With the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) set to go into effect on May 25, 2018, many questions remain as to what entities that control and process data from EU citizens must do to comply. ...more
The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday upended the status quo for venue in patent cases. For nearly three decades, with some limitations, corporate patent infringement defendants were deemed to "reside"—and thus venue was proper—in...more
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In an important decision in Commil USA, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., the U. S. Supreme Court held yesterday that a good-faith belief in the invalidity of a patent cannot negate the intent required for induced infringement. The...more