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[Webinar] Data License Agreement Litigation – What You Need to Know - October 28th, 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EDT

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Data license agreements have been a hot ticket item of the digital health market and are here to stay. With the exponential growth in licensed data, including de-identified patient data, data license agreement litigation and...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Merger Clause in a Patent License Agreement May Not Extinguish a Prior Covenant Not to Sue

The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a district court’s holding that a merger clause in a patent license settlement agreement did not extinguish a prior covenant not to sue on the same patent because the agreement did not...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

Licensee Challenges Ruling that a Standard Language Forum Selection Clause Bars PTAB Proceedings 

In a case that could have a significant impact on the interpretation and drafting of patent licensing agreements, a patent licensee filed an appeal for an en banc proceeding at the Federal Circuit to challenge the court’s...more

Dorsey & Whitney LLP

Trump Brand Loses Trademark Licensing Dispute – Rules of Contract Law Prevail

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Trademark licensing disputes can present thorny issues at the intersection of contract and trademark law. And when the dispute involves the Trump brand for residential buildings, the adjudication of rights and obligations...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Upon Reconsideration, E.D.Tex. Judge Affirms Ericsson’s Previously-Vacated Jury Award Against TCL

On May 10, 2018, Magistrate Judge Payne reconsidered his previous March 2018 order which had vacated a jury award, and granted plaintiff Ericsson’s motion for reconsideration. The May ruling makes clear that the accused...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1437 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 8, 2018) - In Berkheimer v. HP Inc., the Federal Circuit reviewed the District Court’s summary judgment finding that certain claims of a patent were invalid as...more

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Actual Negotiations Trump 40-Year Georgia-Pacific Test to Determine Type of Patent Licensing Royalties

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The Grigoleit Co. v. Whirlpool Corp. - Addressing a lower court’s reasonable royalty determination that chose not to rely on the Georgia Pacific factors, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently...more

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European Union Antitrust Law and License Agreements: Proposed changes to the Technology Transfer Block Exemption Regulation...

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SaChanges afoot - European antitrust law (often referred to as competition law) has tried for several decades to balance patent rights (which, until EU-wide patent rights are implemented, remain inherently...more

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