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Jury Awards $2M in Bellwether Transvaginal Mesh Trial
A jury in the first federal trial over transvaginal mesh devices awarded $2 million on Thursday to a woman who alleged that the manufacturer failed to warn about defects in its product that caused her bleeding and pain.Jury Awards $2M In Bellwether Mesh Device Trial
A jury in the first federal trial over transvaginal mesh devices awarded $2 million on Thursday to a woman who alleged that the manufacturer failed to warn about defects in its product that caused her bleeding and pain.How Restricting Equivalents Conflicts -- Yes, Conflicts -- With the Notice Function of Claims
The doctrine of equivalents took punches as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit paid homage to the notice function of claims. However, as the narrowing of equivalents presses in on claim scope, patent attorneys will push back by squeezing the most out of literal claim language. This gamesmanship invariably leads to a higher level of claim abstraction and more unconventional phraseology.Suit Accuses Johnson & Johnson of Widespread Race Discrimination
Just one week after a New Jersey state jury cleared Johnson & Johnson in a discrimination case, the company was hit with a federal class action alleging systemic racial bias in employment. The suit was filed on behalf of more than 1,000 African-American and Hispanic employees. The plaintiffs' lawyers include Johnnie Cochran and Cyrus Mehri, who was co-lead counsel in discrimination suits against Texaco and Coca-Cola.Confusion About Means-Plus-Function Claims
Patent applicants should be wary when drafting means-plus-function claims. The trend in the Federal Circuit has been to construe means-plus-function limitations with increasingly narrow scope. One possible alternative for patent applicants is to draft claims using purely structural language. But when will the courts construe a claim as a means-plus-function claim or a structural claim? This paper examines the conflicting case law and offers some drafting tips.Trending Stories
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