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By Erin Wiggins | February 20, 2018
What can automotive industry legal leaders do to protect their organizations from patent trolls that want only to profit from broad ranging suits that are about payouts and payoffs—a “cost of business” that has given other industries nothing but grief and expense? Adapt and prepare.
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By Karen L. Dunn and Meredith R. Dearborn | February 15, 2018
Waymo v. Uber—the recent battle royale over the future of self-driving car technology—ended in a settlement between the parties, but an important legal question remains decidedly unsettled. In the words of Judge William H. Alsup, who presided over the case: “Is an engineer really supposed to get a frontal lobotomy before they go to the next job?”
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By Nimalka Wickramasekera and Jason Hamilton | February 13, 2018
While Oil States Energy Services v. Greene's Energy Group, challenging the constitutionality of “inter partes review” (IPR) proceedings, has received the lion's share of coverage, the U.S. Supreme Court's other IPR case—SAS Institute v. Matal—warrants attention.
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By Scott Graham | February 12, 2018
Finjan Inc. and Blue Coat Systems Inc. have called off their second patent infringement trial over cybersecurity technology.The parties had been…
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By Scott Graham | February 12, 2018
Lawyers for Arista, led by Tensegrity's Matthew Powers, are the latest to attack assignor estoppel, the equitable doctrine that forbids an inventor who sells his or her patent from then turning around and attacking the patent's validity.
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By Jonathan Ringel | February 9, 2018
The awards that have the new deadline of Feb. 26 will recognize excellence at midsize and small firms in a host of categories. But lawyers from any-sized organization will be considered for Attorney of the Year, On the Rise and Lifetime Achievement.
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By Michael P. Shepherd | February 8, 2018
The raw statistics of affirmed Section 101 rejections may make appealing a Section 101 rejection seem like somewhat of a hopeless endeavor. But in reality, the chances of successful a Section 101 appeal can be significantly increased with the right preparation
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By Scott Graham | February 6, 2018
Andrei Iancu, the new unanimously confirmed director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, has drawn a warm welcome from groups representing patent owners and accused infringers. Plus, updates on WesternGeco, the Uber-Waymo trial and Merck's $200 million Federal Circuit appeal.
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By Scott Graham | February 6, 2018
In an appellate showdown between Fish & Richardson's Juanita Brooks and MoloLamken's Jeffrey Lamken, a Federal Circuit panel seemed swayed by Merck's argument that one bad witness didn't taint the jury's verdict.
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By Barbara Melby and Eric J. Pennesi | February 6, 2018
With technology being the ultimate enabler across the majority of industries, commercially available “off the shelf” software products have become the lifeline of many businesses.
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