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The Howell Jewelry company has a right to press charges against Ms. Lawson for breach of covenant. The Howell Company has the signed agreement that was presented to Ms. Lawson at the time of her hiring which she violated when she was terminated from the company for excessive tardiness. In sum, noncompetition agreements can be valid and enforceable in New Hampshire, provided they are carefully drawn to meet the legal requirements of the test of reasonableness and generally to protect the legitimate

Software Patents and Piracy in China Abstract Software patents raise a lot of issues during the development of IT industry. As a legal action in protecting the ownership and intellectual property, software patents are applied to a wide range of codes, from source code, processes to OS, etc. It "provide exclusive rights to the patent holder to use and profit from the product or process in question." 1 This paper will discuss the general background and effects of software patents. After presenting

interoffice memorandum to: Tom hazzard, ceo from: Venkata reddy putluri subject: palm patent infringment issue date: June 19, 2014 c: steve holmes, patent attorney This memo is to recommend that ttools should stop negotiations with Palm and take immediate legal action through patent litigation means. This action is needed in order to protect ttools’ innovation and for survivability of ttools business. Based on the design patent and non-disclosure agreement with Palm it is very clear

Jaffé v. Samsung Elecs. Co. Qimonda AG, a German semiconductor manufacturer, had patent cross licenses with many of its competitors. Such licenses, in industries like electronics, allow parties in effect to have a truce with respect to patents, so that they may proceed their respective businesses. Qimonda file bankruptcy and ceased operations, so no longer needed the protection of the cross licenses. Rather, it terminated the licenses under German bankruptcy law, to replace them with licenses

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, passed on September 16, 2011, was the most significant reform to the patent system in the United States since the Patent Act of 1952, which redefined the patentability of patent to include being nonobvious in addition to new and useful (1). The demanding need for patent reform had been discussed and debated frequently both within the literature focusing on patent trolls and consistently in Congress with the introduction of many patent reform acts that were never

The doctrine of equivalents is a legal rule in most of the world 's patent systems that allows a court to hold a party liable for patent infringement even though the infringing device or process does not fall within the literal scope of a patent claim, but nevertheless is equivalent to the claimed invention. At the very outset, before discussing the doctrine of equivalents, it is necessary to understand the backdrop of the legal framework surrounding patent infringements across different jurisdictions

Smartphone producers often attempt to get an edge over their competitors by using tactics that involve bending the law and attacking the reputation of rivals. The advancement of the development of new technologies during the past decade is a result of fierce competition between many companies in the mobile industry. While some of a company 's efforts are focused on the development of new features or upgrades to existing technology, many of them are focused on taking down competition by any means

1. Why is the market for intellectual property (IP) so illiquid and inefficient today? IP is becoming increasingly important in the world economy. This can be seen in the increase of patent application and granting. Contrary to the growing IP assets, the market for IP was still con-sidered small and illiquid. Obstacles hindering the uptake of the IP market are: • High search and transaction costs for both sides, seller and buyer: There is no transparent mar-ket providing fair value estimates such

Case analysis on “The LEGO Group: Publish or Protect?” Introduction The LEGO Group, as the third largest toy manufacturer worldwide, has long been popular and well respected for its building system which employed interlocking bricks using a stud-and-tube coupling system. In order to keep up with the continuing huge demand of strong volume growth of such products, considerably high precision manufacturing process with decreased lead time and cost deem necessary for driving the company success. Concept

Expenses: The cost of clinical trials may cause Gilead earnings to fluctuate, which could adversely affect stock prices. Clinical trials are required to obtain regulatory approval of Gilead’s products, and clinical trials are generally required to be conducted after regulatory approval. Clinical trials are all very expensive and it is difficult to control or accurately predict the timing or amount of these expenses. In addition, the FDA and/or other regulatory agencies sometimes require more clinical