Intellectual Property – May 23, 2012

by McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 4/18/2012

In a decision ripe for Supreme Court review (appropriately, this time), a fractured Federal Circuit delivered a plurality opinion in Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. v. Hemcon, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012) (en banc). The case...more

by Neil Guthrie on 3/15/2012

A summary of recent developments in the law you may find interesting or relevant -- or both....more

by Neil Guthrie on 2/14/2012

Flying body parts, kitty litter and some neat contracts cases: all this and more in the BLG Monthly Update for February 2012...more

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 1/20/2012

The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act bars suits for false marking of patent rights except those brought by the federal government or in which a competitor can establish competitive injury. Now a district court in Virginia has...more

by Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP on 11/10/2011

The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A., 131 S. Ct. 2060 (2011) establishes a new standard for proving intent to induce patent infringement. 35 U.S.C. § 271(b) provides that a defendant...more

by Finnegan on 11/3/2011

Recent decisions by appellate courts in Canada and the United States highlight the sharp conflict in judicial application of the statutory "utility" requirements under the patent laws of those countries. The decisions...more

by Brooks Kushman P.C. on 7/25/2011

X. COPYRIGHTS/PREEMPTION A. CASE LAW 1. U.S. District Courts a. Cvent Inc. v. Eventbrite Inc. 80 BNA’s PTCJ 734 The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled on September...more

by Loeb & Loeb LLP on 6/29/2011

Table of Contents: •Cabell v. Sony Pictures Entertainment •Glen E. Friedman v. Thierry Guetta Cabell v. Sony Pictures Entertainment, USCA Second Circuit, June 24, 2011 •Circuit court affirms summary judgment in...more