Lisa Shuchman

September 10, 2014 | Litigation Daily

The accused patent troll MPHJ Technology Investments is trying a different tack in its battle with Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell, bringing a new federal lawsuit to block the AG from pursuing state consumer protection claims against the company. 

By Lisa Shuchman

3 minute read

September 09, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

Pharmaceutical companies generally have been slow to avail themselves of postgrant patent proceedings. Until now.

By Lisa Shuchman

7 minute read

September 08, 2014 | Law.com

Less than three weeks after halting drugmakers Mylan and Par Pharma from selling generic versions of Hospira's blockbuster sedative Precedex, a judge in Baltimore performed an unexpected about-face that allows the generics to resume sales.

By Lisa Shuchman

3 minute read

September 08, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

After Big Tobacco lost a battle to prevent plain packaging of cigarettes in Australia, it fought back hard. But other countries also are considering legislation.

By Lisa Shuchman

14 minute read

September 04, 2014 | Litigation Daily

Applying the age-old concepts of searching and ranking to the Internet made Google one of the world's richest companies. But Google's lawyers are on a roll, defeating patent cases on the grounds that taking an abstract idea and adding a computer doesn't warrant patent protection.

By Lisa Shuchman

4 minute read

September 02, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

The Electronic Frontier Foundation's new "Stupid Patent of the Month" program is meant to bring attention to the flaws of the U.S. patent system and the need for change.

By Lisa Shuchman

2 minute read

September 02, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

The nonprofit ALS Association filed two trademark applications related to the viral "Ice Bucket Challenge" . . . and just as quickly withdrew the requests.

By Lisa Shuchman

3 minute read

September 01, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

The third and final installment of articles about 2014's Corporate Counsel's Best Legal Departments finalists.

By Lisa Shuchman

5 minute read

August 27, 2014 | Law.com

Xerox, Ricoh and Lexmark asked for a review of two MPHJ Technology patents that cover a virtual copier technology described as "scan-to-email." MPHJ has sent thousands of demand letters to small companies, threatening to sue them for infringement if they don't pay a licensing fee.

By Lisa Shuchman

3 minute read

August 26, 2014 | Corporate Counsel

As the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers launches new domains, lawyers are being faced with some expensive choices.

By Lisa Shuchman

2 minute read