Scott Graham

December 05, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Irell & Manella partner Morgan Chu and others argue that Colm Connolly's standing order on disclosure, which has led to a huge fuss in the patent bar, should have been subject to more rigorous vetting as a local rule of the entire Delaware court.

By Scott Graham

4 minute read

December 02, 2022 | Law.com

The judge fired a massive salvo in his campaign to pull back the curtain on litigation funding generally and on patent monetization company IP Edge in particular.

By Scott Graham

12 minute read

December 01, 2022 | National Law Journal

Delaware U.S. District Chief Judge Colm Connolly is getting plenty of support in his aggressive bid to enforce compliance with ownership and funding disclosure orders. Connolly is speaking up for himself too.

By Scott Graham

4 minute read

November 29, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

A team led by principal Neil McNabnay is urging the Federal Circuit to stay out of the Delaware chief judge's unprecedented investigation into the ownership structure of LLCs affiliated with Mavexar LCC and IP Edge.

By Scott Graham

4 minute read

November 29, 2022 | National Law Journal

Backed by Faegre Drinker, Luxco is seeking to stop a company that operates lodging and restaurants at national parks from selling Yellowstone National Park whiskey.

By Scott Graham

2 minute read

November 23, 2022 | National Law Journal

PTO Director Kathi Vidal has said she intends to sanction OpenSky Industries "to the fullest extent of the director's power" for double-dealing behavior in an America Invents Act proceeding. OpenSky is arguing that the AIA does not authorize an award of attorneys fees.

By Scott Graham

3 minute read

November 22, 2022 | National Law Journal

Debevoise & Plimpton partner David Bernstein says the time is right for the Supreme Court to assess the Second Circuit's Rogers v. Grimaldi test, and decide if it strikes the right balance.

By Scott Graham

5 minute read

November 21, 2022 | Delaware Business Court Insider

The appellate court temporarily stayed Connolly's order requiring information about retention letters and settlement agreements. The documents could show whether Mavexar LLC is acting only as a consultant or as an undisclosed third-party funder in a string of patent infringement suits.

By Scott Graham

4 minute read

November 10, 2022 | Law.com

Shaw Keller partner Andrew Russell described the hearing into Lamplight Licensing, Nimitz Technologies and Mellaconic IP as "one of the most remarkable hearings I've seen in a patent case."

By Scott Graham

6 minute read

November 08, 2022 | National Law Journal

Bristol-Myers Squibb had won a $1.2 billion judgment for infringement of its patent on a cancer treatment. But the justices left in place a Federal Circuit decision that invalidated the patent for failing to meet the Patent Act's written description requirement.

By Scott Graham

3 minute read