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News & Analysis as of May 19, 2013

California Federal Court Awards Millions for Predictive Coding Costs in Document Review

by Christopher Corsi, Philip Yannella | Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/18/2013

A federal court in California recently awarded defendants in a patent infringement case more than $2.8 million in attorneys’ fees relating to the use of “predictive coding,” also known as “computer-assisted technology,” to...more

Computer-Assisted Review Costs Awarded in California Patent Case

by Stephanie A. Blair, Jennifer Williams | Morgan Lewis on 3/4/2013

Court finds that using technology to undertake more efficient document review is reasonable. On February 1, Judge Anthony J. Battaglia of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California awarded more...more

NEW JERSEY CHANCERY DIVISION DECISION PROVIDES TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF HOW NOT TO PART WAYS WITH AN EMPLOYER AND START YOUR OWN...

by Kevin O'Connor on 1/17/2013

In my prior blogs I’ve addressed the legal remedies available to employers when employees violate confidentiality agreements or restrictive covenants, and unfairly compete. A new opinion by Judge Frederic Kessler, P.J. Ch....more

IP Update, Vol. 15, No. 4, April 2012

by McDermott Will & Emery on 4/30/2012

In This Issue: - Patents *Patent Applicants Can Submit New Evidence to the District Court in Civil Actions Under §145 *To Quote Mark Twain, “Reports of My (Inequitable Conduct) Death Have Been Greatly...more

Incontestable - December 2011/January 2012

by Finnegan on 1/26/2012

In this issue: Ascentive, LLC v. Opinion Corp., 2011 WL 6181452 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 13, 2011); L.F.P. IP, Inc. v. Hustler Cincinnati, Inc., 2011 WL 5024356 (S.D. Ohio Oct. 20, 2011); Marketquest Group, Inc. v. BIC Corp., 2011 WL...more