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FRCP Amendments: Implications for IP and Patent Troll Litigation
May 01, 2016
The amendments to the FRCP that took effect on Dec. 1, 2015, are already having an impact on IP litigation, especially patent troll lawsuits.
Corporate-Sponsored Research Agreements With Universities
May 01, 2016
Corporate-sponsored research plays a crucial role in performing foundational research in new technology areas. These research projects are also mutually beneficial. Corporate sponsors receive a cost-effective opportunity to explore new technology areas with leading academics and talented students. In turn, universities benefit from Sponsors providing research funding and industry expertise.
IP News
May 01, 2016
Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Decision Finding Claim Covering Method for Gene Detection Is Directed to Unpatentable Subject Matter <br>Federal Circuit: Estoppel Provision Does Not Apply To Any Grounds Raised in a Petition for IPR Where Such Grounds Are Denied and the IPR Has Proceeded To a Final Written Decision
Ethics and Criminal Practice
May 01, 2016
Social media can be used to reveal personal communications, provide location information, prove and disprove alibis, establish crime or criminal enterprise and show instrumentalities or fruits of a crime. But there is no one rule of professional conduct that addresses what a lawyer can advise a client concerning the use of social media.
Immediate Impact of the Repeal of Form 18 On Patent Litigation
April 01, 2016
On Dec. 1, 2015, the latest amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) became effective. The amendments include significant changes to rules governing the discovery process, especially Rules 16 and 26. But they also include a significant change to the rules governing the very first filing in any patent infringement case.
Boundaries of Patent Exhaustion Defense Explored, Decided (For Now) In <i>En Banc Lexmark</i> Decision
April 01, 2016
Despite over 150 years of Supreme Court precedent, even the most basic precepts of patent exhaustion doctrine remain unsettled. In <i>Lexmark,</i> the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit grappled with the very foundations of the so-called "first sale" defense.
IP News
April 01, 2016
Federal Circuit Holds Two of Apple's Five Asserted Patents Invalid, Three More Not Infringed
Copyright Act Preempts Players' Publicity Rights for NFL Films
April 01, 2016
Twenty-three professional football players brought a class action lawsuit against the NFL, claiming that films produced by NFL Films violated their state rights of publicity and constituted false endorsement under '43(a) of the Lanham Act. Twenty of those players settled with the NFL. However, the other three players elected to pursue their suit.
Intellectual Property
April 01, 2016
Intellectual Property (IP) is a highly complex type of property and, as we saw last month in Part One of this article, there are few cases addressing its valuation in the context of divorce. On top of this, because of the emphasis on mediation and arbitration, fewer cases are being litigated in the court system, resulting in fewer court decisions addressing these complex issues. That means there is less guidance for the practitioner, as different treatments of similar facts and great ways of addressing IP valuation remain unreported.
Intellectual Property
February 29, 2016
Courts and negotiators, mediators and arbitrators across our country are grappling with questions surrounding the equitable distribution of intellectual property assets ' including, but not limited to, copyrights and patents. But this area of the law has not yet been fully addressed by case law.

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