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Fracking is a non-technical term for Hydraulic Fracturing. Fracking or Hydraulic Fracturing is a method for retrieving, otherwise inaccessible, natural gas and petroleum by injecting pressurized fluid and chemicals into underground rock causing fissures. The fissures widen and expand allowing petroleum and gas to escape and flow to areas where it can be retrieved. less -

Will Inter Partes Reviews Be Abolished By The Supreme Court?

Dickinson Wright on 12/22/2017

On November 27, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could undermine a key provision in the America Invents Act. Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC (Oils States). The issue...more

In re Magnum Oil Tools Int'l, Ltd. (Fed. Cir. 2016)

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 8/15/2016

McClinton Energy Group filed an inter partes review (IPR) petition against all claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,079,413, owned by Magnum Oil Tools International, Ltd. The USPTO's Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) instituted...more

When Distinguishing Statements May Be Considered Disclaimers of Claim Scope

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/2/2016

Addressing disclaimer of claim scope, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s summary judgment of non-infringement, finding that the patentee clearly and unmistakably disclaimed...more

Hump Day Update

Womble Bond Dickinson on 5/29/2014

My head is spinning. Is yours? Happy Hump Day! Last night the Senate Finance Committee had an unusual - and unusual - evening meeting to take up it's version of HB 1030 - Omnibus Tax Changes. Two hours later the bill...more

Weekly Update from the NC State House - May 2014: After a very busy first two days of session last week, the General Assembly...

Nexsen Pruet, PLLC on 5/27/2014

Another Hectic Week - After a very busy first two days of session last week, the General Assembly returned to Raleigh this week with a fully packed agenda. Among other things, they took up fracking, regulatory reform,...more

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