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Will Obama’s proposals rein in patent trolls?

The Obama Administration has announced five executive actions and seven legislative proposals aimed at holding back the tsunami of litigation by patent trolls, and lawyers are weighing in on whether...

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Supreme Court nixes human gene patents

In a decision that seemed designed to carve out a middle ground in the legal battle over whether companies can hold exclusive rights in the use of biological material, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled...

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Boutique firm founder not afraid to take leap of faith

Toby Reynolds tried to avoid following in his lawyer father’s footsteps, but the pull of law was too strong.

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Patent ruling leaves lingering questions on burden of proof

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC No. 12-1128, clarified the burden shifting framework for certain types of claims stemming from patent licensing...

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Justices struggle over attorney fees in patent troll cases

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court wrangled over the language of a statute that allows prevailing parties in certain patent infringement cases to recoup attorney fees — an issue that could mean...

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US justices struggle with software patentability

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are facing the difficult task of determining whether computer-implemented software programs that draw on non-computerized principles — a category that could...

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Last patent case of the term could end in a bust

In the last oral argument of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday took up a closely watched patent case that practitioners hoped would establish a standard for indirect patent infringement.

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US high court ruling leaves questions on software patent eligibility

The U.S. Supreme Court held last week that some, but not all, computer-implemented software functions are too abstract to qualify for a patent.

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Lawyers hope court’s ruling limits patent suits

While everyone has been fixated on patent trolls, experts say a different breed of abusive intellectual-property litigants have been making a comeback: businesses that assert dubious patents for...

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Patent attorneys try to keep pace, land large verdicts in Western District

A cottage industry has developed around the so-called “rocket docket” of the Western District of Wisconsin, the speed of which has attracted plaintiffs in patent cases.

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Will Obama’s proposals rein in patent trolls?

The Obama Administration has announced five executive actions and seven legislative proposals aimed at holding back the tsunami of litigation by patent trolls, and lawyers are weighing in on whether...

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Supreme Court nixes human gene patents

In a decision that seemed designed to carve out a middle ground in the legal battle over whether companies can hold exclusive rights in the use of biological material, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled...

View Article

Image may be NSFW.
Clik here to view.

Boutique firm founder not afraid to take leap of faith

Toby Reynolds tried to avoid following in his lawyer father’s footsteps, but the pull of law was too strong.

View Article


Patent ruling leaves lingering questions on burden of proof

The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling in Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC No. 12-1128, clarified the burden shifting framework for certain types of claims stemming from patent licensing...

View Article

Justices struggle over attorney fees in patent troll cases

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court wrangled over the language of a statute that allows prevailing parties in certain patent infringement cases to recoup attorney fees — an issue that could mean...

View Article


US justices struggle with software patentability

The justices of the U.S. Supreme Court are facing the difficult task of determining whether computer-implemented software programs that draw on non-computerized principles — a category that could...

View Article

Last patent case of the term could end in a bust

In the last oral argument of the term, the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday took up a closely watched patent case that practitioners hoped would establish a standard for indirect patent infringement.

View Article


US high court ruling leaves questions on software patent eligibility

The U.S. Supreme Court held last week that some, but not all, computer-implemented software functions are too abstract to qualify for a patent.

View Article

Lawyers hope court’s ruling limits patent suits

While everyone has been fixated on patent trolls, experts say a different breed of abusive intellectual-property litigants have been making a comeback: businesses that assert dubious patents for...

View Article

Patent attorneys try to keep pace, land large verdicts in Western District

A cottage industry has developed around the so-called “rocket docket” of the Western District of Wisconsin, the speed of which has attracted plaintiffs in patent cases.

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