Trademarks, Jurisdiction, Patents

Supreme Court Asked to Clarify Activities that Give Rise to Specific Personal Jurisdiction

Snell & Wilmer on 5/8/2024

In Impossible X LLC v. Impossible Foods Inc., Impossible Foods recently filed an opposition to Impossible X’s petition for certiorari, which asks the Supreme Court to decide (1) whether some disputes should require so-called...more

Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 2/8/2023

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

The Road Less Travelled: Why Arbitration is an Increasingly Attractive Alternative for Resolving IP Disputes

Mintz - Arbitration, Mediation, ADR... on 9/27/2021

Holders of IP rights, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets, have traditionally filed IP-related disputes in court, and there’s no question that court litigation will continue to be the most popular...more

Cease and Desist Letters Need to Balance Effectiveness While Considering Consequences

Ladas & Parry LLP on 7/14/2021

Letters demanding that a company “cease and desist” what the sender of the letter deems an infringement of the sender’s intellectual property rights – whether patent, trademark or copyright – are communications primarily to...more

MarkIt to Market® - March 2021

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C. on 4/5/2021

The March 2021 issue of Sterne Kessler's MarkIt to Market® newsletter discusses fair use cases for photographs and three recent developments in the cannabis space. We also highlight recent accolades earned by Sterne Kessler's...more

The Long Arm of American Enforcement: How Companies Without U.S. Operations Can Still Find Themselves Facing U.S. Law and...

Foley & Lardner LLP on 6/2/2020

...Think your company and its employees are beyond the reach of U.S. authorities? Maybe you don’t have U.S. operations there, or your company isn’t publicly traded on a U.S. stock exchange. Perhaps you don’t directly sell or...more

China: New national-level Appeal Court – Cautious hopes for improved consistency and efficiency in high-tech IP / patent cases

Hogan Lovells on 11/9/2018

On 26 October 2018, the Standing Committee of China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) issued a Decision setting out the establishment of a new IP Court of Appeals at the national level within the Supreme People’s Court...more

Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC on 8/15/2017

This was a busy week for precedential cases at the Circuit. In AIA v. Avid, the Circuit rules that there is no right to a jury trial as to requests for attorney fees under § 285. In Romag v. Fossil, a majority rules that the...more

Key SCOTUS Decisions in Tech – First Half 2017

Fenwick & West LLP on 8/10/2017

Despite being short one justice for much of the year, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down multiple significant decisions this past term that can unsettle long-standing legal understandings in multiple technology fields. These...more

Brexit - Legal Implications

McDermott Will & Emery on 8/7/2017

In our latest memorandum, we have briefly outlined some of the main legal implications of Brexit according to different models, including the EEA model. In light of recent comments made by Theresa May, it is unlikely that...more

Lettre d’actualité IPMT: #14 - March 2017

Hogan Lovells on 4/4/2017

Brevets - Déclaration de non-contrefaçon et compétence territoriale du juge français - Le Tribunal de grande instance de Paris est compétent pour connaître d'une action en déclaration de non-contrefaçon des...more

MBHB Snippets: A review of developments in Intellectual Property Law - Volume 15, Issue 1

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP on 3/22/2017

In 2011, the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (“AIA”) established new post-issuance procedures for challenging the validity of a granted patent before the Patent Trials and Appeal Board (“PTAB” or “Board”). Inter partes...more

2017 Intellectual Property Law Year In Review

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/1/2017

Though politics ruled the headlines in 2016, the year still brought big changes in intellectual property law and its application, most notably in patent subject matter eligibility, inter partes review institution and appeal...more

Litigation and Dispute Resolution in Canada

Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP on 7/23/2015

This Guide provides an introduction to Canada’s civil litigation and dispute resolution system. It describes the procedures followed in Canada’s civil courts and administrative tribunals, and discusses alternatives to dispute...more

IP Newsletter - April 2015

Morrison & Foerster LLP on 4/13/2015

In This Issue: - Federal Circuit Affirms PTO in First Appeal of an Inter Partes Review Decision - EU Copyright: No Resale of Digital Content Except for Software? - Qualcomm Agrees to $975 Million Fine and...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 9, September 2013

McDermott Will & Emery on 10/1/2013

Patents/Preliminary Injunction: Preliminary Injunction Ordered Based on Appellate Claim Construction Aria Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc. - Addressing a preliminary injunction filed by a defendant in a...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 7, July 2013

McDermott Will & Emery on 7/31/2013

“Reverse Payment” Settlements Face Greater Antitrust Scrutiny Following U.S. Supreme Court Ruling in FTC v. Actavis: Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis, Inc. - Resolving a split among the U.S. Courts of Appeals, the...more

IP Update, Vol. 16, No. 2, -- February 2013

McDermott Will & Emery on 2/28/2013

In This Issue: Patents - Supreme Court: State Court Has Jurisdiction over a Legal Malpractice Claim; Nothing Non-Obvious About Applying Pre-Existing Technology to the Internet; The Federal Circuit Is Not the...more

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