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Patent Skeptics May See Silver Lining in Ultramercial Ruling
Publication Date: 2013-06-24
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Critics of business method patents were none too happy on Friday, when the Federal Circuit once again endorsed a controversial patent owned by Ultramercial LLC. But the case could be a vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to limit the patent-eligibility of business method patents next term.

September 21, 2007 |

South Beach Wine and Food Festival the Ideal February Getaway

You may not remember right now, but Philadelphia is not an enviable place to be in February. It's cold. And dark. And, truthfully, a bit boring.
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Finnegan Henderson Persuades Supreme Court to Take Bilski 'Business Methods' Patent Case
Publication Date: 2009-06-01
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After a little-known Pittsburgh firm lost the en banc Federal Circuit appeal that significantly tightened standards of business methods patents, the IP powerhouse took over the appeal--and, despite resistance from the U.S. solicitor general and a big swath of the patent bar, won a grant of certiorari.

May 24, 2006 |

Inmates Pursue Freedom in Prison Law Libraries

Well-equipped prison law libraries play a huge role in the heap of pro se petitions filed in courts each year. In 2005, 33,000 pro se petitions were filed in U.S. District Courts -- nearly half of which were penned by prisoners. Criminal defense attorneys say any inmate with the ability to read, some time on his or her hands and access to a prison law library will be able to dig up case law that may help in an appeal. But there are problems, including law books that go back only 20 years.
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October 02, 2008 |

THE GLOBAL 100 2008

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August 05, 2010 |

Newsflash: Bill Lee Isn't Perfect

The Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr litigator, who had been riding an impressive winning streak, suffered a setback when the Federal Circuit reversed a $58 million patent infringement award to his client Becton, Dickinson.
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January 31, 2006 |

Top Gains

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June 01, 2011 |

Like A Hollywood Script

Attorney Matthew Kluger's trail of alleged malfeasance
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Litigators of the Week: Michael Carvin and Eric Murphy of Jones Day; N.Y. Solo Jennifer McCann
Publication Date: 2012-12-06
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An unlikely collaboration between an appellate heavyweight, a big-firm associate, and a Long Island criminal defense lawyer produced a landmark Second Circuit ruling this week in a closely-watched off-label drug marketing case.

August 19, 1999 |

Fertilizer Manufacturers Not Liable for World Trade Center Bombing

Fertilizer manufacturers can't be held legally responsible for the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City even if it could be shown that they had known for years how to make a product that wouldn't detonate when combined with fuel oil, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled. ``Manufacturers have no duty to prevent a criminal misuse of their products which is entirely foreign to the purpose for which the product was intended,'' U.S. Circuit Judge Jane R. Roth wrote.
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