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Patent Watch: Frolow v. Wilson Sporting Goods Co.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 3/26/2013

On March 15, 2013, in Frolow v. Wilson Sporting Goods Co., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Newman, Clevenger, Moore*) affirmed-in-part, reversed-in-part and remanded the district court's summary judgment...more

It’s Not Just Boilerplate! Best practices for drafting collaboration agreements to protect your IP

by Elizabeth Howard, Michael Spillner | Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/18/2013

In This Presentation: - 1. The collaboration conundrum - 2. The Tekmira case: a cautionary tale Outline - 3. Best practices for drafting specific provisions Please see full presentation below for more...more

W.L. Gore’s Impact on Pending Maryland Cases and Audits

by Stephen Blazick, Alexandra Sampson | Reed Smith on 2/15/2013

In a case decided late last month, Comptroller of the Treasury v. Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc. and Future Value, Inc., Nos. 1696 and 1697 (January 24, 2013), the Maryland Court of Special Appeals held that patent royalties...more

Antitrust and Competition Newsletter - February 2013

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 2/8/2013

In This Issue: - A Modern Look at the Nine ‘No-Nos’ of Patent Licensing Under U.S. Antitrust Law: The First Four ‘No-Nos’ - Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Watson Reverse Payment Settlement Case - 7th Circuit...more

Federal Circuit Affirms ITC Jurisdiction for Non-Practicing Entities

by Michael Newman, James Wodarski | Mintz Levin - Intellectual Property on 2/1/2013

On January 10, 2013, the Federal Circuit reaffirmed broad ITC jurisdiction for non-practicing patent enforcement entities by denying Nokia Corp.’s petition for rehearing of InterDigital Commc’ns, LLC v. Int’l Trade Comm’n...more

Federal Circuit Review - Volume 3 | Issue 1 - January 2013

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 1/29/2013

In This Issue: • Prior Litigation Precludes Lawsuit • Disclosure of Broad Genus Does Not Disclose Species • Preamble Limits Claims - Excerpt from Prior Litigation Precludes Lawsuit: In...more

How Do You Solve a Problem Like PAEs?

by Robert P. Davis, Jeffri Kaminski | Venable LLP on 1/17/2013

Policy makers in Washington, DC have been hearing about the problems created by patent assertion entities – PAEs or, to some, “patent trolls” – from a number of quarters over the past few years. PAEs are generally entities...more

How Does Bankruptcy Affect Rights Under an Agreement Not to Sue on Patents?

by Ella Shenhav, Kevin J. Walsh | Mintz Levin - Bankruptcy, Restructuring &... on 1/16/2013

When a debtor rejects an executory contract, Section 365(n) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a licensee of intellectual property to retain certain rights under the rejected contract. An important question arises, therefore,...more

Watch That Incubator

by MoFo Tech on 1/10/2013

Make sure you’re protected before diving into academic collaboration - Today, many universities operate business incubators, and some are seeing significant success. Since 2006, for example, the University of...more

USPTO Proposes to Require Disclosure of Patent Ownership, Exclusive Licenses

by Courtenay C. Brinckerhoff | Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/18/2012

Last year, on November 23, 2011, the USPTO announced that it was considering collecting information on patent ownership and requiring disclosure of patent ownership information throughout the patent application process....more

Patent Watch: Cummins, Inc. v. TAS Distrib. Co.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 12/14/2012

[R]es judicata [may attach where] the present matter relates to patent invalidity, misuse, and unenforceability [and] the prior case dealt only with enforcing the "all reasonable efforts to market and sell" under [a license...more

Points & Authorities - Fall 2012

by Buchalter Nemer on 12/6/2012

In This Issue: - The Innovative Design Protection Act: Bound for Success or Doomed to Fail? - Strategic Licensing Considerations - New Faces - Points from the President - Think Again Before Walking Away from...more

Supreme Court of Canada Establishes Important Principles in Transfer Pricing

by Claire M.C. Kennedy, Martin P.J. Kratz Q.C., Darrel H. Pearson | Bennett Jones LLP on 12/3/2012

The Supreme Court of Canada recently released its judgment in The Queen v Glaxo Smith Kline Inc.,1 (Glaxo), which is the Court's first pronouncement on Canada's transfer pricing rules. Transfer pricing involves the allocation...more

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