New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Laura A. Stutz | August 18, 2021
President Biden promised workers significant workplace protections during his campaign. The quick regulatory actions and immediate leadership changes at OSHA, EEOC, NLRB and DOL signal the intent of his administration to deliver on his promise.
By Scott Graham | August 3, 2021
Drew Hirshfeld issued brief orders Monday rejecting rehearing requests from two litigants who had lost validity challenges at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The extra layer of review is designed to address Supreme Court concerns about the accountability of PTAB judges.
By Scott Graham | July 14, 2021
The chief judge of the Eastern District of Texas turned away an inventor group's challenge to the way the PTO conducts patent validity trials, saying the inventors don't have standing to sue. The PTO is now saying the same should apply to a tech industry suit in San Jose.
By Scott Graham | July 8, 2021
Qualcomm, Sanofi-Aventis and Uniloc 2017 are among the patent owners who formally gave up their right Wednesday to maintain Appointments Clause challenges before the Federal Circuit. But others represented by Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel are trying one last long-shot strategy.
By Scott Graham | June 29, 2021
The agency has issued interim rules that permit the PTO director to review final decisions of the PTAB on their own motion or at the request of a party.
By Andrew Goudsward | June 22, 2021
Christopher Fonzone reported more than $400,000 in compensation from his work in Sidley Austin's privacy and cybersecurity group.
By Scott Graham | June 21, 2021
The administrative judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board look like principal officers who should have been appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, a majority of the court ruled. But the court is getting around that problem by letting the PTO director conduct final review of each decision, rendering the APJs inferior officers.
By Scott Graham | June 17, 2021
The PTO kept sending mail to an incorrectly provided street address, even though it had an email, a telephone number and a unique customer identifier it could have cross-checked. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that it was likely arbitrary and capricious for the PTO to withdraw a patent application under those circumstances.
By Scott Graham | June 10, 2021
A newly formed Nevada LLC that swears it isn't affiliated with the tech giant is asking the USPTO to review the validity of two patents that were at issue in a Texas trial last February. The LLC's attorney says the PTO shouldn't allow billions to be awarded on patents that haven't been thoroughly reviewed for validity.
New Jersey Law Journal | Analysis
By Lewis Goldshore | June 10, 2021
Environmental law and policy developments continued apace, despite the preoccupation with COVID-19 over the past year and a half. This article identifies and discusses 10 significant issues for environmental practitioners.
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