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Federal Circuit Overrules Rosen-Durling Test for Design Patent Obviousness as “Improperly Rigid”

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - LKQ CORPORATION v. GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC [OPINION] (2021-2348, 5/21/24) Moore, Lourie, Dyk, Prost, Reyna, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, Stoll, and Stark - Stoll,...more

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Federal Circuit Reversal in Assignment Clause Case Highlights Importance of Contract Language in Intellectual Property Ownership

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In a split opinion issued Tuesday, and based on language in an assignment clause of a contract, the Federal Circuit overturned a district court's summary judgment that Core Optical lacked standing to sue Nokia, Cisco, and...more

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Reign Turns to Clouds—The Western District of Texas Fundamentally Changes Its Assignment Procedure for Patent Cases

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On Monday, July 25, the Chief Judge for the Western District of Texas issued an order altering how patent cases are assigned in that District. The order implements a “random assignment” procedure that now prevents plaintiffs...more

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New WDTX Order Shakes Up Initial Judge Assignments

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A recent order from Chief Judge Garcia of the US District Court for the Western District of Texas (WDTX) changes how judges are initially assigned to cases filed in its Waco Division. As of July 25, 2022, patent cases filed...more

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Employee Agreement of What “Shall Be” is Future Promise, Not Present Assignment

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that university bylaws did not automatically effectuate a present automatic assignment of patent rights and affirmed the district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss...more

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Assignment Consideration Can Be Representation, Support and Opportunity - Memorylink Corp. v. Motorola Solutions, Inc.

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Addressing whether a patent was properly assigned and whether claims of inventorship fraud were properly barred by the statute of limitations, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a lower court’s summary...more

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Tesla Patent Pledge….Too Good to be True?

On Thursday June 12, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla Moters, posted a blog post that said “…Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology.” At first glance, a good thing. It...more

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