Vitual luncheon to explore ‘Economics of Intellectual Property’
The Michigan Intellectual Property Law Association (MIPLA) will host a virtual luncheon meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 19, from 1 to 2 p.m. via Zoom.
At the online event, Dr. Andrew M. Malec, partner & managing director at O’Keefe, and Anson E. Smuts, director & senior economist at O’Keefe, will present a webinar on the “Economics of Intellectual Property.”
The two will discuss how to monetize and protect the value of intellectual property, the derivation of royalty rates, intellectual property valuation considerations, and economic damage remedies.
Those interested in attending the virtual luncheon should email Andrea Arndt at AArndt@dickinsonwright.com by Jan.12 and she will send a link to the meeting a few hours before the meeting starts.
Chief justice praises work of federal courts during pandemic
WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts is praising federal courts nationwide for their flexibility in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledging in his annual year-end report the role technology has played in keeping courts running.
The high court has in the past been slow to embrace technology, but the justices conducted their first arguments by phone in May because of the pandemic and allowed the world to listen live, an unprecedented step.
Other courts around the country have held video and audio hearings.
Roberts did not speculate on when the court might resume-in person sessions.
Men cleared of murder sue Detroit suburb for millions
INKSTER (AP) — Two men cleared of murder have filed a lawsuit seeking millions of dollars from a Detroit-area police department for misconduct that kept them locked up in jail or prison for nearly 20 years.
Kevin Harrington and George Clark sued this week in federal court, arguing that their constitutional rights were violated by Inkster police after a fatal shooting in 2002.
Harrington and Clark insisted they were innocent and were finally cleared last spring by a special unit in the Wayne County prosecutor's office, which found a “disturbing pattern of behavior” from a detective, including threats against witnesses.
There was no physical evidence against the men.
Harrington and Clark were "seized without probable cause, charged with crimes they did not commit, wrongfully convicted and deprived of their liberty,” attorney Wolf Mueller said.
The men are each seeking $80 million in the lawsuit. Separately, they're seeking $50,000 for each month spent in prison under a Michigan law that compensates the wrongly convicted.
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