All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Legal Issues

The battle between Viacom and Google over content is simply part of the evolution of the internet, as the web becomes more of its own medium and less of a place to recycle other media.

The constant buy-ins of "dot coms" and other internet related companies by the biggest players could impact the mentality of the future companies to come and would demand a better drafting of some legal documents.

If the March 20, 2007 rulings of US District Judge Stanley R. Chester withstand further challenges, then JNJ's TOPAMAX(R) sales will not suffer - at least with respect to Mylan Labs.  

Broadcom's latest filing against Qualcomm might not itself contain much new information, but the fact of the filing does tell us one interesting fact: QCOM and BRCM are likely heading to trial in May after all.

The legal squabble between Google and Viacom will indeed have implications for a whole host of content businesses.  The net result will be increased obligations to monitor, and also increased opportunities to profit.

 Whitman is right that CO2 must be regulated; but there are problems because CO2 is a basic product of combustion, whereas SO2 (her example) is a result of contamination. We can't get rid of CO2 with clean fuel; we have to develop sources of energy that do not involve combustion.The cap and trade...

The March 22, 2007 CAFC Opinion invalidates claims 1-3 of US Patent 4879303, which is listed in the FDA Orange Book for Pfizer's blockbuster blood pressure drug NORVASC® (amylodipine besylate).  For companies other than Pfizer, this is great news - but it is not the end of the...

Student prankster Joseph Frederick unfurled a 15' banner entitled "Bong Hits 4 Jesus" in hopes that he would get on TV as the olympic torch went through his town of Juneau in January, 2002; not only did he get on TV, but he also made it to the floor of the Supreme Court-- banner...

As I wrote last week, the Federal Circuit has surprisingly given new life to SanDisk's old preemptive strike against STMicro. Now, the first implication has shown itself: the April trial is no more.

 The latest strategic move in the battle between Nokia and QCOM has the investing community abuzz: NOK just pre-paid for the patent rights that it says it is entitled to under RAND terms. The move is a good one in terms of reducing the odds of injunctive relief and tirple damages, but it does not...