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Bennett Jones LLP

Stay Here or There? Recent Direction from the Québec Court of Appeal on Stays in Proposed Parallel Class

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The Québec Court of Appeal recently released a decision in Micron Technology Inc. c Hazan, 2020 QCCA 1104, that could have important implications for defendants seeking to have proposed class proceedings in Québec courts...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Financial Times to "the Patent Troll Narrative" -- Much Ado About Nothing

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On October 16, 2017, the Financial Times (London) published an article by Rana Foroohar entitled "Big Tech vs. Big Pharma: the battle over US patent protection." If the article can be encapsulated in a word, that word would...more

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Chairman Goodlatte Outlines Sweeping Agenda for House Judiciary Committee

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With Washington undergoing a transformation the likes of which has not been seen in decades, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte recently outlined his committee’s priorities for the 115th Congress. Speaking at an...more

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Predicting Patent Policy Under the Trump Administration

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The America Invents Act (“AIA”), signed into law by President Obama on September 16, 2011, was the biggest legislative overhaul to the United States patent system since the Patent Act of 1952. Among other changes, the AIA...more

King & Spalding

Patent Pending: The Outlook for Patent Legislation in the 114th Congress

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The field of patent law is in a state of flux. Just four years after the America Invents Act (“AIA”) went into effect, Congress is taking up the issue once again, this time seeking to pass legislation to curb abusive patent...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Innovators Beware! Patent Reform Creates the New “Anti-Patent” Troll

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Recent years have seen a wave of efforts to control frivolous patent-infringement lawsuits perpetrated by so-called patent trolls. These started with the America Invents Act of 2011 and have been followed by the Patent Law...more

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Patent Reform Heads to the Senate Floor

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Yesterday, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 16-4 to send an amended version of S. 1137, the Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship (PATENT) Act, to the full Senate for debate. The PATENT Act is this year’s...more

JD Supra Perspectives

Who Wins With Google's New Patent Marketplace (Other Than Google)?

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There’s something off about Google’s Patent Purchase Promotion....more

Goodwin

The Year Ahead in Patent Law - 2015

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With the advent of the America Invents Act (AIA), public perception of frivolous patent litigation, frequently surrounding cases filed by non-practicing entities (NPEs), has received increasing legislative attention. Although...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

The New Patent Policy on Natural Products Is a Game Changer for Universities and Life Sciences Companies

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Since the 19th Century, it has been considered a given that a person who identifies and purifies a useful natural substance is entitled to a patent, so long as the substance had never before existed in pure form. ...more

Winstead PC

The Cost of Defending Against Patent Trolls

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It should come as no surprise that defending against Non-Producing Entities—most of which are Patent Trolls —is expensive, especially for small businesses and corporations. In support of his ongoing legal battle with the...more

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Kickstarting an Old Patent System for the New Software Era

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Software patents have been having a rough time of it lately. It seems everyone has something bad to say about them, from the courts to the press, and even some software engineers. Originally Published in The Recorder...more

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How the America Invents Act Has Changed the “One-Year Grace Period” for Filing Patent Applications

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The United States patent system underwent a major overhaul last March with the implementation of key provisions of the America Invents Act (“AIA”). The AIA is considered the most substantial change in patent law since 1952...more

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