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Patent Reform Needs Fee Shifting Provisions, Because Judges Almost Never Award Attorneys’ Fees
February 22, 2014
One of the key parts of the attempts to reform the patent system is the fee shifting provision, which would make it so patent...
February 22, 2014
One of the key parts of the attempts to reform the patent system is the fee shifting provision, which would make it so patent...
Michelle Lee: USPTO to Push Administration Goals in both Prosecution and Litigation
February 19, 2014
From Michelle Lee who is Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property; Deputy Director of the USPTO; and is de Facto Director of the USPTO. [Link] Over the last five years . . . the agency’s senior leadership has made good progress to ensure our country has a strong and robust patent and trademark system for the 21st century. . . . Going forward, the USPTO will continue to actively engage with our stakeholders, members of Congress from both political parties, as well as with...
February 19, 2014
From Michelle Lee who is Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property; Deputy Director of the USPTO; and is de Facto Director of the USPTO. [Link] Over the last five years . . . the agency’s senior leadership has made good progress to ensure our country has a strong and robust patent and trademark system for the 21st century. . . . Going forward, the USPTO will continue to actively engage with our stakeholders, members of Congress from both political parties, as well as with...
Highly Accurate Predictive Analytics Used to Help Settle Longshot Mediation
February 18, 2014
According to reports, Mary Brennan Stich, Vice-President and Associate General Counsel of Rackspace Hosting, recently used...
February 18, 2014
According to reports, Mary Brennan Stich, Vice-President and Associate General Counsel of Rackspace Hosting, recently used...
Surden on Technological Cost & IP Governance
February 17, 2014
Harry Surden (University of Colorado Law School) has postedTechnological Cost as Law in Intellectual Property (Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Changes in the scope of IP legal rights are generally thought to be linked to changes in positive law. This Article argues that shifts in the scope of IP laws are often driven by changes in technological feasibility and not by changes in positive law. Diminishing technological constraint is an under-acknowledged...
February 17, 2014
Harry Surden (University of Colorado Law School) has postedTechnological Cost as Law in Intellectual Property (Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 2013) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Changes in the scope of IP legal rights are generally thought to be linked to changes in positive law. This Article argues that shifts in the scope of IP laws are often driven by changes in technological feasibility and not by changes in positive law. Diminishing technological constraint is an under-acknowledged...
The Economist on the Affect of Technology on Employment – Including Law
February 16, 2014
This article from The Economist surveys the opinions of several economists on the impact of technology on employment in the near and long term, including white collar occupations like the legal services industry. An excerpt: For much of the 20th century, those arguing that technology brought ever more jobs and prosperity looked to have the better of the debate. Real incomes in Britain scarcely doubled between the beginning of the common era and 1570. They then tripled from 1570 to 1875. And they...
February 16, 2014
This article from The Economist surveys the opinions of several economists on the impact of technology on employment in the near and long term, including white collar occupations like the legal services industry. An excerpt: For much of the 20th century, those arguing that technology brought ever more jobs and prosperity looked to have the better of the debate. Real incomes in Britain scarcely doubled between the beginning of the common era and 1570. They then tripled from 1570 to 1875. And they...
Thomson Reuters Rolls Out New Legal Document Drafting Tools
February 15, 2014
The new tools are part of its cloud based Concourse platform launched last year for corporate and government legal departments. ...
February 15, 2014
The new tools are part of its cloud based Concourse platform launched last year for corporate and government legal departments. ...
Bitcoin Values in Wolfram|Alpha
February 15, 2014
Over the last several months, one of the most-requested features for Wolfram|Alpha has been to add information about the cryptocurrency...
February 15, 2014
Over the last several months, one of the most-requested features for Wolfram|Alpha has been to add information about the cryptocurrency...
ABA Lit GC Conf Tomorrow: Leveraging Tech in Mediation
February 13, 2014
Learn how "big data" and other technologies can be used to predict mediation outcomes and leave, or put, more money in your...
February 13, 2014
Learn how "big data" and other technologies can be used to predict mediation outcomes and leave, or put, more money in your...
LegalTech New York Reviews Are In
February 12, 2014
Observations from the biggest technology show in the legal industry: "no new stuff." It’s been about a week since LegalTech New York attendees packed their bags and headed home. Now it’s time to reminisce, and in the case of bloggers, offer up reviews of the massive event. First up is attorney Robert Ambrogi, who runs LawSites. He says in a Feb. 10 post that there were few innovations this year, adding if there were any to be found they were “at best incremental.” However,...
February 12, 2014
Observations from the biggest technology show in the legal industry: "no new stuff." It’s been about a week since LegalTech New York attendees packed their bags and headed home. Now it’s time to reminisce, and in the case of bloggers, offer up reviews of the massive event. First up is attorney Robert Ambrogi, who runs LawSites. He says in a Feb. 10 post that there were few innovations this year, adding if there were any to be found they were “at best incremental.” However,...
12 on 12: Favorite Moments at LegalTech New York [Big Data]
February 12, 2014
12. Big Big Data: In contrast to the last few years, bringing up Big Data to the LTNY crowd (vendors, firms, consultants, etc.) did not invoke blank stares or disinterested yawns. Folks were willing and able to talk Big Data shop—mostly about ongoing analytics initiatives (primarily around legal spending and pricing) and e-discovery vendor-driven data mining and enterprise search efforts. Of the 10 or so Big Data technology/service vendors we spotted, many of them are also adding information governance ...
February 12, 2014
12. Big Big Data: In contrast to the last few years, bringing up Big Data to the LTNY crowd (vendors, firms, consultants, etc.) did not invoke blank stares or disinterested yawns. Folks were willing and able to talk Big Data shop—mostly about ongoing analytics initiatives (primarily around legal spending and pricing) and e-discovery vendor-driven data mining and enterprise search efforts. Of the 10 or so Big Data technology/service vendors we spotted, many of them are also adding information governance ...
