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Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

2023 ITC Section 337 Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Rule and Procedural Developments at the ITC in 2023

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2023 was a calm year for the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) with no revisions to the USITC Rules & Procedures.1 And while the number of Section 337 complaints filed experienced a three-year low, administrative law...more

Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP

Would Congress' Proposed ITC Reforms Thwart NPEs?

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Nonpracticing entities have been increasingly active at the U.S. International Trade Commission in recent years, bringing a record 32% of Section 337 Investigations in 2022. In a sense, the rise of NPEs at the ITC was by...more

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2019 Report: Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB - Summaries of Key 2018 Decisions

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In 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit docketed close to 600 appeals from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). That is the second highest number since starting to hear post-American Invents Act...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Pigs Fly, Hell Has Frozen Over, and the New York Times Supports Small Inventor and University Patenting

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Admittedly, only on its Op-Ed page. But last Saturday Joe Nocera wrote a remarkably sane and reasoned column, entitled "The Patent Troll Smokescreen," pointing out that "big companies with large lobbying budgets" are using...more

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