Coronavirus Leads Companies with Supply Chain Disruptions to Invoke ‘Force Majeure’ February 13, 2020 By Jan Wolfe With the coronavirus outbreak that originated in Hubei province, China, showing no signs of abating any time soon, some companies...
U.S. High Court to Rule on Scope of Copyright for Legal Codes in Georgia Suit June 26, 2019 By Jan Wolfe The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a bid by Georgia lawmakers to win federal copyright protection for...
Court Upholds $440 Million Patent Infringement Judgment Against Apple January 16, 2019 By Jan Wolfe A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday upheld a judgment worth $440 million that was won by intellectual property licensing firm...
Jury Awards IBM $83 Million in Closely-Watched Patent Dispute with Groupon July 30, 2018 By Jan Wolfe A U.S. jury last Friday awarded International Business Machines Corp. $83 million in a patent dispute with e-commerce company Groupon...
Merck Loses Bid to Collect Patent Infringement Damages from Gilead April 26, 2018 By Jan Wolfe A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday affirmed a ruling that pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. dishonestly obtained patent rights and...
Oracle’s Java Copyright Violation Claim Against Google Not Dead After All March 29, 2018 By Jan Wolfe A U.S. appeals court on Tuesday resurrected a multi-billion dollar copyright case brought by Oracle Corp. against Alphabet Inc.’s Google....
Conservatives Now Want to Abolish Board They Hoped Would Curtail Patent Suits November 21, 2017 By Jan Wolfe In August, a dozen inventors gathered around a fire pit outside the headquarters of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
Google Author of Diversity Memo Explores Legal Options After Firing August 9, 2017 By Jan Wolfe and Daniel Wiessner The Google software engineer fired for writing an internal memo critical of diversity hiring policies at the company faces an...
Arconic Stops Selling Cladding for High-Rises After Grenfell Tower Tragedy June 27, 2017 By Sinead Carew and Jan Wolfe Arconic Inc. said on Monday it will stop global sales of plastic-filled aluminum cladding panels for use in high-rise buildings...
Firms Hit by Cyber Attack Could Face Lawsuits over Lax Security: Legal Experts May 16, 2017 By Jan Wolfe Businesses that failed to update Microsoft Windows-based computer systems that were hit by a massive cyber attack over the weekend...