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Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP

Government’s Royalty-Free Licensing Rights Affirmed Over USF Patent

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On February 9, in University of South Florida Board of Trustees v. United States, the Federal Circuit upheld royalty-free license rights of the U.S. government over a University of South Florida (USF) patent directed to...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Keep Out: Uniloc Gets Second Chance to Seal Licensing Documents

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Patent owners that lack sufficient resources are often required to utilize the services of an outside litigation funding source to vindicate their patent rights. Often times, these patent owners communicate with such...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Pigs Fly, Hell Has Frozen Over, and the New York Times Supports Small Inventor and University Patenting

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Admittedly, only on its Op-Ed page. But last Saturday Joe Nocera wrote a remarkably sane and reasoned column, entitled "The Patent Troll Smokescreen," pointing out that "big companies with large lobbying budgets" are using...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Patent Owner’s Licensing Program Was Fatal to Its Patent Infringement Theory - JVC Kenwood Corporation v. Nero, Inc.

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Addressing whether an accused defendant infringed patents through the distribution of its software, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit upheld the district court’s summary judgment that the defendant did not...more

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