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DOJ Issues Rare Unfavorable Business Review Letter Regarding Patent Licensing Pools

by Shylah R. Alfonso, Jacqueline Young | Perkins Coie on 5/21/2013

On March 26, 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) issued a rare negative business review letter declining to approve a plan by Intellectual Property Exchange International Inc. (IPXI) to offer a financial exchange for...more

ITC Section 337 Update - May 15, 2013

by King & Spalding on 5/20/2013

Federal Circuit Affirms Commission Determination That Litigation Activities Unrelated To Licensing Do Not Satisfy Domestic Industry – On May 13, 2013, the Federal Circuit affirmed a January 2012 Commission determination that...more

Patent Watch: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Genentech, Inc.

by Lawrence M. Sung | BakerHostetler on 5/16/2013

On May 10, 2013, in Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Genentech, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (Rader, Dyk, Reyna*) affirmed the district court's denial of Genentech's motion to enjoin Sanofi from...more

IP: Three things to know about mediating licensing disputes - Follow these tips to have the best opportunity for settlement in IP...

by Zela Claiborne | JAMS, The Resolution Experts on 4/12/2013

The number of IP disputes resolved in mediation has continued to increase as more attorneys make efforts to find a speedy resolution and cut litigation time and cost for their clients. Only a small percentage of costly patent...more

AIA Impact on University Innovation and Tech Transfer [Video]

by Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 4/10/2013

With the new First-Inventor-to-File system, the America Invents Act of 2012 has ushered in a particular set of challenges for universities and technology centers. Historically, these institutions wait to file patent...more

WLF Submits Comments on Abbott's Citizen Petition on Biosimilars

by Donald Zuhn | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/7/2013

Last April, Abbott Laboratories filed a Citizen Petition with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, asking the agency to refrain from accepting biosimilar applications under the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act...more

European Commission Proposes Changes to the Rules Applicable to Technology Licensing

by Wilko van Weert, Philipp Werner | McDermott Will & Emery on 3/4/2013

On 20 February 2013, the European Commission launched a public consultation in relation to a draft proposal for a revised block exemption for technology transfer agreements (the proposal). The Commission seeks to improve and...more

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

Proposed Amendments to the EU Competition Assessment of Technology Transfers

by Neil Baylis, Jennifer Marsh | K&L Gates LLP on 2/27/2013

The European Commission (the "Commission") is considering revisions to the rules governing the assessment of technology transfer agreements such as patent licences in advance of the expiry of the existing rules on 30 April...more

Legal Alert: Better Luck Next Time? Trial Judge Rejects RICO Claim Against Innovatio IP Ventures, Wireless Hot Spot NPE

by Ann Fort, Malvern Griffin III, Jeremy Spier | Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP on 2/8/2013

For those interested in the unique legal issues presented by the licensing and litigation efforts of non-practicing entities, the Chicago-based litigation involving non-practicing entity Innovatio IP Ventures, LLC, has...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2013

IN THIS ISSUE: Patents - Federal Circuit Clarifies ITC Domestic Industry Requirement for Non-Practicing Entities; Permanent Injunctions on the Rise?; Sanctioned Parties in Exceptional Cases Continue to Get Fresh...more

BayhDol25 Files Amicus Brief in Bowman v. Monsanto

by Kevin E. Noonan | McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 1/31/2013

"Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way." - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina A great many amicus briefs have been filed in support of affirmance of the Federal Circuit's decision in Bowman...more

The Patent-Antitrust Interface: Are There Any No-No's Today?

by William Coston | Venable LLP on 1/31/2013

Antitrust law and patent law are legal tectonic plates – always in motion, occasionally converging, occasionally diverging, and occasionally moving in parallel relation. As patent suits have recently multiplied, the...more

"New Year Will See More Policing of Patent Conduct by US and EU Competition Agencies"

by Simon Baxter, Alec Chang, Ian John, James Keyte, Sharis Pozen, Ingrid Vandenborre | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 1/30/2013

If recent events are any indication, U.S. and European antitrust agencies will remain focused this year on the intersection of intellectual property and competition law. In particular, the agencies have concluded that under...more

Intellectual Property Newsletter - January 2013

by King & Spalding on 1/29/2013

In This Issue: *News From the Bench - Enough Already, Supreme Court Tells Petitioner in Mythology-Laced Opinion. - Divided Fed. Circuit Affirms Patentability of Claims to a 12-Can Dispenser Carton. -...more

A warning to US & foreign companies on Australian patent infringement by common design: Bayer Pharma AG v Genentech Inc [2012] FCA...

by Tom Gumley, Greg Noonan | Freehills Patent Attorneys on 1/23/2013

US and other foreign companies that do not have Australian commercial operations will be interested in this decision because it contains prima facie findings that some, perhaps, widely used commercial practices involving...more

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DOJ Issues Rare Unfavorable Business Review Letter Regarding Patent Licensing Pools

ITC Section 337 Update - May 15, 2013

Patent Watch: Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Genentech, Inc.

IP: Three things to know about mediating licensing disputes - Follow these tips to have the best opportunity for settlement in IP...

AIA Impact on University Innovation and Tech Transfer [Video]

WLF Submits Comments on Abbott's Citizen Petition on Biosimilars

European Commission Proposes Changes to the Rules Applicable to Technology Licensing

Federal Circuit Review - Volume 3 | Issue 2 February 2013

Proposed Amendments to the EU Competition Assessment of Technology Transfers

Legal Alert: Better Luck Next Time? Trial Judge Rejects RICO Claim Against Innovatio IP Ventures, Wireless Hot Spot NPE

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 1, January 2013

BayhDol25 Files Amicus Brief in Bowman v. Monsanto

The Patent-Antitrust Interface: Are There Any No-No's Today?

"New Year Will See More Policing of Patent Conduct by US and EU Competition Agencies"

Intellectual Property Newsletter - January 2013

A warning to US & foreign companies on Australian patent infringement by common design: Bayer Pharma AG v Genentech Inc [2012] FCA...

Countdown to The Introduction of The New Patent Box Regime

China Life Sciences - January 2013

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

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Network Interference: A Legal Guide to the Commercial Risks and Rewards of the Social Media Phenomenon (2nd Edition)

FTC-Google Consent Decree Provides Important Lessons Regarding Standards-Essential Patents

"FTC Ends Google Investigation With a ‘Slap on the Wrist’"

Patent Watch: Intel Corp. v. Negotiated Data Solutions, LLC

FTC and DOJ Explore Role of Patent Assertion Entities in the Patent Innovation Market

AIA Impact on University Innovation and Tech Transfer [Video]

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