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Strategy for Protecting Intellectual Property in the New IMS World: Trade Secret or Patent?

Posted by Barlow Keener

For this post on IMS and FMC developers’ intellectual property, I collaborated with my friend, Michael Dowd, a partner at Foley, Hoag, LLP, in Boston.  I provide counsel on licensing patents and trademarks, and Michael’s practice involves developing patenting strategies and resolving inventorship issues, software licensing disputes and trade secret misappropriation claims.  As we explain below, these are intellectual [...]

Skype Trademark Squabble with an Analyst

Posted by Barlow Keener

The blog Skype Journal  reported that Skype attorneys sent a cease and desist letter to Skype reporting blog, Skype-watch.com    Jan Geirnaert had been reporting on and analyzing Skype using the URLs’ Skype-Watch and Skype-Gadgets.  The reports were favorable to Skype and Geirnaert apparently participated in Skype panels and conferences for several years as reported by [...]