IP News
        
      June 02, 2017
    
 PTAB Did Not Deny Procedural Due Process By Adopting a Claim Construction not Offered by the Parties During IPR<br>USPTO Did Not Exceed Authority in Granting Inter Partes Reexamination after Requester Sought to Have It Denied
 
        Employee Data Theft
        
      May 02, 2017
    
 <b><I>How to Investigate</I></b><p>When suspicions of employee data theft arise, it is important to engage a computer forensics expert to perform a theft-of-IP analysis in order to preserve electronic data and uncover important evidence.
 
        What 'Originalist' Viewpoints May Mean for Patent Law
        
      May 02, 2017
    
 The landscape for patent law has changed more quickly over the last five years than it had in preceding decades. Recent cases have profoundly changed the way courts and the USPTO treat patents and patent applications. The U.S. Supreme Court will have ample opportunity, if it chooses, to revisit the issues that have been raised by these cases over the next few terms.
 
        IP News
        
      May 02, 2017
    
 District Court's Decision Retroactively Excusing Failure to Mark Patented Products Vacated By Federal Circuit<br>Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB's Unpatentability Findings Made In an IPR Proceeding Despite Prior Judicial Opinions Upholding Validity
 
        Restaurant Industry Chapter 11 Bankruptcies
        
      May 02, 2017
    
 The past year has brought a wave of restaurant businesses filing for reorganization in Chapter 11. With inherently low profit margins, increased competition, limited pricing flexibility and a propensity for expansion without the support of underlying business fundamentals, the industry is particularly susceptible to business failure.
 
        Supreme Court Rules on Design of a Useful Article
        
      May 01, 2017
    
 Fashion, furniture, and other design-oriented companies will take note of the Supreme Court's recent decision in <i>Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc.</i>, which resolved a division among the federal circuits on the issue of the separability of designs of useful articles under the Copyright Act.
 
        Extraterritorial Jurisdiction of IP Laws
        
      April 02, 2017
    
 Recent U.S. cases have created benchmarks of patent, trademark, copyright, and trade secret liability for foreign activity, and businesses should take heed.