Last May, 2016, President Obama signed into law the long-awaited Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) which creates a federal private right of action for trade secret misappropriation claims. Historically, while certain federal protections existed...
According to recent statistics, the number of trade secret cases in U.S. federal courts doubled between 1988 and 1995, doubled again between 1995 and 2004 and is projected to double again by...
The Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) is an international framework in which a patent application whose claims have been determined to be patentable by one patent office is eligible for accelerated examination at...
When someone is using your domain name or one confusingly similar, there are ways to fight back. One option to combat cybersquatting is to file a complaint with ICANN (Internet Corporation for...
An important Federal Circuit decision came out yesterday, which upheld claims of an Internet related patent as not being directed to an abstract idea. This if the first post-Alice decision to do such....
DITTHAVONG & STEINER P.C. FILES REQUEST FOR INVESTIGATION OF APPLE , INC. ALEXANDRIA , VA – November 10, 2015 – Ditthavong & Steiner, P.C. , has filed a request for investigation against...
One man’s trash is another man’s treasure – Unknown The great California gold rush began on January 24, 1848, when James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget in the American River while...
In 2000, Nucor Steel headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina was required to pay a $9 million civil penalty to settle allegations that it violated federal environmental laws including the Clean Air Act,...
Environmental violations are the result of inspections or the aftermath of a toxic release to the air; water or soil. Depending on the circumstances; the citing agency and the time length of...