Don’t Patent That! Consider Trade Secrets
A column authored by Jason Balich titled “Patent Update: Don’t Patent That!” was published in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ Chemical Engineering Progress (CEP) Magazine. In this articl...
Litigation (5)
Patent Deposition Notices With Minimal Motion Practice Risk
An article written by Charlie Steenburg, Jason Balich, and Alex Kim titled “Patent Deposition Notices With Minimal Motion Practice Risk” was published in Law360
Commission Finds Violation and Affirms No Indefiniteness Where Previous IPR Declaration Undermined Respondents Indefiniteness Positions
An article written by Libbie DiMarco, “Commission Finds Violation and Affirms No Indefiniteness Where Previous IPR Declaration Undermined Respondents Indefiniteness Positions” was published in the Dec...
Suing a Foreign Patent Infringer
An article written by Michael Albert, Jason Balich and Alex Kim titled “Suing a Foreign Patent Infringer” was published in Today’s General Counsel.
Understanding A Company's Duty To Prep For Depositions
An article written by Charlie Steenburg, Jason Balich, and Alex Kim titled “Understanding A Company's Duty To Prep For Depositions” was published in Law360. In this article, the authors discuss the pr...
A Precautionary Tale: District Courts Take Varying Measures As In-Person Trials Appear on the Horizon
Roughly a year after lockdowns occurred nationwide, its impact on the country’s federal court system is still being felt. While the strain of the pandemic and its attendant restrictions are universall...
What Civil Jury Trials Might Look Like In The Time of COVID-19
Recently, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts held a webinar in which several judges discussed their experiences from the first few criminal jury trials that the Distric...
Manufacturing Abroad to Avoid Infringing a Method Patent
An article written by Mike Pomianek and Jason Balich titled “Manufacturing Abroad to Avoid Infringing a Method Patent” was published in the fall 2020 edition of Today’s General Counsel. Read more.
Unqualified Antitrust Immunity: the In re Humira Decision
Scores of lawyers and stakeholders in the biologics industry had been eagerly awaiting guidance from a federal district court in the In re Humira (Adalimumab) Antitrust Litigation, which was filed in ...
Federal Circuit Rules that the Commission Cannot Adjudicate an Invalidity Challenge Raised by a Non-party in a Petition for Rescission
A summary written by Libbie DiMarco on Mayborn Group, Ltd. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, No. 2019-2077 (Fed. Cir. July 16, 2020) titled "Federal Circuit Rules that the Commission Cannot Adjudicate an Invalid...
One Size Does Not Fit All: Courts Exercise Discretion in Addressing the Need for Remote Depositions in the Wake of COVID-19
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, courts across the country are responding by modifying their standard procedures in the hopes of mitigating the spread of the virus. While some judges are issuing or...
COVID Prompts Compromise: Jury Trial Set to Proceed In-Person Partially
UPDATE: THE FOLLOWING CONTENT WAS ADDED AUGUST 5, 2020