In a relatively quiet third quarter of 2020, the Federal Circuit decided issues on joinder, estoppel, claim preclusion, and importantly, upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board process finding that cancellation of patent...more
12/7/2020
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Estoppel ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventors ,
Joinder ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents
Introducing the IP Litigation Quarterly Update, a quarterly newsletter summarizing noteworthy and interesting opinions related to intellectual property law.
In this first edition covering the first quarter of 2020, the...more
5/12/2020
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Corporate Counsel ,
Design Patent ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Joinder ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Petition for Writ of Certiorari ,
Prior Art ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Time-Barred Claims ,
Trademarks
“Good Samaritan” companies may be exposing themselves to potential patent infringement liability when rapidly mobilizing to produce products for fighting the COVID-19 pandemic. In a previous e-alert, we discussed how these...more