To be awarded a public contract in Oregon or Washington, a bidder generally must fulfill two requirements. The bidder must submit a responsive bid and be responsible for it.
Originally published in the Oregon Daily...more
12/26/2025
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Competitive Bidding ,
Construction Contracts ,
Construction Industry ,
Construction Project ,
Contracting Procedures ,
Contractors ,
Public Bidding ,
Public Works ,
State and Local Government ,
State Contractors ,
State Contracts ,
Workplace Safety
IGT v. Zynga Inc., Appeal No. 2023-2262 (Fed. Cir. July 22, 2025)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit examined the reviewability and merits of the Patent Trial Appeal Board’s decision to institute inter...more
This week, we take a closer look at two precedential cases concerning pharmaceutical patent protections as applied to drugs in development.
In Incyte Corp. v. Sun Pharm., Judge Hughes entered a dissent pushing back on the...more
5/13/2025
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FDA Approval ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hatch-Waxman ,
Injunctive Relief ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Remand ,
USPTO
Apple Inc. v. Gesture Technology Partners, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2023-1475, -1533 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 4, 2025)
Our Case of the Week is a high-stakes appeal from an inter partes review concerning a patent titled “Camera Based...more
3/11/2025
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Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Technology ,
USPTO ,
Vacated
Maritime operators should diligently enact and follow policies and procedures on personal leave and drinking ashore. In a recent decision from the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana, the court refused to...more