The Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed a lower court ruling that assesses punitive damages against several individuals and their new employer resulting from their en masse departure from a previous firm and, in the...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has unveiled a series of new rules that provide for significant changes to the procedures followed in Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings, including inter partes...more
4/4/2016
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Last week, a federal judge ruled that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot prohibit a pharmaceutical company from marketing its drugs for off-label uses if its claims are truthful and not misleading. This ruling,...more
In a 6-3 decision in Kimble v. Marvel, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to overturn the long-standing rule that bars a licensor from being able to collect royalties for sales after the expiration of the licensed patent—even if...more
For the first time, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently ruled on a final decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) in an inter partes review proceeding, or IPR. In a 2-1 decision, the Federal...more
2/6/2015
The U.S. Supreme Court recently held that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has nationwide jurisdiction for patent cases, must give deference to a district court’s factual findings in claim construction...more
A Pennsylvania federal magistrate judge has tossed an employer’s claims under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), holding that the CFAA does not extend to punish employees for the misuse of information that was accessed...more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has announced several bright-line rules relating to copyright law in the important field of joint authorship. The first rule is that the statute of limitations for joint...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) may have given banks, financial institutions, and retailers more access to a powerful new tool to fight weak patents.
A recent Patent Trial and Appeals Board (PTAB) decision...more