New Hampshire Court: First Amendment Says You Can Call A Patent Troll A Patent Troll
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New Hampshire Court: First Amendment Says You Can Call A Patent Troll A Patent Troll
The court ruled [PDF] that the phrase “patent troll” and other rhetorical characterizations are not the type of factual statements that can be the basis of a defamation claim. While this is a fairly routine application of defamation law and the First Amendment, it is an important reminder that patent... Continue reading
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Federal appeals court strikes down drug price-gouging law
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — A federal appeals court has struck down Maryland’s first-in-the-nation law against pharmaceutical price gouging. A divided three-judge … It enabled Maryland’s attorney general to sue makers of off-patent or generic drugs that make an “unconscionable” price increase. That was …
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Preparing For High Court’s Looming Oil States Decision
Greene’s Energy Group LLC, the U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s inter partes review procedure is constitutional. IPRs are administrative procedures that review a patent’s validity. The administrative law body responsible for administering these …
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Maryland law against drug price-gouging is unconstitutional, federal appeals court rules
Frosh’s office could not immediately be reached for comment. The law required health officials share with the attorney general’s office price information about generic drugs — that is, those not subject to a patent. If the state’s lawyers could show that prices were being raised too steeply, they could step... Continue reading
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Attorney Mark Guinto named a USPTO Outstanding Volunteer
CLEVELAND, April 13, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — At the Cleveland Intellectual Property Law Association’s April meeting on April 12, McDonald Hopkins’ intellectual property attorney Mark C. Guinto received the United States Patent and Trademark Office Outstanding Volunteer Award for assisting individuals …
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Taylor English adds Intellectual Property partner
He performed post-doctoral research at the German Cancer Research Institute and at the University of California at Berkeley, followed by serving as a group leader at Genentech Inc. where he was exposed to patent-related issues sparking his interest in intellectual property. He earned his law degree …
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NH Judge rules ‘patent troll’ not ‘necessarily pejorative’
As proof that not all uses of the term “patent troll” are pejorative, Tucker cites a law review article that explains patent trolls play a function as intermediaries specializing in litigation, a role that is not in and of itself a bad thing. So a passage in an article that... Continue reading
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Accounting of profits remedy offers significant benefits to patent owners
The Canadian accounting of profits remedy for patent infringement, which is not available in the United States, provides a potentially significant opportunity for companies with Canadian IP rights. Recent court decisions have highlighted the potential advantages of this remedy. For example, in Dow v …
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Has BlackBerry become a ‘patent troll’? Not quite, says Ottawa researcher
“At this early stage, it is too soon to tell whether these will be precedent-setting cases for patent law generally,” de Beer wrote in a follow-up email. “But they will certainly have a huge impact on the parties, and the industry will be watching closely for implications on other companies’... Continue reading