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Paul Devinsky

Paul Devinsky

McDermott Will & Emery


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Patent Exhaustion Rejected: Patented Seed Purchaser Has No Right to Make Copies

The Supreme Court in Bowman v. Monsanto Co. ruled unanimously that a farmer’s replanting of harvested seeds constituted making new infringing articles. While the case is important for agricultural industries, the Supreme...more

5/17/2013 - Antitrust Investigations Bowman v Monsanto Genetically Engineered Seed Monsanto Patent Exhaustion Patents Seeds

En Banc Federal Circuit Issues Five Opinions in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation

The long-awaited decision held that method, computer-readable medium and system claims for technology related to “the management of risk relating to specified, yet unknown, future events” were not directed to patentable...more

5/15/2013 - CLS Bank CLS Bank v Alice Corp Patent-Eligible Subject Matter Patents Preemption

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 4, April 2013

Obviousness-Type Double Patenting May Exist When There Is Neither Common Ownership nor Common Inventorship - Addressing an obviousness-type double patenting rejection, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...more

4/30/2013 - Affidavits Claim Construction Copyright Copyright Infringement Discovery DMCA Infringement Patents Prior Art Rules of Professional Conduct Safe Harbors Trademarks USPTO

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 3, March 2013

In This Issue: Supreme Court - Supreme Court Finds That “First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Works Patents - Joint Actors as It Relates to Method Claim Infringement; Federal Circuit Ruling Clears Way...more

3/29/2013 - America Invents Act Covered Business Method Patents Doctrine of Equivalents First Sale Doctrine Generic Drugs Patents Trademarks

“First Sale” Doctrine Applies to Works Lawfully Made Abroad and Imported to the United States

In a decision that may significantly impact international production and distribution practices for copyrighted works, the Supreme Court of the United States on Tuesday found that the Copyright Act’s first sale doctrine was...more

3/21/2013 - Copyright Exports First Sale Doctrine Grey Market Imports Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons SCOTUS

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 2, -- February 2013

In This Issue: Patents - Supreme Court: State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim; Nothing Non-Obvious About Applying Pre-Existing Technology to the Internet; The Federal Circuit Is Not the Place...more

2/28/2013 - Adverse Inference Instructions America Invents Act Assignor Estoppel Attorney Malpractice Commercial Bankruptcy Covenant Not to Sue Design Patent Destruction of Evidence Direct Infringement Fendi First-to-File Gunn v Minton Infringement Jurisdiction Mattel MGA Entertainment Misappropriation Obviousness Patents SCOTUS Trade Secrets Trademarks

Supreme Court Rules that a State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim Involving a Federal Patent Issue

The Supreme Court of the United States, in Gunn v. Minton, determined that a Texas state court had jurisdiction over a legal malpractice claim, even though resolving the claim required the state court to address an issue of...more

2/25/2013 - Attorney Malpractice Federal Question Jurisdiction Grable Factors Gunn v Minton Mixed Motive Cases Patents SCOTUS

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2013

IN THIS ISSUE: Patents - Federal Circuit Clarifies ITC Domestic Industry Requirement for Non-Practicing Entities; Permanent Injunctions on the Rise?; Sanctioned Parties in Exceptional Cases Continue to Get Fresh...more

1/31/2013 - Infringement ITC Licenses Non-Practicing Entities Patents Section 337

Supreme Court: Broad Covenant Not to Sue Negates Jurisdiction over Counterclaims for Non-Infringement and Cancellation of...

In Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the trademark plaintiff’s voluntary dismissal of its infringement suit, together with a covenant not to sue, deprived the district court of...more

1/15/2013 - Already LLC Covenant Not to Sue Declaratory Relief Infringement Mootness Nike SCOTUS Trademarks

IP Update, Vol. 15, No. 12, December 2012

In This Issue: Patents - ..Federal Circuit Rules It’s Own Standards Apply When Considering Preliminary Injunctions ..Preliminary Testing of Medical Devices in Animals Enables Their Use in...more

12/28/2012 - America Invents Act Claim Construction Competition Copyright Infringement ITC Nonobviousness Obviousness Patent Assertion Entities Patents Pay-For-Delay Permanent Injunctions Preliminary Injunctions Reissue Patents Restitution Trade Secrets Trademarks Walker Process Claims

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