Intellectual Property

Telecommunications

Gina Reif Ilardi | Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

In recent weeks, the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari in American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. vs. Aereo, Inc. The case centers around a copyright dispute between major television broadcast companies including CBS, ABC, NBC, Fox and PBS and a small tech start-up backed by media mogul Barry...

Intellectual Property

Allison H. Altersohn, Robert T. Neufeld | King & Spalding LLP

Editor: First, would each of you describe the areas of Intellectual Property Law in which you practice? Altersohn: My practice covers all aspects of intellectual property litigation and counseling, with a particular emphasis on patent litigation. My matters most frequently involve technologies...

Cybersecurity

Alice Hsu, Tracy Crum, Francine E. Friedman, Karol A. Kepchar | Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

As discussed in Akin Gump’s annual “Top Ten Topics for Directors in 2014,” cybersecurity and data privacy are indeed among the hottest topics in the boardroom this year due to the dramatic rise in cyber attacks and data breaches. As part of a board’s risk management...