Joint development, or “teaming agreements” regularly anticipate one party disclosing trade secret subject matter to its counterparty to facilitate the joint development effort. While most JDAs involve companies with distinct...more
4/24/2025
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Confidential Information ,
Contract Disputes ,
Damages ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Joint Venture ,
Liability ,
Misappropriation ,
Non-Disclosure Agreement ,
Teaming Agreements ,
Trade Secrets
In U.S. technology news, Heliogen, Inc., a renewable energy technology company, recently announced its selection to receive a $4,100,000 award from the U. S. Department of Energy’s “Solar Energy Technologies Office” to...more
12/14/2022
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Damages ,
Department of Energy (DOE) ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Wells ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Solar Energy ,
Sustainability
Patent owners can recover lost profits when (1) there is a demand for a patented product, (2) an absence of acceptable non-infringing alternatives, (3) the patentee had the manufacturing and marketing capacity to exploit...more
In a widely anticipated move with implications for patent litigation across the country, the Supreme Court ruled today that the equitable defense of laches is not available to limit damages in patent infringement cases...more