Marilyn Monroe Is Still a Counterfeiter’s Best Friend July 7, 2021 By Susan Decker Nearly six decades after her death, Marilyn Monroe is still a popular choice for mugs, T-shirts, jewelry and other products...
Rare Covid-19 Vaccine and Treatment Injury Victims Look to U.S. Fund May 4, 2021 By Susan Decker High school senior Emma Burkey received her “one and done” Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine on March 20, and within...
Drugmakers Shielded from COVID Vaccine Liability But Funds for Injury Claims in Doubt August 14, 2020 By Valerie Bauman and Susan Decker Americans who suffer adverse reactions to coronavirus vaccines that the U.S. is racing to develop will have a hard time...
Jury Orders Apple, Broadcom to Pay $1.1 Billion for Infringing CalTech Wi-Fi Patent January 31, 2020 By Edvard Pettersson, Susan Decker and Mark Gurman Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion in damages for infringing California Institute of Technology patents on Wi-Fi...
Supreme Court Says State Universities Not Immune to Patent Challenges January 17, 2020 By Susan Decker The U.S. Supreme Court refused to shield state-run universities from having to appear before a federal administrative body to defend...
Jury Orders Wells Fargo to Pay $102.8 Million in USAA Mobile Deposit Patent Case January 13, 2020 By Susan Decker and Dennis Robertson Wells Fargo & Co. was told to pay $102.8 million after a federal jury in Texas said in infringed United...
Doctor Claims Apple Watch Infringes His Heart Monitoring Technology Patent December 30, 2019 By Susan Decker A New York University cardiologist claims Apple Inc.’s Watch uses his patented heartbeat-monitoring invention and he wants compensation. Dr. Joseph...
Judges May Be Reaching Limit with Copyright Profiteering by Pornography Sellers August 6, 2019 By Susan Decker and Christopher Yasiejko Pornography producers and sellers account for the lion’s share of copyright-infringement lawsuits in the U.S. — and judges may have...
Court Ruling Against ‘Law of Nature’ Patent Riles Biotech February 7, 2019 By Susan Decker and Malathi Nayak A way to diagnose a severe neurological disorder can’t be patented as it covers a law of nature, a U.S....
Toy Wars: Lego Sues to Halt Sales of Zuru ‘Copycat’ Figurines at Walmart December 14, 2018 By Susan Decker Lego A/S wants to make sure any plastic toy figurine unwrapped in an American home during the holidays isn’t what...