by Joel Rothman | Jan 6, 2010 | Legal Developments - General IP
Our faithful Business Law Section lobbyist Bill Wiley reports that the following bills may be of interest to Florida IP lawyers. Plan to discuss them at our upcoming meeting Thursday, January 21st in Orlando.
S586 GENERAL BILL by Fasano (Similar H 0279)
Data Destruction [CPSC]; Provides definitions. Requires all public agencies and private entities that collect personal information to adhere to the procedures provided in the National Institute of Standards and Technology “Guidelines for Media Sanitization” when destroying such information, etc.
S310 PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Dockery
Pub. Rec./Proprietary Confidential Business Info. [CPSC]; Provides that proprietary confidential business information held by an agency is confidential and exempt from public records requirements. Authorizes any person to petition a court for the public release of those portions of a record made confidential and exempt by the act. Provides that the act does not supersede any other applicable public records exemptions that existed before a certain date, etc.
by Joel Rothman | Dec 29, 2009 | Bar and Committee Business
The Intellectual Property Committee of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar has scheduled a new CLE program for March 25-26, 2010 to take place in Tampa, Florida. The Florida IP Summit will feature a keynote speech by the newly named U.S. Commissioner for Patents Robert Stoll. Also speaking will be David Carson, General Counsel of the U.S. Copyright Office, and Prof. Jacqueline D. Lipton, Ph.D. of Case Western University Law School.
The site for the event will be the beautiful Hyatt Regency in Downtown Tampa. Special room rates will be available.
The event will begin in the late afternoon Thursday, March 25th, with a meeting of the Intellectual Property Committee, followed by a networking cocktail party, and dinner. Commissioner Stoll will give the keynote speech at dinner Thursday night.
Friday will be jam packed with over 9 hours of CLE credits on advanced IP topics!
This event will be a perfect way for Florida Board Certified IP lawyers to obtain recertification credit close to home. The IP Summit will also provide much needed review to attorneys studying for the upcoming certification exam.
A tentative agenda will follow shortly, so block off your calendar now and plan to attend!
by Joel Rothman | Sep 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has vacated a half-billion dollar award against Microsoft Corp. for use of its “pop-up calendar” in Microsoft Outlook. The court affirmed patent validity and infringement judgments that Microsoft had also challenged, but ruled that the jury’s damages calculation lacked sufficient evidentiary support. In particular, the court made clear that “fundamental differences exist between lump-sum agreements and running-royalty agreements,” especially as applied to “a minimally used feature.”
To read the decision, click here.
by Joel Rothman | Sep 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
Interesting and informative resource entitled “Secondary Trademark Infringement.” More of a treatise than a blog. To read it, click here.
by Joel Rothman | Sep 7, 2009 | Legal Developments - Copyright
As discussed at the meeting of the Intellectual Property Committee at the Business Law Section Retreat, Black Duck Software offers several informative legal webinars on the subject of open source software. To view the lineup of webinars, click here.
