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Supreme Court Relaxes Standards for Awarding Attorney’s Fees in Patent Litigation

Posted on May 5, 2014 in Blog

Two recent Supreme Court decisions have changed the standards under which attorney’s fees may be awarded in patent infringement cases.

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Caesar Rivise 2014 Top Ten Best Countries for Foreign Patent Filing

Posted on Apr 24, 2014 in Blog

In the knowledge economy – where just about everything else is fungible – how and where you protect your intellectual property (IP) can mean everything. Selecting where to apply for patents, for instance, is a strategic call that will impact your company for the next 20 years.

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Supreme Court to Evaluate Standard of Review on Appeal of Claim Construction by District Courts

Posted on Apr 1, 2014 in Blog

On Monday, March 31, 2014, the Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. over its Copaxone drug which had billions of dollars in sales in 2013. Teva appealed from the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which invalidated several patents covering Copaxone, a drug for treating multiple sclerosis.

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Supreme Court Affirms that Indirect Competitors Can Allege False Advertising Claims

Posted on Mar 31, 2014 in Blog

The Supreme Court has affirmed that false or misleading advertising claims under the Lanham Act can be brought by plaintiffs other than direct competitors.

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Supreme Court Places Burden of Proving Infringement on Patentee

Posted on Feb 11, 2014 in Blog

The U.S. Supreme Court on January 22, 2014 held that when a licensee seeks a declaratory judgment against a patentee that its products do not infringe the licensed patent, the patentee bears the burden of persuasion on the issue of infringement, thereby reversing the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC, U.S., No. 12-1128.

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D.C. Appellate Court Invalidates FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules

Posted on Jan 14, 2014 in Blog

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit invalidated the FCC’s net neutrality rules.

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USPTO Adjusts Fee Schedule

Posted on Jan 1, 2014 in Blog

The USPTO adjusted many of its fees today. While certain fees were increased, others were reduced, such as patent issue fees, or eliminated, such as patent publication fees and electronic assignment recordation fees.

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