News from February 2014
Microsoft, cell phone maker sign patent agreement
REDMOND, Wash. (Legal Newsline) -- A week after signing a patent agreement with Voxx Electronics Corp., Microsoft Corp. has inked a similar deal with cell phone maker Hop-on Inc.
UK-based trade association to U.S.: Rein in 'patent troll menace'
LONDON, United Kingdom (Legal Newsline) -- A London-based trade association representing the United Kingdom's games industry is calling on the United States -- President Barack Obama, in particular -- to pursue patent reform.
House Speaker, W.Va. attorney general bicker over ethics bill
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (Legal Newsline) - West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has sent a letter to House Speaker Tim Miley expressing "significant concerns" he has regarding the proposed Attorney General Ethics and Accountability Act.
Plaintiffs' exposure experts take stand in Madison County asbestos trial
Madison County Courthouse
N.Y. AG warns of scam run by Microsoft posers
Schneiderman
Law professor warns against current patent troll 'rhetoric'
ARLINGTON, Va. (Legal Newsline) -- Count Adam Mossoff, a law professor at George Mason University, among those skeptical of the ever-growing hype surrounding so-called "patent trolls."Mossoff, a senior scholar at GMU's Center for Protection of Intellectual Property, admits there are some "bad actors" in the business of patent licensing. MossoffHowever, he says state lawmakers, state attorneys general
Madison County's first asbestos trial of 2014 begins, Crane Co. defending gaskets
Madison County Courthouse
TLR urges voters to keep Lincoln in mind when voting for Texas SC justices
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - A legal watchdog group is hoping Texas voters remember the words of Abraham Lincoln, who urged Americans to "discourage litigation" when voting for Republican Texas Supreme Court candidates.
Cruz endorses Hecht for Texas Supreme Court
AUSTIN (Legal Newsline) - Senator Ted Cruz sent Chief Justice Nathan Hecht the best valentine he could Friday, his endorsement for Hecht's campaign for re-election to the Texas Supreme Court.
Oregon patent troll bill clears Senate hurdle
SALEM, Ore. (Legal Newsline) -- The Oregon Senate has passed a bill that would crack down on so-called "patent trolls."