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Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Technology Transfer Agreements: Latest Developments in California

Since their introduction in California in 1993, the sales and use taxation of technology transfer agreements has been the subject of significant litigation and a seemingly endless regulation project. In the past few...more

Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

Three (3) Initial Considerations for Entrepreneurial Faculty, Researchers, Post-Docs, and Graduate Students

Universities and certain colleges in the United States (US) spend billions of dollars on research and development (R&D) each year to advance knowledge across the gamut of Arts, Humanities, and Science, Technology,...more

Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Can Forum Selection Clauses Preclude a PTAB Challenge?

Patent licenses, technology transfer agreements, and non-disclosure agreements often include forum selection clauses as a matter of course, and sometimes include an arbitration clause requiring private arbitration of...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Breaking up the Patent Monopoly for the Benefit of Batteries

The patent monopoly is at odds with the global need for battery storage technology. As the world mobilizes towards climate change solutions, companies with battery patents will face increasing pressure to share this critical...more

McDermott Will & Emery

General Court of the EU Confirms Fines Imposed on Lundbeck and Generic Drug Manufacturers for Entering into Patent Settlements

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On 8 September 2016, the General Court of the EU (GCEU) handed down five judgments upholding a decision by the Commission of 19 June 2013 imposing fines on Lundbeck, an originator company, and Merck (the parent company of...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Bad Day for California as TTA Sales Tax Exemption for Software Is Broadly Reaffirmed by Appellate Court – Will Taxpayer Refund...

In a significant rebuff of the California State Board of Equalization (BOE), the California Second District Court of Appeal held that a manufacturer’s sale of software on tangible media was exempt from sales tax under the...more

Knobbe Martens

Five Patenting Lessons Exemplified by Google’s Glucose-Sensing Contact Lenses

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Google recently announced on its blog that its “Google-X” laboratory is testing a prototype “smart” contact lens that includes a miniaturized electronic sensor designed to measure glucose level in the wearer’stears. I...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Brookings Paper Calls for Technology Transfer Model Based on University Start-ups

A paper released by the Center for Technology Innovation at the Brookings Institution asserts that by relying on a technology transfer model based on patent licensing, only a few universities have been able to generate...more

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European Union Antitrust Law and License Agreements: Proposed changes to the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation...

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SaChanges afoot - European antitrust law (often referred to as competition law) has tried for several decades to balance patent rights (which, until EU-wide patent rights are implemented, remain inherently...more

McDermott Will & Emery

European Commission Proposes Changes to the Rules Applicable to Technology Licensing

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

K&L Gates LLP

Proposed Amendments to the EU Competition Assessment of Technology Transfers

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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

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