America Invents Act, First Amendment

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The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act is a United States federal statute enacted in 2011 aimed at simplifying the U.S. patent system and allowing inventions to be brough to market sooner. The AIA makes significant changes to the patent system, including changing from a first-to-invent scheme to a first-to-file scheme, eliminating interference proceedings and developing post-grant opposition. less -

Last Week In The Federal Circuit (July 5-8): The Case of the Moonlighting Patent Attorney

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Federal Circuitry on 7/15/2022

Precedential opinions: 1 Non-precedential opinions: 8 Rule 36: 4 Longest pending case from argument: Tris Pharma, Inc. v. Actavis Lab’ys FL, Inc., No. 21-1495 (121 days)...more

2017-18 Supreme Court Update

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/29/2018

In the 2017-18 term, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide a number of potentially significant disputes relevant to businesses, including those involving constitutional protections, class actions and other corporate liability...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - June 2017

A&O Shearman on 6/22/2017

Shearman & Sterling’s IP litigation team has published its quarterly newsletter. The newsletter covers a wide range of current IP topics: the Supreme Court’s TC Heartland patent-venue decision, the constitutionality of inter...more

Intellectual Property Bulletin - Winter 2017

Fenwick & West LLP on 2/10/2017

A Smooth Patch in a Rough Road? Governmental Transition and Intellectual Property - Whenever a new Congress convenes, some IP issues come to the fore while others take a back seat. Transition to a new administration in the...more

Bass Opposes Sanctions and Defends His Actions at the PTAB

Fish & Richardson on 8/12/2015

On July 28, 2015, Celgene filed a motion for sanctions in IPR Nos. 2015-01092 and 2015-01103, proceedings challenging the validity of Celgene patents covering Thalomid®, Revlimid® and Pomalyst®. Celgene specifically...more

Washington Redskins Challenge the Constitutionality of Section 2(a) of the Lanham Act

The Washington Redskins trademark controversy is far from over. Despite the fact that certain news and sports commentators and mainstream newspapers and organizations have announced that they will no longer use the term...more

Skadden's 2013 Insights: Global Litigation

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/21/2013

New legal ground is expected to be broken this year in areas of importance to companies and their directors, officers and executives. We see those developments coming from around the globe and defining the litigation...more

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