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Eli Lilly Says Tampa Health Biz Can't 'Pass The Buck' In TM Suit
Eli Lilly and Co. is asking a Florida federal judge not to throw out its claims that a Tampa Bay company falsely advertised that it [...]
SCOTUS Denies Petition Challenging Post-Patent Expiration Royalty Obligations Upheld in Arbitration
Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) denied the petition for writ of certiorari filed in Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. v. Insall, which challenged an arbitration [...]
Labcorp Accuses Ex-Sales Exec Of Stealing Customers
Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings took its former sales marketing executive to North Carolina federal court, along with his new employer, claiming that the worker [...]
Crown Packaging Can Patents Ruled Invalid In Reversal
The Federal Circuit ruled Tuesday that a series of Crown Packaging's patents on a machine that produces aluminum beverage cans is invalid, the latest in [...]
BioNTech, Pfizer Rival Wants Party Flip In Covid Vax IP Fight
German biotech company CureVac asked a Virginia federal judge to flip the positions of the litigants in its COVID-19 vaccine patent fight with rivals Pfizer [...]
Firms Still Have The Edge In Lateral Hiring, But Buyer Beware
Partner mobility data suggests that the third quarter of this year continued to be a buyer’s market, with the average candidate demanding less compensation for [...]
How Duracell Uses Trademarks and Trade Dress to Fight Counterfeits | IPWatchdog Unleashed
This week my conversation is with Leo White, who is Chief IP Counsel and Associate General Counsel for The Duracell Company. During our conversation we [...]
Judge Newman Says Fed. Circ. Threatened Her To Seal Filings
U.S. Circuit Judge Pauline Newman asked the D.C. Circuit Monday to unseal supplemental documents attached to her opening brief arguing that the suspension her colleagues [...]
Jones Says Waiver Gave Onion Unfair Edge In Infowars Auction
Lawyers for Alex Jones on Monday stepped up their criticism of satirical news outlet The Onion's bid to buy the conspiracy theorist's Infowars website, urging [...]
Intellia Can't Escape Patent Suit Over $100M Regeneron Deal
Biotechnology company Intellia Therapeutics cannot ditch BlueAllele's claims that it infringed three patents related to gene editing to reap over $100 million under a deal [...]
Bill Aiding Not-So-Small Patent Applicants Advances
A federal measure that would allow patent applicants to avoid financial penalties for incorrectly seeking reduced fees for small applicants has made its way to President [...]
Federal Circuit Reiterates Limits of Incorporation by Reference in Win for Priceline
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Monday, December 9, in a precedential decision affirmed a district court determination that Priceline.com [...]
Blockchain Co. IP Fight With Investment Firm Will Go To Trial
A California federal judge has said a jury should decide whether the investment firm Franklin Templeton misappropriated trade secrets of Blockchain Innovation LLC and breached [...]
O'Melveny & Myers Faces DQ Effort In Hyundai TM Dispute
An attorney defending computing company Hyundai Technology in its trademark dispute with Hyundai Motor Co. told a California federal judge Monday that O'Melveny & Myers [...]
Meet The Attorneys Arguing Over TM Liability At High Court
A Gibson Dunn partner who has argued before the U.S. Supreme Court 27 times will square off against the former solicitor general of West Virginia [...]
Campbell's Accuses Rival Of Copying Iconic Can Design
The Campbell's Co. is accusing a competitor of copying the soup giant's "famous and iconic" can design, claiming in a New Jersey federal court complaint [...]
Condom Co. Says Rival Owes $744K In 'Naked' IP Dispute
A U.S.-based condom company told a Florida federal judge during a bench trial on Monday that an Australian rival owes at least $744,000 in attorney [...]
Verizon, Ericsson Agree To Settle Co.'s Wireless IP Row In EDTX
Verizon Wireless and Ericsson have agreed to a deal that will end a suit accusing them of infringing a pair of wireless network patents owned [...]
Nintendo Suit May Have Major Impact On Video Game Patents
If Nintendo and The Pokémon Co. win their patent infringement case in Japan against Pocketpair, the game developer behind Palworld, it could pose new challenges [...]
Teaching Your Witness To Beat The Freeze/Appease Response
In addition to fight-or-flight, witnesses may experience the freeze/appease response at trial or deposition — where they become a deer in headlights, agreeing with opposing [...]
Patently Strategic Podcast: Obviousness Case Law Review
An invention cannot be patented if the differences between a claimed invention and the prior art are such that the claimed invention as a whole [...]
Fed. Circ. Backs Priceline, Booking's Patent Case Win
The Federal Circuit on Monday backed a Delaware federal court's ruling that Priceline.com LLC and Booking.com did not infringe an e-commerce patent, agreeing with how [...]
Ga. Attys Urge Companies To Develop GenAI Policies
Companies need to develop policies mitigating the affects of generative artificial intelligence as the tool is already impacting contracts and other aspects of business across [...]
Boies Schiller Adds 2 Litigators In New York, San Francisco
Boies Schiller Flexner LLP has hired two litigators for its New York and San Francisco offices, the firm announced Monday. [...]
