Recently, the Delaware Chancery Court and the Third Circuit issued three significant decisions on key issues affecting licensing and M&A transactions in the life sciences industry....more
9/16/2024
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Breach of Contract ,
Commercially Reasonable Efforts ,
Due Diligence ,
Earn-Outs ,
IP License ,
Johnson & Johnson ,
Life Sciences ,
Medical Devices ,
Mergers ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Royalties ,
Shareholders
The life sciences space is ever-growing and dynamic as the industry witnesses more companies and, therefore, more collaboration, licensing and M&A agreements, come into the spotlight. While these deals are exciting...more
9/29/2021
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Acquisitions ,
Arbitration ,
Commercially Reasonable Efforts ,
Contract Drafting ,
Contract Negotiations ,
Contract Termination ,
Contract Terms ,
Dispute Resolution ,
Due Diligence ,
Life Sciences ,
Merger Agreements ,
Mergers ,
Partnerships ,
Research and Development ,
Risk Mitigation
In a much anticipated opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed a California district court decision holding that Qualcomm violated U.S. antitrust laws in its licensing of standard-essential patents in...more
8/12/2020
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Anti-Competitive ,
Antitrust Provisions ,
Antitrust Violations ,
Appeals ,
Breach of Contract ,
Contract Disputes ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Exclusive Dealing Agreements ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
FRAND ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Qualcomm ,
Royalties ,
Standard Essential Patents
Since the Supreme Court’s 2014 decision in Alice v. CLS Corp., courts have invalidated countless patents directed toward computer-implemented inventions at the pleadings and summary judgement stage of the case. Earlier this...more
On May 24, 2018, the District of Massachusetts overhauled the Court’s local patent rules in an effort to promote consistency across patent cases and to streamline patent litigation in the District. Local Rule 16.6, entitled...more
In a unanimous 8-0 decision, the Supreme Court ruled on May 22, 2017, in TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC that for purposes of venue in patent-infringement litigation, a U.S. corporation “resides” only in the...more
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument in a case—TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Food Brands Group LLC, No. 16-341—that may lead to significant restrictions on where patent infringement cases can be filed. The Federal...more