Posts Tagged: Guest Contributor
Report: The Best Hatch-Waxman Law Firms of 2021
Last week, we explained our 2021 findings for the best firms involved in inter partes review proceedings. Today, based on the second annual ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report, which …
An Ax(le) Needs Grinding: Can the Federal Circuit Turn the Wheel?
I recently opened a Bordeaux and re-read the petition for certiorari in American Axle v. Neapco. Not because I like watching horror films or black-and-white footage of …
India’s Prius Judgment and Trans-Border Reputation of Trademarks
A trademark is accorded reputation through its prolonged use and the goodwill it holds in the market where it operates. A trademark is believed to have a …
How Public Opinion Polls Expand the Conversation on GSK v. Teva and Skinny Labeling
The Federal Circuit’s recent majority opinion and Chief Judge Prost’s dissenting opinion in the GlaxoSmithKline LLC v. Teva Pharmaceuticals “skinny labeling” case has raised eyebrows …
CareDx v. Natera: The Latest in Patent Eligibility of Medical Diagnostics
The latest ruling involving patent eligibility of medical diagnostics comes from Chief Judge Connolly of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in a …
Navigating the Legal Cloud: How to Manage Data and Intellectual Property with Cloud Orchestration Platforms
As the way we live and work has increasingly moved into virtual environments (I like to call it a legal metaverse), the boundaries between physical, digital, and …
Counseling Clients on What Constitutes Exceptionality in Patent Litigation: A View from Delaware
After a client prevails in patent litigation in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, the client often wants to know whether it can …
Where We Are on AI Inventorship and Where We Should be Heading
The past few years saw a meteoric rise of artificial intelligence (AI) products, services, and applications. AI has evolved from merely a buzzword or a cool new …
In re Surgisil: Boon, Burden, or Mixed Bag for Patent Applicants and Patentees?
Last week, the Federal Circuit Court reversed the Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision in In re Surgisil, L.L.P., overturning the Board’s ruling that …
Lights, Camera, Impact: The Case for Video-Based Online Meetings in the IP Context and Beyond
In the IP field, and countless others, online or virtual meetings have become ingrained in professional life, an enabler of remote working in the age of COVID-19 …
Eagle Forum Event Participants Delve into Patent Eligibility ‘Goulash’
The extreme uncertainty that U.S. patent eligibility “validity goulash” jurisprudence has caused is wreaking havoc on inventors, especially those working on emerging technologies. It is also …
India Amends Patent Rules and Reduces Fees by 80% for Educational Institutions
On September 21, 2021, India's Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry published amended Patents Rules, 2021, to amend the 2003 …
Senator Tillis Letter to Ambassador Tai: TRIPS Waiver (Copyright)
Dear Ambassador Tai: I write you again today for the fourth time about the Biden Administration’s waiver of international obligations under the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual …
New Survey Methods Address Consumer Uncertainty in Trademark Law
Decades of trademark litigation cases have relied on survey evidence that aims to assess what consumers in the marketplace subjectively believe to be true. These methods are …
Beware the Shadow Statute: ALI’s Copyright Restatement Project is Quite the Fright
American creators know how to celebrate Halloween: Whether they’re writing a mystery novel, shooting a horror movie, or painting a calavera, they’re a huge part …
