03/12/2013 - State Supreme Court Decision Offers First Amendment Guidance for Attorney-Bloggers
A February 28, 2013 decision issued by the Virginia Supreme Court, which arose out of a disciplinary action instituted by the Virginia State Bar, contains a groundbreaking discussion of the application of First Amendment protections to attorney-generated blogs.

01/30/2013 - The IP Beacon, January 2013
A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.

11/19/2012 - #Transparency: Twitter Modifies its DMCA Procedure to Point Out Copyright Complaints
Twitter announced on November 2nd that it was revising its takedown procedures under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 512(c).

11/14/2012 - Step Right Up and Adjust Your Patent Term: Court Finds Improper PTO Calculations
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) has been improperly calculating patent term adjustment (“PTA”) for some patents, specifically, in cases where prosecution of the underlying application involved the filing of a Request for Continued Examination (“RCE”) more than three years after the application filing.

10/4/2012 - Embedded Liability? Site Owners May Not be Liable for User Links to Infringing Content
Last month, artist Christopher Boffoli filed suit against Twitter for contributory copyright infringement, alleging it failed to take down unauthorized copies of his images posted on Twitter and to disable tweets linking to or promoting those and other unauthorized copies.

04/30/2012 - The IP Beacon, April 2012
A Haynes and Boone Newsletter highlighting current issues in Intellectual Property Law.

04/10/2012 - Fourth Circuit Revives Rosetta Stone’s Trademark Infringement and Dilution Claims in Google Adwords Appeal
The Fourth Circuit has just released its highly anticipated keyword advertising decision in Rosetta Stone Ltd. v. Google Inc., No. 10-2007 (4th Cir. Apr. 9, 2012), vacating much of a district court order favorable to Google.

04/06/2012 - Breaking the Chains of Prometheus: Practical Claim Drafting
In Greek mythology, Prometheus stole fire from Zeus to give to mankind. It seems that Zeus is now reclaiming some of that fire in the guise of Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc., No. 10-1150 (U.S. Mar. 20, 2012), the Supreme Court’s latest decision addressing patent-eligible subject matter.

03/15/2012 - Pinning Down Your Brand: Pinterest Issues of Consideration to Brand Owners
We’ve all heard of it. It’s been in the news. You’ve seen it on Facebook. Charlie Sheen is probably even getting in on it. The latest buzz in social media: Pinterest (#Pinning!).

03/30/2011 - Affected Japanese Applicants to USPTO Granted Relief Upon Request
The USPTO has declared that the aftermath of the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan constitutes an “extraordinary situation” that justifies certain measures of relief from patent regulations for customers in the affected areas.

02/05/2010 - Innovation Fee: Surcharge on U.S. Patent & Trademark Protection
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) announced that, as part of President Obama’s recently proposed budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011, the PTO’s budget would be $2.322 billion, a 23 percent increase over FY 2010.