Patents
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Intellectual Property
The Billions Boost … Into Reverse?
A look at the potential consequences of the Federal Circuit’s reversal of VLSI’s $2 billion March 2021 WDTX verdict against Intel. -
Intellectual Property
The Patent Plaintiff's Edge ... And Burden
Let's revisit some of the conditions that led to the viability of IP Edge’s volume-based nuisance settlement approach to patent litigation. - Sponsored
How to Achieve Quicker, More Valuable Case Settlements with Minimal Effort: A Guide for Personal Injury Lawyers
We’re pleased to share the “Top 5 Things Carriers Are Looking for in Demands” — a guide authored by a lawyer with deep experience on… -
Law Schools
New Design Patent Bar Welcomes More Creative Lawyers To The IP World
Move over, hard sciences, because the new design patent bar is making way for lawyers with art backgrounds.
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Intellectual Property
Another Litigation Funding Splashdown In Houston
The importance of the networking opportunities at an event like LITFINCON can’t be overstated. -
Government
FTC Sees Red Over Alleged Misuse Of FDA Orange Book, Puts 10 Pharmas On Notice
The Federal Trade Commission says more than 100 patents from 10 biopharma companies are improperly listed in the FDA’s official publication of approved products. Such listings delay generic competition, which reduces consumer choice and keeps prices high, the regulator said. -
Intellectual Property
3 Lessons From The Delaware Bench Bar Conference (Part II)
The goings-on in Delaware are as relevant as ever to patent litigators and their clients. -
Intellectual Property
3 Lessons From The Delaware Bench Bar Conference (Part I)
No other district court other than Texas has as much impact on patent litigation as Delaware. -
Intellectual Property
The Patent Carpool
With the promise of additional 5G functionality for consumer vehicles comes a concomitant focus in the IP world on having a workable 5G patent licensing regime for automakers. - Sponsored
The Smartfirm Playbook - Thriving In Today’s Legal Landscape
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Intellectual Property
Simplifying The Complex In Patent Cases
The complexity only gets more challenging when damages are present in a patent case. -
Courts, Health Care / Medicine
GSK Patent Suit Aims To Halt Pfizer’s RSV Vaccine For Adults, But Not Infants
GSK claims that Pfizer’s FDA-approved vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus infringes on four patents protecting its own approved vaccine, Arexvy. The patent suit comes with the RSV season approaching. -
Intellectual Property
Infringement Is Infringement Is Infringement?
A precedential Federal Circuit decision issued last week helps define the scope of when res judicata defenses can apply. -
Courts, Intellectual Property
Supremely Important IP Decisions
It is always worth considering what can be learned about the Supreme Court’s view of IP cases when two decisions in such cases are issued on the same day. -
Intellectual Property
An Idea In Place
This dispute should remind companies and their independent contractors of the rules regarding co-inventorship.
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How to Achieve Quicker, More Valuable Case Settlements with Minimal Effort: A Guide for Personal Injury Lawyers
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Courts
The 'Skinny Labels' Case Will Have A Huge Impact On The Affordability Of Healthcare
I wish staying healthy could be cheaper. -
Intellectual Property
Restarting The Patent Treasure Hunt
For the purchasers of BlackBerry’s portfolio, the challenge laying ahead is an obvious one. -
Morning Docket
Morning Docket: 03.28.23
* Mayday mayday! Georgia prosecutor has until May 1 to respond to Trump effort to quash grand jury report. Or, in other words, Trump has inadvertently set May 1 deadline for Georgia prosecutors to level charges. [Reuters]
* Hold onto your hats, but a commodity with the word “crypto” in the title might have tried to hide from legal oversight. [Bloomberg Law News]
* FTC looks to make it harder for companies to ensnare consumers in difficult to leave subscriptions, which is an immensely popular move so I’m looking forward to the partisan flack this will generate. [Corporate Counsel]
* When analogies go wrong: Amgen asked the Supreme Court to think of their patents more like a steam engine, prompting Thomas to quip, “It seems as though you’re actually trying to patent the use of steam pressure….” [Courthouse News Service]
* “Football, but without helmets” is apparently also fraught with concussion liability. [BBC]
* A dive into why representation matters when you’re illegally possessing classified documents. [Salon]
* Trainee lawyer diverted $100K in client insurance payments to himself to cover gambling losses. [Roll On Friday]
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Intellectual Property
Meta Facing The Patent Music?
Facebook has had lots of luck when it comes to patents, but its luck may have just run out. -
Health Care / Medicine, Intellectual Property
Sanofi CEO: We Don’t Have A Leaky Bathtub
In a media briefing during the J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference in San Francisco, Paul Hudson said unlike Sanofi, large pharma companies with top-selling drugs have a portfolio akin to a leaky bathtub because in a few years, they will have to replace much of that revenue as drug patents expire. -
Biglaw
'Girls Can’t Get Rich Playing Sports,' And Other Reasons I Became An Attorney
A look at how representation and the lack thereof shaped the career of a female patent agent turned patent lawyer. -
Intellectual Property
California Dreaming
It will be interesting to see how the impact of this decision reverberates.