Don’t forget you can visit MyAlerts to manage your alerts at any time.
Get alerted any time new stories match your search criteria. Create an alert to follow a developing story, keep current on a competitor, or monitor industry news.
Thank You!
Don’t forget you can visit MyAlerts to manage your alerts at any time.
Scott Graham focuses on intellectual property and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He writes ALM's Skilled in the Art IP briefing. Contact him at [email protected].
June 22, 2021 | National Law Journal
Once one of just two women on the court, Prost has been gradually handing over the reins to incoming Chief Judge Kimberly Moore as the court nears gender parity.
By Scott Graham
4 minute read
June 21, 2021 | National Law Journal
The administrative judges of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board look like principal officers who should have been appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, a majority of the court ruled. But the court is getting around that problem by letting the PTO director conduct final review of each decision, rendering the APJs inferior officers.
By Scott Graham
8 minute read
June 18, 2021 | Law.com
Kirkland partners Adam Alper and Mike De Vries share a few insights on the trade secrets trial they just litigated for AI company LivePerson.
By Scott Graham
10 minute read
June 17, 2021 | The Recorder
Jurors awarded $6.7 million in compensatory damages and $23.3 million in punitives. It's the third in-person jury trial win for Kirkland partners Adam Alper and Michael De Vries during the pandemic era.
By Scott Graham
3 minute read
June 17, 2021 | National Law Journal
The PTO kept sending mail to an incorrectly provided street address, even though it had an email, a telephone number and a unique customer identifier it could have cross-checked. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that it was likely arbitrary and capricious for the PTO to withdraw a patent application under those circumstances.
By Scott Graham
5 minute read
June 17, 2021 | National Law Journal
There was little drama during the brief discussion of the woman tabbed to be the first Black judge on the nation's patent appellate court. All committee Democrats and five Republicans voted to move her nomination to the floor.
By Scott Graham
2 minute read
June 16, 2021 | The Recorder
In closing arguments Tuesday, Kirkland & Ellis partner Michael De Vries told jurors that [24]7.ai was so brazen about its theft of competitor LivePerson's rules and data that it even referred internally to "the LivePerson rules." O'Melveny partner Darin Snyder argued there was nothing improper about that because LivePerson assigned all the IP generated on customer websites to its customers.
By Scott Graham
4 minute read
June 15, 2021 | The Recorder
Following a summary judgment ruling from U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar, Oracle and HPE are heading to a familiar place—a potentially multimillion-dollar jury trial in a San Francisco Bay Area courtroom.
By Scott Graham
3 minute read
June 14, 2021 | Law.com
Sen. Thom Tillis had some impressively nuanced questions for Federal Circuit nominee Tiffany Cunningham.
By Scott Graham
11 minute read
June 14, 2021 | Texas Lawyer
Samsung and LG Electronics are asking the Federal Circuit to free it from the Western District of Texas, on the ground that Ikornongo Texas allegedly manipulated venue by subdividing its patents into exclusive geographic entities. Ikorongo says the tech giants sandbagged by waiting until they lost claim construction to take their transfer case to the Federal Circuit.
By Scott Graham
3 minute read
The premier educational and networking event for employee benefits brokers and agents.
The Legal Intelligencer honors lawyers leaving a mark on the legal community in Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Consulting Magazine recognizes leaders in technology across three categories Leadership, Client Service and Innovation.
Truly exceptional Bergen County New Jersey Law Firm is growing and seeks strong plaintiff's personal injury Attorney with 5-7 years plaintif...
Atlanta s John Marshall Law School is seeking to hire one or more full-time, visiting Legal WritingInstructors to teach Legal Research, Anal...
Shipman is seeking an associate to join our Labor & Employment practice in our Hartford, New Haven, or Stamford office. Candidates shou...
MELICK & PORTER, LLP PROMOTES CONNECTICUT PARTNERS HOLLY ROGERS, STEVEN BANKS, and ALEXANDER AHRENS