Skilled in the Art: Fed Circuit Tightens Again on Damages | Plus, Examining a Rule 11 Ethics Conundrum
Will a third trial be the charm in this high-stakes semiconductor patent case? And what to make of an offer by Fitbit's lawyers to drop to a sanctions motion against opposing counsel in a patent case exchange for certain action by the firm's client?
July 03, 2018 at 09:00 PM
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|Fairchild Wins Latest Round in Semiconductor War
Oracle Google Did you know there's a semiconductor version of this litigation too? Power Integrations v. Fairchild Semiconductor Judge Maxine Chesney Judge William Alsup ordered another do-over Power Integrations Judge Timothy Dyk LaserDynamics v. Quanta Computer Frank Scherkenbach of Fish & Richardson Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan partner Kathleen Sullivan Paul Hastings Fairchild ON Semiconductor LaserDynamics Paul Hastings partner Blair Jacobs Tuesday Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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Using Rule 11 to Divide and Conquer
I wrote last week U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria Quarterhill Smart Wearable Technologies Friedman, Suder & Cooke Fitbit Nick Gross 
an email in the court record WiLan place some $700,000 in a trust account to ensure that any fees awarded by Chhabria under Section 285 would be paid Clem Roberts Durie Tangri Orrick told Chhabria at the time Michael McCabe IP Ethics
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Who Got the Work?
I have a blind spot when it comes to the fashion world. Toad & Co Ex-Officio great Foley & Lardner a June 29 complaint U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore ➤ The dispute: on the company's website REI brand Modern Travel false, deceptive and likely to cause confusion with its registered mark Marmot Mountain LLC ➤ The attorneys: Eley Thompson Diane Elder Spencer Montei
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Who's Arguing?
Wednesday Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr partner Bill Lee Irell & Manella partner Morgan Chu won the verdict in 2015 Federal Circuit Bar Association the court sometimes looks with a jaundiced eye at appeals that raise more than three issues a similar rationale in 2016.
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What Was I Thinking?
last week's newsletter Anthony Kennedy IP jurisprudence FTC v. Actavis Justice Stephen Breyer Latham & Watkins partner Tara Elliott
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Ex-Manatt Partners Launch IP Boutique in N.Y.
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips Christine Simmons reports Peroff Saunders Mark Peroff Darren Saunders Bryan Michael Cassandra Tam Wilson Keadjian Browndorf Takeda Pharmaceutical H&M Rubik's Brand Ltd
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