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Federal Circuit Review - Volume 3 | Issue 2 February 2013

by Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: • Licensing to Foreign Manufacturers Satisfies Domestic Industry • Appeal Found to Be Moot in Light of “Side Bet” • Mere Design Choice Leads to Obviousness Finding • Design Patent Infringement...more

Lessons From 2012 About California Appellate Procedure

by Justin Rodriguez | Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 2/27/2013

Appellate courts invariably face lawyers who fail to follow the rules that govern appeals. Learned Hand famously threw a 150-page brief over the bench and onto counsel's table after exclaiming that he would not read it...more

Patent Watch: Allflex U.S.A., Inc. v. Avid Identification Sys., Inc.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 1/18/2013

[Where] the appellant has identified no relationship between the valuation placed on the appeal and the issues the appellant wishes to challenge, the parties have simply placed a "side bet" on the outcome of the appeal, which...more

Delaware Supreme Court Allows Opt-Out Right in Securities Case Certified on Equitable Grounds

by Frank Oliva | BakerHostetler on 1/16/2013

In In Re Celera Corporation Shareholder Litigation, No. 212, 2012 (Del. Dec. 27, 2012), the Delaware Supreme Court reversed the lower Court of Chancery and ruled that a large holder of Celera Corporation (“Celera”) shares...more

Delaware Supreme Court Addresses Settlement of Class Action Deal Litigation

by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 1/8/2013

In the final days of 2012, the Delaware Supreme Court resolved an appeal arising out of class action litigation concerning the sale of Celera Corporation to Quest Diagnostics, Inc. The litigation was settled by agreement of...more

In re Celera Corp. S’holder Litig., No. 212, 2012 (Del. Dec. 27, 2012)

by Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP on 1/7/2013

In this en banc decision, the Delaware Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Chancery’s certification of a class representative in a breach of fiduciary duty action, even though the class representative sold its stock in the...more

Ninth Circuit Dismisses Challenge to Injunction in Delta Smelt Case

by Paul Weiland | Nossaman LLP on 8/23/2012

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has granted a motion by appellees to dismiss an appeal pursued by the Natural Resources Defense Council and other organizations from an interim order enjoining one...more

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