The future of federally funded research involving human embryonic stem cells (hESCs or hES cells) remains in limbo following a spate of orders from the District of Columbia courts. Federal funding of hESC research has been challenged in the courts since President Bush re-authorized in 2001 the limited funding initiated by President Clinton in January [...]

Record labels are about to face a wave of challenges from musicians looking to terminate copyright grants to the labels under a provision of the 1976 Copyright Act which takes effect next year.  This provision allows artists to recapture previously granted rights after a thirty-five-year period and will allow artists to terminate copyright grants for [...]

The emergence of fantasy sports began around 1980 with the creation of Rotisserie Baseball leagues, in which participants would draft teams from a list of actual Major League Baseball players, and follow these players throughout the season to compile a score.  Participants would compete against each other, comparing the numbers of their imaginary teams, and [...]

Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington against eleven well known companies alleging that their technology violates a number of patents that Mr. Allen owns.  The Wall Street Journal reported that the world’s 37th richest man brought the suit against AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, [...]

Patent attorneys across the nation are scratching their collective heads following this summer’s ruling by the Supreme Court which addressed the issue of patentability for business method inventions. The Court handed down a decision at the beginning of the summer which addressed the question of whether a patent can be issued for a claimed invention [...]