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“Without a patent, they [the researchers] won’t have the investment or the interest from a corporate partner that they really need to go all the way,” says Kathleen Marsman, a patent agent at the law offices of Borden Ladner Gervais in Ottawa. “Fantastic Canadian development that was supported by …
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Law360 (April 25, 2018, 8:06 PM EDT) — Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC maintained its perch atop the list of law firms filing the most patent suits in the first quarter of 2018, but there was plenty of shakeup … Wilmington, Delaware-based Stamoulis & Weinblatt filed 66 patent infringement complaints from... Continue reading
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I think businesspeople generally know that legal prohibitions against copying trademarks are not limited just to words, names, or logos, but can also extend to other things like packaging, labeling, or anything else that may confuse consumers. In this lawsuit, Jack Daniel’s starts off by pointing out that it …
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… a certified criminal law trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a Florida Supreme Court Circuit Court Mediator, a commercial pilot & flight instructor, and a partner in the Tampa, Florida, law firm of Carlton, Fields, Jorden & Burt; Ronald Rohde, a patent law attorney, arbitrator for... Continue reading
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The case hinged on whether patents are considered “public rights” or “private rights.” This distinction is important because, generally, “Congress [has] significant latitude to assign adjudication of public right to entities other than Article III courts.” Public rights cover matters “which arise between the …
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An American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA) event, the dinner was one of 60 held on this date around the world. Knobbe’s dinner featured guest speaker Aimee Weisner, Corporate Vice President and General Counsel of Edwards Lifesciences. Keeping with the theme, Empowered Women …
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Repairing a patent protected product does not constitute a patent infringement if the patent proprietor’s rights regarding the repair works had been exhausted by putting the product to be repaired on the market. A repair is admissible if the repair measures are considered to be a proper use of the... Continue reading
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… product was independently patentable) may be subject to capital gains treatment even without a patent or patent application. Precision in describing the transferred right(s)—and maintaining consistency regarding that issue—is likely to be instrumental when attempting to obtain favorable tax treatment.
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SAN DIEGO, April 25, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Fish & Richardson won a unanimous Federal Circuit opinion today that affirmed its June 2016 post-trial wipe-out of a $200 million jury verdict against client Gilead Sciences, Inc. after proving Merck had forfeited its right to assert its hepatitis C drug patents …
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Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law law professor Michael Risch asked via tweet if this means patents issued before the America Invents Act are now vulnerable to a takings-based challenge. “That’s my view of how this case should have been argued all along,” he commented.
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