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The perfect confidentiality agreements is, in most cases, overkill and in any event would probably never be signed. Hundreds, if not thousands, of CDAs, NDAs... Read More »
Written by Vicki Y. Nee, Susan Natland, and Boris Zelkind
Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland
Over the last year, there have been some significant... Read More »
Written by Rebecca L. Wright, Ph.D. and Jason J. Jardine
Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holldand
Does the use of Google AdWords amount to the... Read More »
Unified Patents' Offers First Quantitative Study of TC Heartland Impact
Since TC Heartland v. LLC D/B/A Heartland Food Products Group V. Kraft Foods Group... Read More »
Written by Peter E. Heuser, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Impression Products v. Lexmark will force patentees to get... Read More »
There were many new green patent complaints filed in March and April in the areas of advanced batteries, fuel efficiency, green cleaning solvents, LEDs, smart grid... Read More »
Monday, in a unanimous opinion (Goresuch did not participate), the Supreme Court interpreted the patent venue statute (28 USC s. 1400(b)) to require that the phrase... Read More »
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
The big news this week (and it is particularly big news in Tyler and Marshall, Texas) is that the... Read More »
Between February and May of this year, IPO, AIPLA and the ABA IP Section have released proposals for amendments to 35 U.S.C. s. 101 to void the Mayo/Alice Rule and to ... Read More »
LED colossus Nichia (the world’s largest supplier of LEDs) accused Everlight of infringing three patents relating to tiny LEDs used in LCD backlights, video... Read More »
Written by Lesley Kim and Robert Roby
Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland
In the fashion and beauty world, the copying of higher-priced brands is... Read More »
A new report by the Brookings Institution notes a troubling recent reversal in U.S. green patenting activity.
Specifically, the report found that the total number ... Read More »
Written by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland
Edited by Jeff Van Hoosear
On April 4, 2017, the Ninth Circuit ruled that Urban Outfitters and Century 21... Read More »
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
In Nichia the Circuit affirms the denial of a permanent injunction because Nichia failed to prove... Read More »
Written by Patrick Muffo & Kevin Mahoney, Seyfarth Shaw
Every day, companies unknowingly give up intellectual property and trade secrets which they could ... Read More »
The difference between "i.e." (id est, "that is") and "e.g." (exempli gratia, "for example") comes up in patent cases from... Read More »
In a previous post, in reaction to Apple’s game of branding hide-and-seek, I introduced the idea of a delay in initial publication of new U.S. trademark... Read More »
Written by Charlene A. Azema and Curtiss Dosier
On March 21, 2017 the Supreme Court issued a monumental holding removing the availability of laches as a defense... Read More »
In a continuing battle between NPE Core Wireless and Apple (in December, Core Wireless won a $7 million verdict in the Northern District of California), the... Read More »
In a non-precedential opinion in Ali v. Carnegie Institution of Washington, [2016-2320] (April 12, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the dismissal, on grounds of... Read More »