USPTO Issues Updated Examiner Guidelines Regarding “Obviousness” Standard September 2nd, 2010Patents/IP Comment: The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office issued updated guidelines on September 1, 2010, regarding examination of patent applications under the “obviousness” standard in light of Federal Circuit decisions that have issued since the Supreme Court’s ruling in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex, Inc. in 2007. The Updated Examination Guidelines provide practical and instructional examples for patent examiners to utilize when examining patent applications. Read More
Interview with John Yates on Business Development — Keys to Winning Business September 1st, 2010FinTech/Payments General Counsel/In-House Attorneys John Yates provides his insights on winning business and the importance of customer contact. Read the interview here. NEW: The video podcast is now available here. Read More
Most Active VC Firms of 2009-10 September 1st, 2010Venture Capital CB Insights announces the top 10 most active venture capital firms from Q3 ‘09 to Q2 ‘10 by number of deals. See them here. Read More
Current SaaS Financial Report and Metrics September 1st, 2010MMM Tech Law Video Channel SaaS, Software, Valuation 7 Mile Advisors releases “Sectorwatch: Software as a Service” Report showing rising M&A activity and private equity investment volume for middle-market SaaS companies. Read report. Read More
IBM Victorious in Employee Contract Suit September 1st, 2010Employment Employment Commissions are an issue frequently litigated, often because there is a lack of clarity or certainty in the employer’s commission plan and/or agreement. In this case, the Court held IBM’s commission plan letter was clear in not creating a contract for commission payments, and in reserving to IBM the discretion to adjust and/or eliminate commissions. Note, however, that the law regarding commissions can vary significantly from state to state, and commission plans are not necessarily “one-size-fits-all” for multi-state employers. Read full story. Read More
10 Common Mistakes Made By Start-up Entrepreneurs September 1st, 2010Venture Capital Angel Investors 10 short but important lessons for early stage businesses. Read them here. Read More
Hospitals Worried About Security Breaches September 1st, 2010Health IT Healthcare IT, Healthcare Services, Privacy/Security Fear over data security breaches grows as hospitals prepare for EMR transition. Read article here. Read More
Listen: Trading Shares in the Secondary Markets August 31st, 2010Tech IPO Marketplace Radio from American Public Media reports on Facebook and other private companies offering shares in the secondary markets. Listen to the program here. Read More
Miss. Considers $50 million Incentive for Biofuel Project August 30th, 2010Clean Tech/Green Energy Comments: KiOR is different than many biofuels companies because it makes a petroleum replacement, not ethanol. The product, which is currently produced at a demonstration plant in Texas, can be shipped in pipelines and treated in existing refineries to make gasoline or diesel equivalents. KiOR uses a priority catalyst in a fluid catalytic cracking process to convert woodchips, agricultural residue or other biomass into a petroleum substitute. This process creates gasses that can be burned to make electricity to power the equipment. The company, which is backed by Khosla Ventures, raised $110 million to scale up its operation. Read article. Editor: Read More Easy To Do, Frequently Missed: Limiting Your Liability for Online Content August 30th, 2010MMM Tech Law Video Channel General Counsel/In-House Attorneys, Privacy/Security, Risk Management It is a fact of life that companies frequently write their own terms of use and privacy policies rather than using an attorney. Time and money are always short, and these things would seem easy to do. After all, plenty of websites have examples that other lawyers have pored over. Why not just adapt that work? Here’s one thing you may miss. Many website terms of use have a reference to what happens when your site ends up displaying someone else’s copyrighted work. The terms of use have a section that gives a name, address and contact information where notices of Read More Previous 30 31 32 33 ... 36 Next
Easy To Do, Frequently Missed: Limiting Your Liability for Online Content August 30th, 2010MMM Tech Law Video Channel General Counsel/In-House Attorneys, Privacy/Security, Risk Management It is a fact of life that companies frequently write their own terms of use and privacy policies rather than using an attorney. Time and money are always short, and these things would seem easy to do. After all, plenty of websites have examples that other lawyers have pored over. Why not just adapt that work? Here’s one thing you may miss. Many website terms of use have a reference to what happens when your site ends up displaying someone else’s copyrighted work. The terms of use have a section that gives a name, address and contact information where notices of Read More