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Skilled in the Art: Quinn Kicks Up a Soccer Storm | Silicon Valley Tackles...Gypsum Board? | Firms Smoking in E-Cig Fight

In today's briefing, we dive into the bevy of patent litigation stemming from the e-cigarette industry, an interesting debate from the world of soccer, and more.
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Skilled in the Art: Kavanaugh Boards the Lemley Train | Set the Damn FRAND Rate Already | Secret Meetings on Section 101

In this week's edition, we look at Kavanaugh's first hearing of a patent case as a SCOTUS justice. Within minutes, he referenced a brief co-authored by none other than Stanford's Mark Lemley.
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Skilled in the Art: 233 Million Reasons to Choose Trade Secrets | Plus, Fish & Richardson Wins a Round in Power Supply Wars

A semiconductor design company bagged a $233 million verdict and probably its attorneys fees in a trade secrets verdict.
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Skilled in the Art: Data Can Be a Trade Secret, No Matter How Big | Plus, Better Focus Needed on ADHD Patents, and K&L Gates Reprises Carnegie Mellon Suit

The Federal Circuit has ordered a district court to take another crack at looking at a generic version of an ADHD drug.
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Skilled in the Art: Unified's Model Passes Muster at PTAB | Plus, Gorsuch Brings Patent Chops to His Chambers

There's been some development on the PTAB's real party rules, and one Supreme Court justice is apparently stocking up on IP expertise despite a lack of IP-centric cases on the calendar.
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Skilled in the Art: A FRANDly Fight + How to Win Cases and Infuriate Judges

A recent decision is going force patent holders to decide whether to accept that they're required to license standard-essential patents to competitors, or to continue brushing them off.
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Skilled in the Art: No Sovereign Shield to Section 101 + Meet the PTO's New Deputy Director

The PTO has a new deputy director, and it's former solicitor joined Perkins Coie.
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Skilled in the Art: Grenades Chucked in Video Game Fight + A CAFC Preview: Section 101 & Sovereign Immunity in One Case

NetEase contends that some game elements PUBG describes as uniquely creative are actually clip art marketed by third parties.
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Skilled in the Art: I'm Back ROSITAs! Plus, Term 2018 Gets More Idiosyncratic, and Andrei Iancu Lets His Hair Down

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking up the question of whether the U.S. government is a “person” who can petition the Patent Trial and Appeal Board within the meaning of the America Invents Act.
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Skilled in the Art: The Revolution Will Not Be on Pleading Paper

A San Francisco judge is encouraging attorneys to file briefs on plain paper. Two IP lawyers were the first to take him up on it.
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