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Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability IP Updates — November 2023

It is hard to go more than one or two days without reading a headline in the news or on social media about Elon Musk’s Tesla. Perhaps as a sign of what is to come as the push to carbon-free vehicles continues, the EV...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability IP Updates - August 2023

In litigation news . . . For the third consecutive month, Tesla finds itself involved in a new patent infringement lawsuit, this latest time as a defendant in an action filed by Graphite Charging Company LLC on August 4,...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability IP Updates — March 2023

In technology news . . . Darling Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR) and Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO) recently announced that the companies had made the final investment decision on a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)...more

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Renewable Energy Case Update 2022

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As we enter 2023, we reflect on 2022 as another dynamic year in the renewables and clean energy market. The Renewables and Clean Energy team at BCLP has undertaken a review of judicial decisions reported in 2022 involving the...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability IP Updates — December 2022

In U.S. technology news, Heliogen, Inc., a renewable energy technology company, recently announced its selection to receive a $4,100,000 award from the U. S. Department of Energy’s “Solar Energy Technologies Office” to...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability IP Updates — October 2022

In U.S. patent news, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory recently earned a patent —U.S. Patent No. 11,401,910, entitled “Flexible Wave Energy Converter” — directed to using tiny electrical generators via dynamic strain...more

Mintz - Energy & Sustainability Viewpoints

Energy & Sustainability IP Updates — August 2022

In the courts, Tigo Energy – a power optimizer manufacturer headquartered in Campbell, California – filed suit earlier this month against SMA Solar Technology America LLC in the District of Delaware, alleging that SMA and its...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.: Supreme Court to Determine Lost Profits Damages Arising from Patent Infringement:...

Q: Could you explain the significance of the upcoming Supreme Court case WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.? Ronald E. Cahill: WesternGeco will address extraterritorial reach and a specific type of infringement...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.: Supreme Court to Determine Lost Profits Damages Arising from Patent Infringement:...

Q: Could you explain the significance of the upcoming Supreme Court case WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp.? Ronald E. Cahill: WesternGeco will address extraterritorial reach and a specific type of infringement under...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Federal Circuit Breathes Life Back into Clean Coal Technology Suit

After a series of “Dead on Arrivals” from the Northern District of Illinois, the Federal Circuit on Tuesday resuscitated a patent infringement suit filed by Nalco Company against Chem-Mod, LLC, and others in the Northern...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

Centuries of Precedent are Little Help as IPR Constitutionality Divides Justices

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This morning the Supreme Court heard arguments in the heavily anticipated case of Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC on the question of whether AIA trials at the patent office, such as inter partes...more

King & Spalding

Energy Newsletter - June 2017

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Mineral and Royalty Interest MLPs: An Alternative Exit For PE-Backed Mineral and Royalty Interest Cos. - Oil and gas exploration companies no longer have to go door-to-door, or ranch-to-ranch, to negotiate oil and gas...more

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Energy Sector Alert Series: As Oil Prices Descend, Patent Enforcement Litigation Increases Within Energy Industry

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n this eight-week alert series, we are providing a broad look at current and emerging issues facing the energy sector. Attorneys from across the firm will discuss issues ranging from environmental disclosures and risk...more

King & Spalding

DISPUTE RESOLUTION: Intellectual Property: Patent Marking: An Important Consideration For All Patented Products

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The energy industry has seen a significant increase in the number of patents granted over the past decade. This increase tracks a growing use of new technology in areas such as exploration, production, monitoring, and...more

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