Skilled in the Art: Has 'Oil States' Been Overruled? Plus, Twin Win for Twitter
The main holding of Oil States seemed somewhat shaky this week as the Federal Circuit heard arguments on tribal sovereign immunity.
June 06, 2018 at 08:00 AM
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Is Oil States Still Good Law?
Oil States The high court finally resolved the debate Justice Clarence Thomas great authority for its argument that Indian tribal immunity cannot be used to shield patents from administrative review DOJ attorney Mark Freeman argued Monday Judges Timothy Dyk Jimmie Reyna Judge Kimberly Moore SAS Institute v. Iancu. Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion in SASrepeatedly emphasized the private attributes of IPRs Those three separate mentions were no accident, hour-long argument in Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe v. Mylan Oil States Jonathan Massey Massey & Gail Eric Miller SAS one issue Ropes & Gray counsel Matt Rizzolo Oil States SAS written about sovereign immunity are experienced a variety of contexts Reyna wrote the majority opinionDurie Tangri's Twin Killing for Twitter
Durie Tangri Twitter U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Scott Corley rejected netcasting company TWiT's bid to disqualify the firm This Week in Tech, TWiT owner Leo Laporte Twitter co-founder Ev Williams net@night a firm that TWiT had retained in 2013 Personal Audio threatening lawsuits against podcasters Spaulding, McCullough & Tansil Payne IP any Corley listened to the 2007 interview never Ragesh Tangri, Joseph Gratz, Josh Lerner Eric Messinger
I Speak Slowly on IP ... Frequently
Dominion Harbor's David Pridham Brad Sheafe IP ... Frequently podcast Oil States was posted this week Oil StatesGibson Dunn Adds to Appellate Practice
Oil States Morgan, Lewis & Bockius partner Allyson Ho Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher reports here squares a circle in a couple of ways Gibson chairman Ken DoranK&S Tech Transactions Partner Joins Shearman
Emma Maconick Shearman & Sterling King & Spalding Shearman senior partner David BeveridgeWho Got the Work?
couple of months ago Match Group Tinder the "swipe right" innovation Cooley Badoo Bumble Trading Inc The Dacus Firm McKool Smith Joseph Drayton Rose Whelan Deron Dacus Caldwell, Cassady & CurryThat's all from Skilled in the Art today. I'll see you all again on Friday.
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