Civil Procedure – May 23, 2012

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/22/2012

In Leader Technologies, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc., No. 11-1366 (Fed. Cir. May. 8, 2012), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a District Court jury’s verdict that a software patent was invalid as...more

by Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/22/2012

Originally published in Law360, New York, May 21, 2012 -- On March 26, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a much anticipated GVR (grant [certiorari], vacate and remand) order in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. the...more

by Saul Ewing LLP on 5/18/2012

In This Issue: - Will the U.S. Supreme Court Uphold Race-Based Affirmative Action? pages 1 - 3 - UCLA and Professor Face Fines and Criminal Charges in the Aftermath of Fatal Lab Fire pages 4 - 5 - Law School...more

by Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP on 5/18/2012

Representing a compromise in the pharmaceutical industry in balancing patent exclusivity against market competition, the effect of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act (commonly known as the Hatch-Waxman...more

by Cullen and Dykman LLP on 5/16/2012

Data obtained from social networking websites continues to become more essential to developing a parties’ case. Production of that data, however, has become more burdensome for the companies developing the technology. For...more

by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP on 5/15/2012

On May 7, 2012, the Ministry of Justice for British Columbia announced the introduction of Bill 44, the Civil Resolution Tribunal Act. If enacted, British Columbia would become the first jurisdiction in Canada to create a...more

by Patton Boggs LLP on 5/10/2012

On Monday, a California jury found that the Google, Inc. Android mobile device software infringed Oracle Corp. copyrights that cover their Java product. Oracle acquired Java from Sun Microsystems several years ago and sued...more

by Morgan Lewis on 5/10/2012

Decision by court of appeals affirms that settlements that do not expand the exclusionary scope of a patent are not subject to antitrust challenge. On April 25, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit affirmed...more