We delve into updated guidance published on July 17, 2024, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) on patent subject matter eligibility for artificial intelligence (AI) related inventions. The guidance was issued...more
Earlier this summer, the Supreme Court held that the Patent Act’s damages provision, 35 U.S.C. 284, allowed a patent holder to recover foreign lost profits when patent infringement liability is based on 35 U.S.C. 271(f)(2)....more
9/28/2018
/ 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) ,
35 U.S.C. § 284 ,
Competition ,
Domestic Injury ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Foreign Sales ,
Lost Profits ,
Monopolization ,
Patent Act ,
Patents ,
Software Patents ,
WesternGeco LLC v Ion Geophysical Corporation
Recent developments and practice tips from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) bench by Judge Theodore R. Essex -
On March 6, 2018, Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission...more
Earlier this year in Amazon v. Commissioner, 148 T.C. No. 8 (March 23, 2017), the U.S. Tax Court issued a 207-page decision largely upholding Amazon’s tax treatment of an intellectual property transfer in 2005 and 2006 from...more
6/9/2017
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Cross-Border ,
Domain Names ,
EU ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
IP License ,
Tax Court ,
Tax Liability ,
Tax Rates ,
Trademarks
With President Trump in the White House and a Republican majority in both the House and Senate, tax reform is once again high on the agenda. Several weeks ago, President Trump promised “a tax reform bill that will reduce our...more
2/15/2017
/ Border Adjustment Taxes ,
Corporate Taxes ,
Exports ,
Foreign Jurisdictions ,
Holding Companies ,
Importers ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
License Fees ,
Tax Deductions ,
Tax Rates ,
Trump Administration