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Lisa Shuchman is Executive Editor of Law.com International. At ALM she has also worked for The American Lawyer and Corporate Counsel. Prior to joining ALM, she worked in Japan for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, and in the U.S. for the Associated Press, The Industry Standard, and regional newspapers. She received a B.A. from Wesleyan University and an M.S. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. Contact her at [email protected]. On Twitter: @LisaLawReporter.
December 21, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
Matthew Bassiur, who previously oversaw anti-counterfeiting operations for Pfizer Inc. and is also former counsel for intellectual property enforcement at Apple Inc., has been appointed head of global intellectual property enforcement at Chinese online retail giant Alibaba.
By Lisa Shuchman
1 minute read
December 14, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
China cranked out more patent applications in 2014 than the United States and Japan combined, according to a survey released Monday by the World Intellectual Property Organization.
By Lisa Shuchman
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December 9, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
A new study by a Harvard Business School professor has found that financial services patents are more likely to be of low quality and subject to more litigation than other patent groups.
By Lisa Shuchman
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December 8, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
Since September, eight new Section 337 complaints have been filed with the commission. The number of investigations instituted in recent years is still lower than the peak years of 2011-12, but if all the complaints result in institution by the ITC, that would bring the total of new Section 337 investigations instituted to 33 during calendar year 2015.
By Lisa Shuchman
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December 8, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Tuesday named intellectual property attorney and engineer Hope Shimabuku as the first director of the PTO's Texas regional office.
By Lisa Shuchman
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December 1, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
Last week Kyle Bass and Erich Spangenberg filed two more petitions to invalidate patents owned by two separate pharmaceutical companies. Only this time, the petitions were filed by Bass and Spangenberg as individuals—not by the Coalition for Affordable Drugs they created earlier this year to challenge pharma patents.
By Lisa Shuchman
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December 1, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
An record number of patent lawsuits were filed in U.S. district courts Monday, as nonpracticing entities rushed to avoid a change in the law requiring plaintiffs to spell out in detail in their complaints how their patent is being infringed.
By Lisa Shuchman
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November 25, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
Plain packaging on tobacco products is headed to Canada. Newly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has indicated that removing trademarks from tobacco products is a priority—part of his government's healthcare agenda.
By Lisa Shuchman
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November 23, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
The company announced it will offer legal support, including covering court costs, to protect some videos on its site that it believes meet the standard of "fair use" under copyright law but have been challenged with takedown notices.
By Lisa Shuchman
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November 19, 2015 | Corporate Counsel
The share of patents going to women has risen over time, but is still less than 15 percent of the total, according to a study by several economists.
By Lisa Shuchman
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