Prison Inmate vs. Taco Bell
Have any of you tried Taco Bell’s new item, the Doritos Locos Taco? If you have not, I recommend you do ASAP because if this next story is true, the court might place a lean on Taco Bell to stop the production of Doritos flavored taco shells! A federal prison inmate named Gary Cole has [...]
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Monsanto’s Big Victory over Little Farmers
The case is Bowman v. Monsanto and the recent ruling by the Supreme Court means that Farmers must pay Monsanto each time they plant one of the conglomerate company’s genetically modified soybeans. Despite the Indiana Farmer’s argument that his farming techniques did not violate Monsanto’s patent on the seeds, the Supreme Court Justices weren’t buying it. [...]
Do Scientists Have a Right to Patent your Genes?
On Monday the Supreme Court grappled with the idea of human gene patents, and questioned whether in fact a human gene can be patented in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Inc. Patent law is complex as the justices realized as they contemplated the mysterious land of biochemistry. For those of you, like myself, [...]
50 Shades of Copyright Infringement
I am one of the few females I know that didn’t see the appeal in the Fifty Shades of Grey series; potentially because I haven’t had time to engage in recreational reading since the summer of 2011 (which was before law school). Anyway…although I chose not to engage in the racy reading material, thousands of [...]
The case is Tiffany & Co. and Tiffany (NJ) LLC v. Costco Wholesale Corp., the claim is intellectual property infringement. The United States’ largest warehouse club chain is being sued for selling alleged counterfeit diamond engagement rings bearing the name “Tiffany”. The belief is that hundreds, even thousands, of said engagement rings were sold to [...]
