The upcoming U.S. Supreme Court term promises to be a big one, featuring a patent case that could be a game changer for many clients and a host of other cases that may affect how tech and life sciences companies deal with...more
10/2/2017
/ Administrative Proceedings ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Carpenter v US ,
Chevron Deference ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Digital Realty Trust Inc v Somers ,
Dodd-Frank ,
Energy Sector ,
Epic Systems Corp v Lewis ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
First Amendment ,
Fourth Amendment ,
Free Exercise Clause ,
Free Speech ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Internal Reporting ,
LGBTQ ,
Location Data ,
Masterpiece Cakeshop Ltd v Colorado Civil Rights Commission ,
NLRA ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Public Accommodation ,
Religious Discrimination ,
SAS Institute Inc. v Lee ,
SCOTUS ,
Search & Seizure ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Securities Violations ,
Stored Communications Act ,
Technology Sector ,
USPTO ,
Whistleblowers
For the past 27 years, plaintiffs have been able to bring patent-infringement suits against most corporations almost anywhere in the United States. So-called non-practicing entities, also known as patent “trolls,” have taken...more
5/24/2017
/ Food Manufacturers ,
Forum Shopping ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Multidistrict Litigation ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
SCOTUS ,
State of Incorporation ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Venue
Supreme Court Expands Discretion to Award Enhanced Damages for Patent Infringement and Eliminates the Federal Circuit’s ‘Seagate Test’ -
In Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., the U.S. Supreme Court...more
8/19/2016
/ 35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Common Law Claims ,
Copyright ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Dilution ,
DMCA ,
Domain Names ,
Enhanced Damages ,
Halo v Pulse ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Judicial Discretion ,
Lanham Act ,
Likelihood of Confusion ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Misappropriation ,
Musical Sound Recordings ,
Paris Convention ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Safe Harbors ,
SCOTUS ,
Seagate ,
Standard of Proof ,
Standard of Review ,
The Copyright Act ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademark Registration ,
Trademarks ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
TRIPS Agreement ,
USPTO ,
UTSA ,
Video Recordings ,
Willful Infringement