553 ABA Journal Patent Law articles.
The ABA has filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court that argues the patent venue law has been wrongly interpreted in a way that allows the nationwide filing…
Feb 7, 2017 3:03 PM CST
On the heels of the sudden death last August of Raymond Niro Sr., the passionate litigator for whom the term “patent troll” was coined, the Chicago-based Niro Law firm broke…
Jan 27, 2017 3:20 PM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case that could resolve how quickly patients will have access to copycat versions of biologic drugs.
At issue is whether…
Jan 13, 2017 3:15 PM CST
Jurors awarded $2.54 billion to a unit of Merck & Co. last week in a suit alleging its patented compound was used by Gilead Sciences Inc. to make the hepatitis…
Dec 19, 2016 10:36 AM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court has overturned a $399 million award to Apple for Samsung’s infringement of three smartphone design components because of an error in interpreting the damages statute.
In…
Dec 6, 2016 11:11 AM CST
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether a company that sells its printer cartridges subject to a bar on their reuse or resale can invoke patent law…
Dec 5, 2016 11:09 AM CST
A federal appeals court has reinstated a $119.6 million award to Apple in its infringement battle against Samsung over smartphone technology.
In an en banc decision, the U.S. Court of…
Oct 7, 2016 12:21 PM CDT
A new bar association for lawyers who do work in front of the US Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent and Trial Appeal Board was announced Friday.
Increasingly, disputes involving the…
Sep 16, 2016 10:05 AM CDT
The ABA has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to apply to patent cases a 2014 copyright ruling limiting the laches defense.
The brief filed on July…
Jul 26, 2016 10:00 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld regulations that enable quicker and cheaper challenges to patents outside of federal court.
The Wall Street Journal (sub. req.) calls the
A test used to determine whether enhanced damages may be awarded for patent infringement is so strict that it impermissibly insulates some of the worst infringers, the U.S. Supreme Court…
Jun 13, 2016 10:09 AM CDT
A federal judge in San Jose, California, is citing the rarely successful legal doctrine of unclean hands in tossing a $200 million infringement verdict obtained by Merck & Co. against…
Jun 7, 2016 10:26 AM CDT
Does the same laches standard recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 2014 copyright infringement case also apply in a patent infringement case?
In an en banc decision last…
May 2, 2016 2:00 PM CDT
Are law firms that operate under a Swiss verein structure considered one law firm when determining conflicts of interest?
The world’s largest law firm by head count, Dentons, avoided an…
Apr 27, 2016 5:45 AM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider a damages question in a smartphone patent battle between Samsung and Apple.
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed (PDF) on Monday to…
Mar 22, 2016 5:45 AM CDT
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