Skilled in the Art: Kavanaugh's (Thin) Track Record on IP
Like most SCOTUS nominees, there aren't many crumbs in Brett Kavanaugh's IP trail. Plus, a case testing AIA retroactivity is advancing quickly and King & Spalding scoops up two pharma partners.
July 10, 2018 at 09:00 PM
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Brett Kavanaugh's Brushes With IP
Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh turn more on issues of administrative law Copyright Royalty Board Patent Trial and Appeal Board University of Virginia law professor John Duffy pointed out the problem with the Secretary of Commerce Paul Hastings appellate partner Igor Timofeyev McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff partner Kevin Noonan Emory law professor Tim Holbrook Oil States decision whether the PTAB should be barred from invalidating patents that predate the America Invents Act Trading Technologies Inc. permission to file supplemental briefing Baker Hostetler.K&S Nabs Paul Hastings Pharma Partners
King & Spalding Paul Hastings Christine Simmons reports Gerald Flattmann duking it out a few years ago Kyle Bass Evan Diamond. Andrew BaymanA Surreal Trademark Case
Salvador Dali can you use Dali's name and likeness as part of the museum's name? doesn't think soThe Art of Throwing Out Copyright Claims
Chad Harbach The Art of Fielding Colby Hamilton reports Charles Green contended that Harbach lifted content a protagonist on a struggling Division III college baseball team who gets hit by a pitch at a climactic moment Davis Wright Tremaine Elizabeth McNamaraThat's all from Skilled in the Art for today. I'll see you all again Friday .
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