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H.R.8 and the Hydropower Improvement Act of 2015—Another Missed Opportunity
October 28, 2015
Catherine Cumming, MJLST Lead Note & Comment Editor While many people see the hydropower industry as a clean and sustainable energy source, most hydropower facilities...
UN Countries Strive to Develop Legal Framework for Climate Deal
October 28, 2015
Vinita Banthia, MJLST Articles Editor In December 2009, over a 100 world leaders gathered in Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Change Conference, which...
The TPP – Commercial or Foreign Policy Victory?
October 28, 2015
Jing Han, MJLST Staffer The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a proposed trade among twelve Pacific Rim countries, which are Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan...
E.C.J Leaves U.S. Organizations to Search for Alternative Data Transfer Channels
October 20, 2015
J. Adam Sorenson, MJLST Staffer The Court of Justice of the European Union (E.C.J.), the European’s top court, immediately invalidated a 15-year-old U.S. EU Safe...
Apple Loses Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit
October 20, 2015
Riley Conlin, MJLST Staffer Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) won a large patent lawsuit against Apple Inc. The suit relates to...
Shape Up or Ship Out: E.P.A. Forced to Reevaluate Their General Ballast Water Regulation Permit
October 20, 2015
John Biglow, MJLST Staffer In the recently decided Natural Resources Defense Council v. U.S. E.P.A., --- F.3d --- (2d Cir. Oct. 5, 2015), the Second...
Honeybee Protection in the Ninth Circuit
October 13, 2015
Ian Blodger, MJLST Note & Comment Editor In Pollinator Stewardship Council v. U.S. E.P.A., the Ninth Circuit recently took action to protect honeybees from dangerous...
Akamai Techs. v. Limelight Networks: An Expansion of the Scope of Patent Direct Infringement
October 13, 2015
Tianxiang (“Max”) Zhou, MJLST Staffer This August the Federal Circuit Court delivered an en banc opinion of Akamai Techs. v. Limelight Networks, affirming the jury...
Inter Partes Review: A Questionable Item in the Generic’s Tool Kit
October 6, 2015
Will Orlady, MJLST Lead Articles Editor In 1984, Congress enacted the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (Hatch-Waxman). Since then, pioneer pharmaceutical manufacturers...
Are Trademark’s a Medium for Free Speech?: Federal Circuit Considers Whether Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act Violates the First Amendment
October 6, 2015
Michael Laird, MJLST Staffer The Federal Circuit recently heard arguments en banc in a case considering the relationship between intellectual property regimes, specifically trademark law...