By Scott Graham | April 1, 2021
The firm's top-notch lawyers and track record of success, plus the chance to rejoin friends and colleagues, was too good to pass up, the firm's former managing partner said.
By Scott Graham | March 26, 2021
On April 6, Ryan Abbott of the University of Surrey School of Law will be arguing an appeal of the USPTO's rejection of a patent application that named only a machine as the inventor. Abbott says if the legal system doesn't allow AI-generated output to be protected, people will not be encouraged to develop innovation using artificial intelligence.
By Scott Graham | March 24, 2021
U.S. District Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong invoked the Defend Trade Secrets Act in issuing a preliminary injunction to Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc.
By Scott Graham | March 24, 2021
A Goodwin Procter team led by Douglas Kline persuaded a Texas jury that Personalized Media Communications holds a patent on foundational decryption technology still in use today by many companies.
By Scott Graham | March 18, 2021
The Western District of Texas Patent Blog's Joseph Abraham and Mark Siegmund explain how Judge Alan Albright became the nation's busiest patent judge, and compare local rules and juries in the Eastern and Western Districts.
By Scott Graham | March 16, 2021
Judge Evan Wallach's departure opens the first vacancy for the Biden administration on the nation's patent appellate court. The judge plans to continue hearing Federal Circuit cases while also sitting by designation on district courts.
By Scott Graham | March 12, 2021
"The Director is permitted, but never compelled" to grant America Invents Act petitions challenging patent validity, the court rules. It's a blow to tech companies that argue they're wrongly being denied access.
By Scott Graham | March 11, 2021
The San Jose judge sounded sympathetic to tech company complaints that the PTO is limiting access to America Invents Act trials. But he also questioned whether the companies have standing to bring the suit.
By Justin Henry | March 5, 2021
Firm leaders said 2020 "confirmed" their theory that a diverse suite of practices braces the firm and clients for financial uncertainty.
By Scott Graham | March 3, 2021
PersonalWeb Technologies had accused more than 80 Amazon customers of infringement. Judge Beth Labson Freeman wrote that, even accounting only for fees tied to PersonalWeb's misconduct, Amazon was entitled to about 75% of its request.
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