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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | February 20, 2018
A Delaware federal judge on Feb. 16 invalidated a patent held by D&M Holdings Inc. as the company continues to face off against rival wireless speaker-maker Sonos Inc. in a protracted infringement fight.
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Delaware Business Court Insider
By Tom McParland | February 20, 2018
A Delaware federal judge on Feb. 16 overturned a massive $2.5 billion jury verdict against Gilead Sciences Inc., finding that a patent held by a unit of Merck & Co. Inc. was too broad to be valid.
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By Lawrence E. Ashery | February 20, 2018
The Chevron deference doctrine, based on the U.S. Supreme Court case of Chevron, U.S.A. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, 467 U.S. 837 (1984) requires a federal court to defer to a federal agency's interpretation of a federal statute in its area of expertise.
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By Harper Batts and Chris Ponder | February 20, 2018
In Part One of our article, we focused on lessons gleaned from the Waymo v. Uber trial on how to be better prepared to protect a company's trade secrets. In this part, we focus on lessons from the trial that can help companies litigating trade secrets claims, as a plaintiff or a defendant.
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By Erin Wiggins | February 20, 2018
What can automotive industry legal leaders do to protect their organizations from patent trolls that want only to profit from broad ranging suits that are about payouts and payoffs—a “cost of business” that has given other industries nothing but grief and expense? Adapt and prepare.
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By James Booth | February 19, 2018
Former Stevens & Bolton and Bristows partner joins Ashurst after almost three years at Clydes
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By Lizzy McLellan | February 16, 2018
With Cozen O'Connor since 2005, Schmidt previously was the 50-lawyer office's second in command and is vice chair of the labor and employment practice.
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By Karen L. Dunn and Meredith R. Dearborn | February 15, 2018
Waymo v. Uber—the recent battle royale over the future of self-driving car technology—ended in a settlement between the parties, but an important legal question remains decidedly unsettled. In the words of Judge William H. Alsup, who presided over the case: “Is an engineer really supposed to get a frontal lobotomy before they go to the next job?”
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By Caroline Spiezio | February 15, 2018
Jennifer DeTrani, GC at the disappearing message app maker and Wickr outside counsel, and Jonathan Meyer, a partner at Sheppard Mullin, spoke to The Recorder about how they explain the perks of ephemeral messaging to companies and what it's like being name-dropped in court.
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By Ross Todd | February 14, 2018
According to the complaint, the former BD employees had access to "technical specifications, source code, and designs," and then downloaded thousands of confidential files prior to leaving the company.
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