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Welcome to the LAW FIRM OF DAYREL SEWELL, PLLC. Thank you for visiting the Blog section of this firm. We will be updating this page with information about the firm, recent legal updates, and other legal issues.

Non-U.S. (foreign) copyrighted works should be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office

by Henry Park, Esq. Of Counsel and Registered U.S. Patent Attorney Copyrights are territorial rights, which means that they are granted by—and limited to—the jurisdiction in which the copyright claimant seeks protection. To avoid this limitation, 171 countries have signed the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works.   Under the Berne Convention, signatories recognize that the works from one contracting state must be given the same protection in each of the other contracting states as the latter gives to its own nationals. See Berne Summary at http://www.wipo.int/treaties/en/ip/berne/summary_berne.html (1) Authors shall Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged author, Berne Convention, copyright, Copyright Act, copyright registration, infringement, | 3 Comment

Myriad Back in Court on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility

On June 13, 2013, the Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision holding that “genes and the information they encode are not patent eligible simply because they have been isolated from the surrounding genetic material.” See Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics Corp. (AMP), 133 S. Ct. 2107, 2120 (2013). Attorney Sewell’s publication entitled “Unanimous U.S. Supreme Court and Angelina Jolie: BRCA1 & BRCA2 Patentability” is widely disseminated, well-received by his peers, and sparks considerable c Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged biotechnology, genetic testing, intellectual property, method claim, Myriad, patent, patent attorney, patent eligibility, patent law, patent search, subject matter eligibility, | 2 Comment

Patent Troll Paying the Toll

In an exemplary ruling, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York has ordered the so-called patent troll, Lumen View Technology, LLC (“Lumen”), to pay opposing party FindTheBest.com’s legal fees and other expenses under the fee-shifting provision of 35 U.S.C. § 285. See Lumen View Technology, LLC v. FindTheBest.com, Inc., 1:13-cv-3599 (DLC) (SDNY 2014).   Lumen filed suit against FindTheBest in May 2013 alleging FindTheBest infringed on a computer-implemented method patent that facilitated bilateral and multilateral decision-making. Lumen also filed more than twenty other similar patent infringement claims aga Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged attorney fees, Federal Circuit, infringement, intellectual property, Justice Sotomayor, legal fees, method patent, patent, patent litigation, patent search, U.S. Supreme Court, | 2 Comment

Continuing Legal Education, Networking, and Refreshments

The LAW FIRM OF DAYREL SEWELL, PLLC is pleased to announce that Dayrel will be co-presenting a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) course called “Intellectual Property Fundamentals: What Every Attorney Needs to Know” on Monday, May 19, 2014 at the Brooklyn Bar Association. This Continuing Legal Education event will provide practicing attorneys with a primer to issue spot, analyze, and provide better value to their clients by competently addressing the various intellectual property issues that arise in a myriad of business transactions and lawsuits. Along with an overview of the main intellectual property areas of patent, trademark, and copyright, this course will provide key practice points, current case law, and analytical framework that are sure to add value Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged attorney, bar association, copyright, intellectual property, Legal Education, networking, patent, trademark, | 0 Comment

Patent Assertion Entity Settles with Attorney General and Sues the Federal Trade Commission

On January 14, 2014, the Office of the New York State Attorney General (OAG) made a significant contribution in combating the ignominious patent troll.   Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced that MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC (MPHJ), a so-called “patent troll”, entered into an Assurance of Discontinuance (or settlement) with the OAG stemming from the OAG’s June 2013 investigation of potentially deceptive statements, and other abusive conduct, by MPHJ relating to its patent licensing program which targeted New York businesses as potential infringers of its patents. See Assurance No. 14-015. The Attorney General’s investigation focused on MPHJ’s use of deceptive and abusive tactics when it contacted hundreds of small and m Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged Attorney General, deceptive trade, FTC, intellectual property, New York, patent, patent assertion, patent troll, settlement, Texas, | 1 Comment

HSBC Sued by NY A.G. Over Foreclosure Abuse

HSBC Sued by NY A.G. Over Foreclosure Abuse Today, the New York State Attorney General’s Office (AGO) announced that it has filed suit against HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Mortgage Corporation (USA) in NY State Supreme Court in Erie County. See THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NY vs. HSBC BANK USA. The lawsuit states that HSBC is failing to follow state law related to foreclosure actions, thereby putting homeowners at greater risk of losing their homes.   Background   In New York, loans for real property are secured through mortgages rather than through deeds of trust. New York, unlike trust states, is a judicial foreclosure state. In states like New York, mortgage foreclosure actions must proceed through the judiciary Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged foreclosure, HSBC, | 5 Comment

“First-Sale” Resellers Rejoice

“First-Sale” Resellers Rejoice SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES KIRTSAENG, DBA BLUECHRISTINE99 (Petitioner) v. JOHN WILEY & SONS, INC. (Respondent) No. 11–697. Argued October 29, 2012—Decided March 19, 2013   COMMENT   Recently, a seminal decision was issued by the Supreme Court of the United States that undoubtedly affects the scope of rights for copyright holders as well as the resellers of those copyrighted works.   Background   John Wiley & Sons, Inc., an academic textbook publisher, often assigns to its wholly owned foreign subsidiary (Wiley Asia) rights to publish, print, and sell foreign editions of Wiley’s E Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged Intellectual property law, Resellers, | 8 Comment

After Patent Life, FDA says NO to Generic OxyContin

After Patent Life, FDA says NO to Generic OxyContin Background   Under the Food, Drug, & Cosmetic (FD&C) Act and implementing regulations, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for ensuring that all new drugs are safe and effective. FDA also regulates the advertising and promotion of prescription drugs under the FD&C Act.   Purdue Pharma L.P., based in Stamford, CT, is a privately held pharmaceutical company founded by physicians. The FDA approved Purdue Pharma’s controlled-release pain reliever OxyContin in 1995. OxyContin (oxycodone hydrochloride controlled-release) is an opioid analgesic supplied in various dosa Read More

Posted in Blog | Tagged FDA, OxyContin, patent law, Patent Life, | 1 Comment