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Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: Show Him the Money: Judge Connolly Sets a December Hearing on VLSI/Fortress Finances + No, Fortanix Is Not Confusingly Similar to Fortinet

Will Connolly's hearings be public? Will his orders be appealable? Shaw Keller partner Andrew Russell of the IP/DE blog helps game out some scenarios.
7 minute read

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Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: Bare-Knuckle Blatt Versus Factor 4 Martinez—Five Takeaways From the Andy Warhol Foundation Arguments + Judge Leonard Stark Officially Receives His Robe

Both sides gave up some ground during arguments in the potentially momentous copyright case. But will a middle-ground ruling unleash a new round of litigation?
8 minute read

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Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: Delaware Patent Filings Decline as Connolly Turns Up Heat on Litigation Funding + Another Monster Win for Hueston Hennigan + Uniloc Throws in the Towel on Publicizing Patent Licenses

Delaware has seen a strong downward shift in patent filings over the last six months, Law.com Radar reports. That's right about the time Chief Judge Colm Connolly began requiring fulsome disclosure about third-party litigation funding.
9 minute read

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Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: Judge Dyk's Snappy Memoir Touches on Confirmation, (Non) Retirement and the Challenge of Judicial Equality

"After a period of years, I think you learn that dissents do not always serve a useful purpose," and other takeaways from 22 years on the appellate bench.
12 minute read

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Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: An Austin Jury Sends a $175M Message to Meta Platforms + Solicitor General Says CAFC Is Getting It Right on Genus Claims

Getting out of Waco didn't solve Meta's problems, as Quinn Emanuel partners Robert Stone and Michael Powell led the way for live messaging app Voxer.
9 minute read

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Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: The PTO Isn't Going Easy on Matt Powers + Who Got the Work as Amazon Faces Suit Over Gaming Patents

The Tensegrity Law Group partner may be close with the PTO director, but he's not getting special treatment from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
5 minute read

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The Federal Circuit Sounds Primed to Throw Out a $576 Million Judgment Against Apple + Uniloc Might Pay Twice for Settling Out of Standing Case

A patent owner who scored a massive win in the Eastern District of Texas acknowledges "we have a big problem" if a PTAB invalidation decision stands.
8 minute read

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Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: Don't Say 'Invalid.' Apple Faces Gag in $576M Patent Appeal + If an RFID Patent Goes Down, Will a $20M Discovery Sanction Go With It?

WilmerHale, MoloLamken and Paul Hastings will square off at the Federal Circuit next week over a $576 million patent infringement judgment. The USPTO has ruled the patents invalid, but that might not do Apple any good.
8 minute read

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Skilled in the Art With Scott Graham: The Winds Are Shifting at the PTAB + A New Judge and a New Complaint Get a New Result Against Amazon

USPTO Director Kathi Vidal issued a first-of-its-kind order this week instructing a PTAB panel to reconsider a preliminary order in an America Invents Act proceeding.
8 minute read

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Fish Saves Infant Nutrition Patents From a Premature Death + Cisco and Desmarais Block Bid for $371 Million on Virtualization Patent

A generic competitor called Exela Pharma Sciences' patents on intravenous cysteine hydrochloride frivolous. Judge Maryellen Noreika called them valid and infringed.
6 minute read

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