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Don't Get Too Confidential on Judge Chhabria – or Else

Judge Vince Chhabria wrote last week Nevro v. Boston Scientific Nevro Chhabria's patent cases The judge is clearly trying to shake up some of the business-as-usual in patent litigation Boston Scientific Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer That led to a painful hearing before Chhabria in April A&P partner Edward Han in many other jurisdictions sealed filings are routine issued his order

Who's Arguing?

mentioned Tuesday WARF v. Apple ➤ Google v. Personal Audio. Not so in this case. Apple Dan Bagatell, Perkins Coie's Federal Circuit practice Victor Hardy of Hardy, Parrish, Yang ➤ Intellectual Ventures v. T-Mobile and Ericsson. Chief Judge Leonard Stark Dechert litigation chief Martin Black Baker Botts partner Doug Kubehl ➤ Real Foods v. Frito-Lay America. CORN THINS RICE THINS its Facebook page should have gone further and declared the marks generic recent Coke Zero decision Norris McLaughlin & Marcus partner Jeanne Hamburg Pirkey Barber's Bill Barber

Adobe's Dana Rao on Diversity

Dana Rao Adobe Systems a Q&A with him Mike Dillon

Ninth Circuit Tries Again on Laches

outside of the Ninth and Federal circuits think that laches should be a defense in IP disputes? ruled against disagreed disagreed. laches still applies in trademark cases He's probably right