Surveying Intellectual Property: Predictions for the Supreme Court’s Rulings in 10 IP Cases

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:39:54 +0000

There are now ten IP cases under review in the Supreme Court. Why so many? And what will the Court do? The Supreme Court docket demonstrates the accelerating importance of intellectual property. In the decade of the 1990s the Supreme Court wrote seven patent opinions. The prior two decades saw a similar volume of patent cases.

Colorado Court of Appeals: Announcement Sheet, 2/27/2014

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:39:10 +0000

On Thursday, February 27, 2014, the Colorado Court of Appeals issued six published opinions and 32 unpublished opinions.

Tenth Circuit: Unpublished Opinions, 2/26/2014

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:38:45 +0000

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals issued no published opinions and three unpublished opinions.

HB 14-1162: Allowing Victims of Sexual Assault Who Conceive Children as a Result of the Assault to Terminate Perpetrator’s Parent-Child Legal Relationship

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:38:08 +0000

On January 17, 2014, Rep. Lois Landgraf introduced HB 14-1162 - Concerning Protection of the Victim of a Sexual Assault in Cases where a Child was Conceived as a Result of the Sexual Assault, and, in Connection Therewith, Making Legislative Changes in Response to the Study by and the Report of the Recommendations from the Task Force on Children Conceived Through Rape.

HB 14-1165: Limiting the Amount of Payment Property Owners Can Withhold from Construction Professionals

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:37:47 +0000

On January 21, 2014, Rep. Randy Fischer and Sen. Lois Tochtrop introduced HB 14-1165 - Concerning a Limit on the Retainage Allowed under a Private Construction Contract.

HB 14-1183: Requiring Director of Registrations to Reinstate Expired Professional Licenses for Returning Service Members

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:37:23 +0000

On January 29, 2014, Rep. Rhonda Fields and Sen. Matt Jones introduced HB 14-1183 - Concerning the Reinstatement of the Authority for Active Military Personnel to Practice Professionally.

HB 14-1159: Exempting Biogas Components from State Sales and Use Tax

Fri, 28 Feb 2014 15:36:59 +0000

On January 17, 2014, Rep. Dave Young and Sen. Gail Schwartz introduced HB 14-1159 - Concerning a State Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Components used in Biogas Production Systems.

Winds of Change (Part 3)

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 05:10:34 +0000

My wife is used to the kinds of research I do for these articles, but even she raised an eyebrow when I brought home James Hillman’s book Suicide and the Soul. “Is there something I should know?” she asked. Yeah, I think so. I think there’s something we all should know, not just about individual lawyer suicides, but also about how they mirror the collective, transformational death occurring in our profession.

Colorado Rule of Evidence 803(10) Amended to Conform to Changes to FRE 803(10)

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 05:09:56 +0000

On Wednesday, February 26, 2014, the Colorado State Judicial Branch announced Rule Change 2014(03), amending subsection 10 of Colorado Rule of Evidence 803.

Tenth Circuit: Defendant’s Sentence Vacated Because Amount of Methamphetamine in PSR Not Supported by Trial Testimony

Thu, 27 Feb 2014 05:09:04 +0000

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals published its opinion in United States v. Harrison on Tuesday, February 25, 2014.