A recent decision from the District of New Jersey serves as a reminder to practitioners that the level of detail required to adequately plead patent infringement will depend on factors such as the complexity of the technology...more
Magistrate Judge Elizabeth A. Pascal recently denied an unopposed Motion to Redact and Seal (“Motion”) portions of a transcript of a telephone conference with the Court. In denying the Motion, the Court found multiple...more
In a recent opinion, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey considered whether to grant a joint request by settling parties to vacate the Court’s Judgment stemming from a jury trial and verdict in...more
1/27/2022
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Since our June 2021 alert, three additional jurists have been confirmed to the District of New Jersey. A brief background of each is set forth below...more
In a precedential opinion, Hepp v. Facebook, et al., ____ F.4th ______, No. 20-2725 (3d Cir. Sept. 23, 2021) (publication pending), the Third Circuit became the first Circuit Court of Appeals to apply the intellectual...more
11/1/2021
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State Law Claims
In a prior alert, we discussed Senior U.S. District Judge Stanley R. Chesler’s decision to deny defendant LG Electronics’s (“LG”) motion to stay a retrial on damages in a patent infringement case involving plug-and-play...more
One new district judge, Julien Xavier Neals, was recently confirmed by the United States Senate, and four new magistrate judges were recently appointed to the New Jersey federal bench: Magistrate Judges Jessica S. Allen;...more