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eDiscovery: The View From Singapore

The Singaporean government has adopted aggressive measures to become a regional center for dispute resolution and arbitration in areas ranging from intellectual property, to oil and gas arbitration....more

Patent Watch: Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Contractors USA, Inc.

[W]e have rarely held that objective evidence is sufficient to overcome a prima facie case of obviousness [but in certain cases] the objective evidence "establish[es] that an invention appearing to have been obvious in light...more

Shell Oil Co. v. Ross: Texas Supreme Court Opinion on the Statute of Limitations Favors Operators over Royalty Owners

In December 2011, the Texas Supreme Court issued its latest decision on the statute of limitations and fraudulent concealment exception. In the case, Shell entered into a mineral lease with the Ross family in 1961. Under the...more