At the end of December 2020, Congress passed an “omnibus” bill which justifiably received significant attention for providing financial relief during the coronavirus pandemic. Included in the legislation, in addition to the changes to trademark law discussed above, were also new laws related to copyright: the CASE Act and the Protecting Lawful Streaming Act. The CASE Act […]
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New Patent Legislation Pending 2015
May 29, 2015
Patent
“They’re baaack…”* *Heather Michele O’Rourke, ‘Poltergeist II,’ 1986 Congress, that is. Several patent bills are pending, most of which will make it more risky and expensive to enforce a patent or defend against a patent infringement action in court. These bills represent the second half of the America Invents Act, which changed the patent landscape […]