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By Scott Graham | January 25, 2018
For the second time this month, the Federal Circuit has sided with patent owners on the issue of patent eligibility under Section 101. Russ August & Kabat partner Benjamin Wang had the winning argument for Core Wireless.
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By Ross Todd | January 25, 2018
A federal jury found that Ariosa's Harmony test infringed two of Illumina's gene-sequencing patents and left open the possibility of an injunction barring the latest version of the test.
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By Sharon M. Porcellio | January 25, 2018
In her Western District Roundup, columnist Sharon M. Porcellio discusses the recent decision in 'L.M. Sessler Excavating', in which the court considered an issue of first impression: whether the pleading standard articulated in 'Twombly' and 'Iqbal' is the proper measure for pleading a claim of direct patent infringement.
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By Meghan Tribe | January 24, 2018
Kristina Bieker-Brady, a co-founder of Boston's Clark & Elbing, is joining McDermott Will & Emery as a partner in its intellectual property practice as the firm seeks news ways to advise its early-stage life sciences client base.
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By Rasha Gerges Shields | January 24, 2018
In the era of telecommuting and daily cyberbreaches, companies face an ever-increasing challenge protecting their data from improper disclosures. Although many companies have invested in technology that protects them (to a certain extent) from outside intruders, these technological advancements do very little to stop the insider threat—disloyal and disgruntled employees.
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By Ross Todd | January 23, 2018
Lawyers for Illumina Inc. and Ariosa Diagnostics—rivals in the burgeoning market for non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT)—both asked a San Francisco federal jury for damage awards of around $100 million.
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By Robert L. Maier | January 23, 2018
Patent and Trademark Law columnist Robert L. Maier writes: The Supreme Court's May 2017 decision in 'TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods Group Brands' reshaped the patent litigation landscape in the United States—now more evenly dispersing patent cases across courts nationwide. But courts continue to grapple with questions spawned by that decision, including as to whether it constituted a change in the law that could permit defendants in now-pending cases to raise new venue objections, even if they had not done so before.
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By Lawrence E. Ashery | January 23, 2018
If the survival and growth of your business depends on the development of new technology, the beginning of the new year is a good time to think about your intellectual property (IP) protection and how it can be improved.
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By Scott Graham | January 22, 2018
The law firm pulled off a patent coup for its defense contractor client in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
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By Scott Flaherty | January 18, 2018
Branching out beyond its current offerings, plaintiffs firm Grant & Eisenhofer has added an IP litigation partner in Delaware to head up a new group.
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