The AI Shakeup: New Tech Innovations and the Future of Corporate Law
Regulatory Ramblings: Episode 44 - The Dangers of Non-Technically Trained Lawyers Advising on Technological Matters with Ronald Yu and Donald Day
Tips and Trends in Thought-Leadership Marketing
Guidepost in Motion EP27: Privacy Matters Part 2: “TMI”-The Privacy Dilemma of Social Media
Innovation in Compliance - Lessons About Leadership and Security with Paul Clayson
RPA As A Digital Transformation Catalyst
JONES DAY PRESENTS® Digital Health and Clinical Research: Understanding Regulatory Regimes
31 Days to a More Effective Compliance Program - Originating a Compliance Ecosystem
The Importance of Knowing Your Industry and Business Leadership
I-17 – Engaging Your Employees in Today’s Workplace, Featuring Rick Turner at Whirlpool Corporation
Frenemies: Gaining Efficiency Through Shared Services
The Ever-Expanding Scope of Social Media Discovery
Is the Patent Litigation Boom Coming to an End?
Convergence: Growing Dissatisfaction with Biglaw and the Rise of the Alternatives
IP|Trend: Starting Up Your Protection of Intellectual Property
Richard Susskind (@RichardSusskind) Discusses His Lifetime Interest in the Future of Law
Polsinelli Podcasts - The Virtual World and Wage and Hour Issues
How Fenwick Partners Caught the Tech Wave
Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast Summer/Fall 2014: Tech Sector Continues to Drive Bay Area Commercial Real Estate
Allen Matkins/UCLA Anderson Forecast Summer/Fall 2014: San Diego Joins Southern California Real Estate Recovery
Every month, Erise’s patent attorneys review the latest inter partes review cases and news to bring you the stories that you should know about: Federal Circuit Addresses Waiver of Argument Not Raised in Request for...more
Every month, Erise’s patent attorneys review the latest inter partes review (IPR) cases and news to bring you the stories that you should know about: What Does the End of Chevron Deference Mean for the USPTO? In June, the...more
The Federal Circuit has reversed a finding by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) that certain challenged claims of a patent for a method for aligning a laser projector with respect to a work surface are...more
For Taiwanese corporates developing critical technologies in the face of shifting global supply chains, the need to protect intellectual property assets has never been more pressing. The biggest IP-related drag on company...more
Freshub, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2022-1391, -1425 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 26, 2024) In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week, the Court affirmed a jury finding that use of Amazon’s “Alexa” products...more
Standard-essential patents (SEPs) are on the rise. A key factor undergirding that rise is the desire for device connectivity in all things, and the fact that reliable and robust connectivity is impossible without using key...more
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The PTAB recently denied IPR institution in Sophos v. Open Text because the petitioner failed to show a reasonable likelihood that the asserted reference was, in fact, prior art. IPR2023-00732, Paper 23 (November 2, 2023)....more
In an unusual bipartisan effort, Senator Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.) have introduced a pair of bills that seek to strengthen US patents by limiting permissible challenges. The bill led by Tillis,...more
We are excited to share Sheppard Mullin’s inaugural quarterly report on key Federal Circuit decisions. The Spring 2023 Quarterly Report provides summaries of most key patent law-related decisions from January 1, 2023 to March...more
Reaffirming that a person of ordinary skill in the art must have been able to actually create a disclosure at the time of invention in order for it to serve as an obviousness reference, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal...more
John Bean Technologies Corporation v. Morris & Associates, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1090, -1148 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2021) - Our Case of the Week this week focuses on the doctrine of intervening rights, a doctrine that is...more
Posted in Patents As with other rapidly-evolving technologies, the FinTech space is experiencing a frenzy of patent activity. As its name implies, FinTech is part financial innovation (“fin”) relating to new aspects of...more
Light a fire, pour yourself some glogg (21+) and find a comfy corner to read about the biggest Section 101 stories of 2020 because we're gonna have the hap-hap-happiest time since Bing Crosby tap-danced with . . . Well, you...more
United States Automobile Association (USAA) is a financial services company that provides insurance, banking, investment, and retirement products and services for members of the military and their families. On June 7, 2018,...more
Companies involved in mobile checking should watch case closely - The United States Automobile Association (USAA) owns a portfolio of patents aimed at mobile check deposit technology. One group of these patents is targeted...more
School may be out for the summer, but public colleges and universities would do well to spend their break shoring up strategies and defenses against potential inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings. Last week the Federal...more
State Universities Gain Immunity from IPRs - Today, many universities own extensive patent portfolios that are managed by sophisticated tech transfer offices. Universities obtain these patents for many reasons, not the...more
All patent practitioners recognize that a single prior art reference can be used to reject claims in an obviousness rejection. However, the issue is whether the Patent Office must provide additional evidence, above and beyond...more
Covered Business Method (CBM) petitions are limited to patents relating to “a financial product or service.” CBM petitions are generally favored by defendants over Inter Partes Review (IPR) petitions by allowing a defendant...more
New data shows a sharp increase in the number of patent troll lawsuits being filed against energy companies in 2015. As we predicted in our March 2014 White Paper, “Are Patent Trolls Now Targeting the Energy...more
As reported here last week, the Senate Judiciary Committee passed the PATENT Act bill, with a Managers Amendment that includes several IPR-specific provisions. With this Amendment, the PATENT Act now has two major...more
Introduced by the America Invents Act (AIA), Inter Partes Review (IPR) first became available on September 16, 2012. “IPRs have really taken off and filings have increased over time as more and more people consider how useful...more
On April 30th, Ambassador Michael B.G. Froman, U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) issued the 2014 Special 301 Report. According to the USTR website, the "USTR is fully committed to unlocking opportunity for those Americans to...more