Music legend Prince, not exactly a stranger to litigation, recently filed a $22 million lawsuit accusing 22 people of copyright infringement. The lawsuit was filed in response to Facebook users who had posed links to bootlegged concert recordings. According to the...
Sacramento residents are doubtless familiar with the seemingly constant battles in courts over technology issues. Companies headquartered in the Silicon Valley frequently have to defend themselves against claims of copyright infringement and patent violations -- or...
When a California company is researching, developing and manufacturing a product, there are a number of aspects of that process that are and should remain confidential. These are known as trade secrets, and can encompass everything from the physical appearance of a...
A California writer has challenged the estate of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes and the author of a series of books and stories featuring the detective. At issue was Doyle's consulting detective as intellectual property and whether the copyright...
A few months back, we wrote on our Sacramento intellectual property blog about the Washington Redskins football team and its efforts to preserve the club's name as a trademark. We mentioned that a few years ago, a computer software firm was turned down by the patent...
When companies in California and other states are starting up and looking for potential investors, it is important for them to know whether they have intellectual property rights to the products or services that shape their businesses. A number of companies make...
