Evidence, Fees | JD Supra

What to Consider When Selecting an Expert Witness

Fish & Richardson on 9/16/2020

This blog series has already introduced you to the experts you’re likely to see in patent cases. Here, we build on that foundation with a discussion of who can be an expert witness and an exemplary checklist of considerations...more

Overview of the USPTO's Audit Program and Proposed Fee Increases in 2020

Haug Partners LLP on 2/13/2020

On August 28, 2019, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced proposed changes to increase fees for a number of trademark-related matters. The new fee schedule will go into effect in August 2020, if...more

Court Rules that Wind Farm Did Not Provide Proof of Development Fee to Receive 1603 Cash Grant

McDermott Will & Emery on 6/27/2019

On June 20, 2019, the United States Court of Federal Claims published its long-awaited opinion in California Ridge Wind Energy, LLC v. United States, No. 14-250 C. The opinion addressed how taxpayers engaging in related party...more

New York Appellate Court Holds That Affidavits Can Cure Pleading Defects and Extrinsic Evidence Permitted When Contract Clause Is...

Troutman Pepper on 3/7/2019

Servidone, Inc./B. Anthony Constr. Corp., J.V. v. State of New York, No. 2016-05238, 2019 BL 7232 (App. Div., 2d Dept. Jan. 09, 2019) - Servidone, Inc./B. Anthony Construction Corp., J.V. (the “Contractor”) and the New...more

Status Updates - November 2014

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Social Media on 11/4/2014

..Cuffed links. The Spanish parliament has passed what is commonly known as the “Google tax,” although it’s technically not a tax and doesn’t apply solely to Google. Rather, it’s an intellectual property law requiring online...more

Business Court Awards $38,000 In Fees For Opposing Party's Failure To Comply With Discovery Order

Brooks Pierce on 8/26/2013

Have you ever billed a client nearly $65,000 for pursuing a motion to compel? Maybe you routinely handle mega-cases and you aren't goggled by the size of that kind of fee But that was the amount of the fee sought last month,...more