Following the Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Motorola Solutions Inc. v. Hytera Communications Corp. Ltd., the United States may become a destination venue for resolution of global trade secret disputes. The Seventh...more
December 1, 2020 marked the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abrogation of Form 18—the model complaint that provided the minimum requirements for stating a claim of direct infringement. Following the abrogation...more
December 1, 2020 will mark the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abrogation of Form 18—the model complaint that provided the minimum requirements for stating a claim of direct infringement. Following the...more
PART 4: INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LEGISLATION TO WATCH IN 2020 -
In this four-part series, we take a look forward at the cases, legislation, and other trends that are likely to have a significant impact on intellectual...more
In its March 13, 2020 decision in Communications Test Design, Inc. v. Contec, LLC, the Federal Circuit highlighted the obstacles that an accused infringer faces in filing a declaratory judgment action. In particular, the...more
International arbitration is becoming an increasingly relevant forum for the resolution of intellectual property (“IP”) disputes. This should not be a surprise given multi-country licensing of patents, trademarks and trade...more
In this four-part series, we take a look forward at the cases, legislation, and other trends that are likely to have a significant impact on intellectual property law and practice in 2020. In the first two parts of the...more
3/5/2020
/ Administrative Patent Judges ,
Appeals ,
Appointments Clause ,
Claim Construction ,
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Real Party in Interest ,
USPTO
ART 2: EFFORTS TO CLARIFY PATENT ELIGIBILITY UNDER § 101 -
In this four-part series, we take a look forward at the cases, legislation, and other trends that are likely to have a significant impact on intellectual property...more
2/4/2020
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Biomedical Companies ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Defense Strategies ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Litigation Strategies ,
Machine-or-Transformation Test ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Section 101 ,
Technology Sector
PART 1: IP ISSUES CURRENTLY PENDING BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT -
In the first part of our series, we briefly summarize the intellectual property issues that the Supreme Court has already agreed to address in 2020. In...more
1/20/2020
/ Allen v Cooper ,
Appeals ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Copyright Remedy Clarification Act ,
Fourteenth Amendment ,
Generic Marks ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oracle v Google ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Romag Fasteners v Fossil ,
SCOTUS ,
Software ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Trademarks ,
United States Patent and Trademark Office v Booking.com BV