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June 01, 2012 |

One for Generics

A high court ruling will help companies fend off the efforts of brand-name drugmakers to control the market.
3 minute read
October 01, 2008 |

E-Alerts Can Perk Up Business Development

Electronic tip-off services such as Google Alert are important business development tools for lawyers to begin or deepen relationships with clients. Think of these new social networking tools as the digital caffeine to help fuel business development at your law firm.
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August 03, 2011 |

Federal Circuit Upholds Sanctions Over Patent Suits Brought in "Bad Faith"

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld sanctions without a finding of inequitable conduct — i.e., fraud on the patent office. The court affirmed a finding that patent holding company Eon-Net "pursued baseless infringement allegations in bad faith and for an improper purpose." Melissa Baily represented Flagstar Bancorp in the suit.
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In re Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc.
Publication Date: 2000-02-11
Practice Area: patents
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Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Judge: LOURIE, RADER, and BRYSON, Circuit Judges
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Matthew G. McAndrews
For defendant: John W. Chestnut
Case number: No. 595

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. LOURIE, Circuit Judge. O R D E R Spalding Sports Worldwide, Inc. petitions this court for a

September 29, 2008 |

'Point of novelty' test abandoned

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has scrapped a 20-year-old legal test in design patent infringement cases and put teeth back into design patents by reverting to a 137-year-old U.S. Supreme Court standard. The unanimous en banc court abandoned its own 1984 "point of novelty" test and reverted to the single 1871 test of what an "ordinary observer" would recognize as infringing in two competing designs. Design patents generally cover the look and feel of a product, rather than its internal mechanism.
3 minute read
October 02, 2013 |

Looking in Unexpected Places for IP Opportunities

Many companies do not regularly look outside their own walls to see what others are doing in the way of prosecuting and obtaining patents. By failing to undertake such a review, companies are potentially missing out on valuable IP opportunities.
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Federal Circuit Rules Against Chinese Company, Upholds ITC Authority over Foreign Trade Secrets Theft
Publication Date: 2011-10-12
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A Federal Circuit panel rejected arguments by TianRui Group's lawyers at McDerMott Will & Emery and Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg that Congress never authorized the ITC to investigate and sanction alleged theft of U.S. trade secrets in China.

October 13, 2011 |

Federal Circuit: Trade Secret Theft Outside U.S. Is Basis for Barring Imports

In a split ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has upheld an International Trade Commission order that barred a company in China from importing railway wheels into the United States because the company misappropriated trade secrets in China from a U.S. company. On Oct. 11, two judges on the Federal Circuit panel, ruling in TianRui Group Co.
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Stryker Corporation v. Davol Inc.
Publication Date: 2000-12-14
Practice Area: patents
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Court: Fed. Cir.
Judge: MAYER, Chief Judge; NEWMAN and SCHALL, Circuit Judges
Attorneys:
For plaintiff: Gregory J. Vogler, et. al.
For defendant: Peter C. McCabe III, et. al.
Case number: No. 99-1202, -15

The full case caption appears at the end of this opinion. MAYER, Chief Judge. Davol, Inc. (Davol) appeals the orders of the United States District Court for the Western Di

February 05, 2002 |

Top Plaintiffs' Verdicts

A look at the top plaintiffs' verdicts of the year 2001, from asbestos to tortious interference.
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