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Legislation Would Address Abusive Patent-Litigation Tactics

On the heels of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Congress is currently considering a number of bills designed to address abusive patent-litigation tactics associated with nonpracticing entities, often referred to as "patent trolls." On Dec. 5, 2013, the House of Representatives passed the Innovation Act, HR 3309, by a vote of 325 to 9. It has been sent to the Senate and referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee for consideration.
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Inside Counsel

Apple, Google, Samsung join forces to get patent trolls back under the bridge

They are among 19 companies that told the EU in a letter to take action to limit the ability of companies that hold patents as their primary source of income from using the legal system to extort money out of other businesses.
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Inside Counsel

IP: Sufficiency of disclosure and the great divide between the U.S. and Europe

A close analysis of the disparate c in the United States and Europe demonstrates that such harmonization is incomplete.
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New York Law Journal

Toshiba Corp. v. CDI Media Inc.

Contract's Alleged Violator Is Denied Additional Discovery Under Rule 56(d)
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The Recorder

Garcia v. Google, Inc.

By | February 26, 2014
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The Legal Intelligencer

Strategies for Protecting Trade Secrets in the Cloud

Recent studies estimate that trade secrets may account for up to two-thirds of most companies' information portfolios, and that the annual cost of trade secret misappropriation to U.S. companies ranges between $45 billion and $300 billion. Given the importance of trade secrets to many companies' competitive success, it is no surprise that trade secret litigation is booming. Indeed, federal courts have seen it doubling roughly every decade for the past 30 years, and jury verdicts in the hundreds of millions are becoming almost commonplace.
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The Recorder

Federal Circuit Chief Skips the Troll Bashing, Takes Aim at Litigation Tactics

Speaking Monday in San Francisco, Chief Judge Randall Rader said patent trolls aren't the whole problem and urged lawyers to curb unreasonable litigation costs.
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Supreme Court Brief

Cases Present Chance to Discourage Patent Trolls

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday devotes its entire argument time to two patent cases involving the award of attorney fees.
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Litigation Daily

Supreme Court Newcomers Take On Fee-Shifting in Patent Cases

Don Dunner isn't the only lawyer making his U.S. Supreme Court debut this week as the justices take up the question of fee shifting in patent cases. Rudy Telscher of the IP boutique Harness Dickey & Pierce will also stand before the high court for the first time on Wednesday, arguing a case with potentially huge ramifications for the patent bar.
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Inside Counsel

Apple files lawsuit over Siri patent rights in China

Apple claims that Shanghai Zhizhen Network Technologys patent concerning voice-recognition technology should be invalid
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