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By Sharmil McKee on May 14, 2009
Hot Issues in Business Law Technology giants have formed a new group to protect themselves from patent trolls. Patent trolls are businesses who business model is to purchase key intellectual property then collect royalties from companies whose products depend on that intellectual property. Patent trolls seem to walk a fine line between savvy capitalist and [...]
Posted in Funding | Tagged anit-trust, Management, patent |
By Sharmil McKee on December 21, 2007
« Convention Center told to save buildings | Main | Campbell Soup selling Godiva » Court tells businesses how to price-fix while avoiding anti-trust violationsThe U.S. Supreme Court recently made an important adjustment to antitrust analysis in Texaco v. Dagher, 547 U.S. ____ (2005). Ultimately, the Court ruled that competing companies could price-fix yet [...]
Posted in Understanding Contracts | Tagged anit-trust, law |
By Sharmil McKee on February 25, 2007
Philadelphia Inquirer | 02/24/2007 | Microsoft damages could ripple Microsoft damages could rippleIt was ordered to pay $1.52 billion in an MP3 patent-infringement case. Some see more such cases following. By Jessica Mintz Associated Press “SEATTLE – A federal jury’s ruling that Microsoft Corp. infringed on two MP3 patents and must pay $1.52 billion in [...]
Posted in Intellectual Property | Tagged anit-trust, law, patent |
By Paralegal on February 2, 2007
New SEC regulations will change the way investment companies operate The SEC recently published official opinions regarding investment companies and investment advisers. This document summarize the potpourri of legislative, regulatory and judicial developments that have affected investment companies and their managers. Presented by the Committee on Federal Regulation of Securities at its fall meeting in [...]
Posted in Litigation, Management | Tagged anit-trust |
