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Federal Circuit Rejects Google’s Bid To Shrink ITC Jurisdiction over Post-Importation Acts of Indirect Infringement

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s elimination of “Chevron deference” in the Loper decision, many commentators have suggested that the ITC’s authority over unfair imports under Section 337 might be curtailed. See Loper Bright...more

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

[Webinar] Trade Secrets at the ITC - November 15th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET

Directors Uma Everett and Paul Ainsworth will present the “Trade Secrets at the ITC” webinar on Wednesday, November 15, 2023, at 1:00 PM (EDT). During the webinar, attendees will understand strategic considerations...more

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

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

Fish & Richardson

ITC Monthly Wrap-Up: June 2022

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This month, there were two new complaints filed at the ITC, including complaints filed by Velodyne Lidar USA, Inc. (Certain Rotating 3-D LiDAR Devices, Components Thereof, and Sensing Systems Containing the Same, Inv. No....more

BakerHostetler

[Webinar] One Year of Patent Law in 60 Minutes - February 24th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST

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Give us an hour of your time and we will deliver a fun and free CLE with a fast-paced overview on the state of patent law. In their fourth annual webinar, BakerHostetler Partners Michael E. Anderson and Jason F. Hoffman will...more

Orrick - Trade Secrets Group

ITC’s Expansive Reach over Trade Secrets Developed and Misappropriated Abroad

Trade secret protections are a powerful tool for companies seeking to police international theft of their intellectual property. The United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”) recently re-affirmed this, when...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

The Long Arm of American Enforcement: How Companies Without U.S. Operations Can Still Find Themselves Facing U.S. Law and...

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...Think your company and its employees are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities? Maybe you don’t have U.S. operations there, or your company isn’t publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange. Perhaps you don’t directly sell or...more

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[Webinar] Patent Law: 2019 Year End Review (and 2020 Preview) - February 26th, 12:00 pm ET

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This timely and fast-moving webinar provides insight for business leaders and legal counsel, highlighting many of the significant holdings by the Supreme Court and Federal Circuit in patent cases in 2019 and what issues are...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

The International Trade Commission Has Broad Jurisdictional Authority, Including Indirect Sellers

On April 26, 2019, Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Lord clearly stated in Certain Intraoral Scanner and Related Hardware and Software that the International Trade Commission’s (“ITC”) jurisdictional authority extends to...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

The Federal Circuit Finds Jurisdiction over the ITC’s Decision Not to Institute an Investigation Under Section 337 and Explains...

• The International Trade Commission (ITC) can decline to institute an investigation when a complaint fails to state a cognizable claim under Section 337 of the Tariff Act, 19 U.S.C. § 1337 (“Section 337”). • A decision...more

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Federal Circuit Asserts Jurisdiction to Review ITC’s Non-Institution Decision

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In a long-awaited decision, a split panel of the Federal Circuit confirmed on May 1, 2019, that the Court has jurisdiction to review the ITC’s decision not to institute an investigation. Amarin Pharma, Inc. v. Int’l Trade...more

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Don’t Try to Enforce Forum Selection Clauses at the ITC

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A recent decision by the International Trade Commission (”ITC”) in Investigation No. 337-TA-1091, suggests that the ITC may not enforce forum selection clauses that typically bind private parties to raise disputes in a...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

International Trade Commission Becomes Even More Potent Venue for Victims of Trade Secret Misappropriation

Speed is almost always of the essence for the victim of trade secret misappropriation. Many companies ground their business in proprietary information that, if made public, would make the exclusive product or service those...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit:

The big news this week (and it is particularly big news in Tyler and Marshall, Texas) is that the ?Supreme Court rules that a defendant “resides” for purposes of the patent venue statute only ?where the defendant actually ?is...more

McDermott Will & Emery

2017 Intellectual Property Law Year In Review

Though politics ruled the headlines in 2016, the year still brought big changes in intellectual property law and its application, most notably in patent subject matter eligibility, inter partes review institution and appeal...more

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Judge Oetken Holds That Forum-Selection Clause in License Agreement Does Not Trump First-to-File Rule Altogether

On September 16, 2016, District Judge J. Paul Oetken (S.D.N.Y.) denied plaintiff Comcast Corp.’s (“Comcast”) motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin defendant Rovi Corp. (“Rovi”) from continuing to litigate its...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

ITC Declines to File Petition for Certiorari – CAFC Holding that ITC Does Not Have Jurisdiction over Digital Imports Stands

The deadline has come and gone for the ITC and patentee Align to file petitions for certiorari seeking review by the Supreme Court of the Federal Circuit’s decision in ClearCorrect. On November 10, 2015, a panel of the...more

Pillsbury - Internet & Social Media Law Blog

Rehearing Denial Leaves ITC’s Jurisdiction Tethered to the Material World

Last week, the en banc Federal Circuit declined to rehear its November 10, 2015, decision in ClearCorrect v. ITC, 2014-1527, leaving the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) Section 337 jurisdiction to “material...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Federal Circuit Decides Not to Rehear ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. ITC, Finding the ITC Does Not Have Jurisdiction over Digital...

On March 31, 2016, in a blow to the software and entertainment industries, the Federal Circuit denied the International Trade Commission’s (“ITC”) request for a rehearing en banc of the Federal Circuit’s November 10, 2015...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Year in Review: The Most Popular Blog Posts of 2015

As 2016 begins and IP strategies are being developed for the new year, it is a good time to reflect on what IP issues were prominent in 2015. According to the many readers of Global IP Matters, hot topics included navigating...more

Knobbe Martens

Federal Circuit Review | December 2015

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Expert Testimony Not Always Necessary to Establish Prima Facie Obviousness Case in Inter Partes Review - In Belden Inc. v. Berk-Tek LLC, Appeal Nos. 2014-1575, 2014-1576, on appeal from an IPR, the Federal Circuit...more

King & Spalding

ITC Section 337 Update – November 2015

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Federal Circuit Panel Rules Commission Lacks Jurisdiction Over Digital Transmissions – On November 10, 2015, the Federal Circuit issued a 2-1 panel opinion in ClearCorrect Operating LLC v. ITC, Appeal No. 2014-1527, reversing...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

ITC Has No Jurisdiction to Block Infringing “Electronic Transmissions”

On November 10, a panel of the Federal Circuit reversed a landmark ITC decision blocking the importation of digital information that infringes a patent. This decision has potential ramifications for a wide-range of companies...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Federal Circuit Rules That ITC Does Not Have Jurisdiction Over Digital Imports

On November 10, 2015, the Federal Circuit issued its opinion in ClearCorrect Operating, LLC v. ITC, and struck a blow to both the ITC and the entertainment and software industries by overturning the ITC’s opinion and finding...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Federal Circuit Rules Digital Data Transmitted Into The U.S. Is Not An “Article” Within ITC’s Juridiction (Clearcorrect,...

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Today, a divided three-judge panel of the Federal Circuit (Prost, O’Malley concurring and Newman dissenting) ruled that the U.S. International Trade Commission’s (ITC) authority to provide remedies for unfair acts involving...more

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