the regional…