• King & Spalding Nabs Cooley’s Ex-IP Litigation Head

    Law360 (February 28, 2018, 4:32 PM EST) — King & Spalding LLP has hired the former head of Cooley LLP’s intellectual property litigation group who has represented technology and life sciences companies in high-stakes disputes over patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets in courts and …

     
  • Indian patent act

    In India the grant of patents is governed by the patent Act 1970 and Rules 1972. The patents granted under the act are operative in the whole of India.

     
  • Patents

    This is a place for patent professionals and non-professionals to discuss patent law and related topics. This is not a forum for legal advice. This subreddit is for discussing developments in patent law. This is not a forum for soliciting or giving legal advice or legal information. The good folks... Continue reading

     
  • Attorney / Member Job, Landmark Intellectual Property Law, Pllc 5965116

    Landmark Intellectual Property Law, Pllc Law Firm seeks Attorney / Member 5965116, attorney job details page on LawCrossing.com.

     
  • Stupid Patent of the Month: Buying A Bundle of Diamonds

    And patents on newfangled financial techniques like this were generally barred following Bilski v. Kappos, a 2008 Supreme Court case that prevents the patenting of purely financial instruments. Since then, the law has become even less favorable to abstract business method patents like this one.

     
  • King & Spalding Boosts IP Practice With Addition of Litigator Thomas Friel

    Friel speaks frequently on patent issues. He is on the advisory committee for the Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, a research center at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, and has spoken at its events. He has served on the faculty of the Advanced Patent Law Institute,... Continue reading

     
  • Patent Laws Will Weather The NAFTA Storm

    Law360 (February 28, 2018, 1:46 PM EST) — Since the election of President Donald Trump, a predictable, yet uncomfortable, rhythm has emerged in negotiations over the future of the North American Free Trade Agreement. The White House denounced the 23-year old treaty as unfair to the United …

     
  • Contreras on Holdup, Global SEP Disputes

    Thus, the ongoing hunt for empirical evidence of systemic patent hold-up in standardized product markets, or a lack thereof, seems a fruitless academic exercise. The absence of systemic hold-up actually tells us little about individual firm behavior that can and should be sanctioned by the law, and it may …

     
  • Post-Octane Fitness Considerations In East Texas

    Law360 (February 28, 2018, 1:23 PM EST) — Unsurprisingly, requests for a successful patent litigant’s attorneys’ fees have become increasingly popular in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s seminal 2014 ruling in Octane Fitness LLC v. Icon Health & Fitness Inc.[1] Recent statistics reflect that …

     
  • As Women Assume More Leadership Roles in Law, Foley & Lardner Taps Litigator Leslie Smith As …

    In particular, the firm intends to enhance its offerings in core practices in Miami, including health care, litigation, labor and employment, immigration, intellectual property and distribution and franchise law. “It’s an exciting time to become managing partner of Foley’s Miami’s office,” Smith said in a …