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Attorney-Client Privilege Patent Prosecution

Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Nothing to See Here: Judge Reznik Finds that Privilege with a Patent Prosecuting Attorney Belongs to the Assignee, Not the...

On November 22, 2023, United States Magistrate Judge Victoria Reznik (S.D.N.Y.) provided some rare insight into “the applicability and scope of the attorney-client privilege as it relates to patent counsel.” Op. at 1. Judge...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Federal Circuit Says PTO Submissions can Waive Privilege to Future Communications

On July 20, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in In re OptumInsight denied OptumInsight’s petition for writ of mandamus on privilege waiver. The court held that the District Court for the...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

D. Mass. Holds That Parties to an Arm’s-Length Negotiation Have Enough Common Interest to Maintain Privilege

During IP license negotiations, prudent negotiators will often avoid sharing privileged information about the IP to avoid waiving the attorney-client privilege. But in a recent District of Massachusetts case, the court upheld...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Top Stories of 2016: #11 to #15

After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its tenth annual list of top patent stories. For 2016, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more

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