Former Associate Editors Vanessa Wang and Amy Qi discuss what case law proposes as to the privilege issue within the context of patent practice. Specifically, Vanessa and Amy analyze the issue through an in-house patent attorney perspective.

On this Episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney, and Karen sit down with Professor Yvonne Cripps to discuss biomedical technologies and the various legal fields surrounding this science.  Associates particularly ask about privacy law, contracts, and policy considerations in the adjudication and legislation on matters pertaining to biomedical science.

On this Episode of Fire of Genius, Graham, Rob, and Ahsan discuss the case Amgen, Inc. v. Sanofi, which is a case before the Supreme Court. The Associates discuss how the case will hopefully clarify the contours of the patent application on the requirement of “enablement.”

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam discuss the newest phishing scam that IP right holders are experiencing, resources available to IP right holders, and how to be vigilant for such attempted attacks.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Audio Editor, Megan Wheeler, and Associate, Rob Kessling, interview Laura Dolbow on her forthcoming publication entitled "Barring Judicial Review." They specifically address the Patent and Trademark's Office regulations and judicial bar on whether or not to instigate inter partes review.

One case (Apple, et al. v. Vidal, et al.) that is discussed in the podcast has been adjudicated on since the recording of this podcast. The opinion is available here: https://cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions-orders/22-1249.OPINION.3-13-2023_2093598.pdf

If you are interested in reading Ms. Dolbow's article, it will be available in the Vanderbilt Law Review soon and is available online at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4368442.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Maggie, Nicole, and Stephanie discuss Mickey's looming expiration date and the expiration of the Steam Boat Willy copyright. They also discuss trademark protection that Disney may depend on at their expiration.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Caroline, Taylor, and Maya discuss the litigation following the sale of NFTs featuring the famous Hermes Birkin Bag.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Graham, Rob, and Ahsan discuss abusive practices employed by big tech. They particularly focus on the case, Sonos v. Google, as an example of some of these practices.

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Jacob, Sydney and Karen discuss patent eligibility issues deriving from precendent and American Axle v. Neapco, and possible methods to address the confusion felt by the patent-practicing community. 

On this episode of Fire of Genius, Amy, Vanessa, and Sam Associates discuss the harsh repercussions against innocent infringers and compare that between copyright and patent infringements.

*Please note this was formerly mis-titled as "Innocent Copies," but it (and the description of the episode) has been changed to better reflect the subject of discussion.