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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
That's all from Skilled in the Art this week. I'll see you all again on Tuesday.