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• Bilski v. Kappos Oral Arguments: Supreme Skepticism Toward Method Patents

  For the first time in almost 30 years, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday considered the issue of what types of technology should be eligible for patent protection when it heard oral arguments in Bilski…

• Patent Litigation Weekly: How to win $25 million in a patent suit—and end up with a whole lot less

  This week: DeepNines collected $25 million when it won an infringement suit against anti-virus software giant McAfee Inc. in the Eastern District of Texas two years ago. But after paying off its Fish & Richardson…

• Patent Litigation Weekly: Revealed! How Much Money a "Patent Troll" Makes

  This week: a motion filed by a convicted felon/inventor spills the details of how he, patent-holding company SP Technologies, and the Niro Scavone law firm divvied up the loot from a set of suits against…

• Patent Litigation Weekly: Foley Tries Turning Tables on Spangenberg

  This week, the man behind a notorious network of patent-holding companies finds himself in an unaccustomed spot: on the defense. When it comes to litigation, Erich Spangenberg, well known for running a network of patent-holding…

• U.S. Senate committee passes bill against "pay for delay" drug settlements — more in October/November IPLB

  The Judiciary Committee of the U.S. Senate passed a bill today that would ban "reverse-payment settlements," which are settlements that end patent litigation between branded and generic drug companies in which the branded company pays…