Brexit and IP Rights: What You Need to Know
As is being widely reported in the general press, the UK has voted to exit the European Union. There are many questions about what this decision means to the global economy, but for the intellectual p...
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Popular Adjunct to Patent Litigation Survives Supreme Court Scrutiny
Summary The U.S. Supreme Court today issued its decision in Cuozzo v. Lee , the first case in which the Court considered the Patent Office’s new administrative reviews of patents. The Court’s decision...
Lessons Learned From Victories Over NPEs
It can be rare to get good news of small companies overcoming suits brought by non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the Eastern District of Texas. So when our firm recently helped Geotab, a telematics co...
The Safe Harbor Under 271(e)(1): Is Post-Approval Activity "Routine"?
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ITC Does Not Have Jurisdiction To Block Digital Files
An important Federal Circuit decision was issued on November 10, 2015 in ClearCorrect Operating LLC v. International Trade Commission, No. 14-1527. A split (2-1) panel of the Federal Circuit ruled tha...
New International Design Patent Application, Increased Patent Term Now in Effect
Executive Summary For those considering the use of design patents as part of their patent protection arsenal, an additional system for pursuing domestic and foreign design rights is available to Unite...
Federal Circuit Decides First Inter Partes Review Appeal and Upholds "Broadest Reasonable" Claim Construction Approach
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Supreme Court Holds That Certain Aspects of Claim Construction Decisions Merit Deference on Appeal
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Supreme Court Weighs In On Patent Eligibility of Computer-Implemented Inventions
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Supreme Court Overturns Federal Circuit's Standard on Inducement and Divided Infringement
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Supreme Court Says Isolated Natural DNA Not Patent Eligible But Leaves Open Questions Regarding Synthetic DNAs
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Supreme Court’s Bowman Decision Addresses Self-Replicating Technologies
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