We wrote about a decision in May in which the Tel-Aviv District Court found that music download site Unidown.co.il enabled and encouraged copyright infringement and ordered Israeli ISPs to block access to the site (the “Unidown” case). A month later, the Court seems to have overturned itself. In April, the English High Court ordered UK ISPs…
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Did You Just Give Amazon Your Intellectual Property by Using Amazon Web Services (AWS)?
The “fabric” computing technology developer Appistry sued Amazon for patent infringement, and lost last month in the Western District of Washington. While Appistry lost because the Court invalidated its patents-in-suit, Amazon might have still successfully defended itself against claims of infringement of valid patents. This is because Appistry waived its right to assert patent infringement…
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Can a Licensor Terminate if the Licensee Claims Patent Infringement?
The following “Defensive Suspension” provision is an example of a clause often found in software patent licenses: Termination for Patent Action. The Agreement will terminate automatically as of the date Licensee commences any claim that the Software infringes a patent, or otherwise supports any claim by a third party that the Software infringes a patent.…
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Emerging Markets and Pharmaceutical Industry Growth
In February, I spoke at the World Pharma Licensing Congress in London. The following article is based on my talk. Challenges Facing the Pharmaceutical Industry The pharmaceutical industry today faces a variety of challenges: thanks to the Internet, more knowledgeable and more demanding consumers a longer and more costly time-to-market more stringent regulations increased competition…
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