573 ABA Journal Patent Law articles.
In an important case involving “time-shifting” video recording technology, a federal appeals court has ruled that EchoStar Holding Corp. and Dish Network Corp. have been illegally using the software created…
Jan 31, 2008 10:56 PM CST
Securities class-action powerhouse Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins has announced formation of a practice group in Atlanta to pursue patent…
Jan 31, 2008 3:33 PM CST
A Chicago lawyer who is being criticized, along with his law firm, in an anonymous Internet blog supposedly authored by a fellow attorney has offered a $10,000 reward to anyone…
Jan 22, 2008 11:28 PM CST
Several U.S. Supreme Court justices appear ready to limit patent holders’ ability to demand license fees from multiple companies in a manufacturing process.
Stephen G. Breyer was among the justices…
Jan 17, 2008 1:09 PM CST
As if being a BigLaw associate wasn’t more than enough work for any ordinary attorney, one such California lawyer is moonlighting at a night job … as an emergency room…
Jan 7, 2008 10:52 PM CST
A $30 million payday is pending for a Virginia company that owns a patent on the “Buy It Now” mechanism that allows online eBay auction bidders the alternative of purchasing…
Dec 12, 2007 10:43 PM CST
An expert says Morrison & Foerster took the right steps after a client’s bankruptcy objection revealed a sale of a patent to a second law firm client.
Client Novell Inc.…
Dec 6, 2007 11:25 AM CST
62% of patent examiners surveyed say they are dissatisfied with the time allotted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to achieve their production goals.
Dec 1, 2007 8:23 PM CST
Much like American law firms have beefed up their IP practices by hiring lawyers with engineering and scientific backgrounds, so too are legal process outsourcing companies in India.
The
A recent ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit that preserves state immunity in patent suits—even if the state sues to enforce its own patents—is sparking…
Nov 13, 2007 3:40 PM CST
A Virginia judge has issued an injunction to bar controversial new patent rules from taking effect today.
U.S. District Judge James Cacheris ruled late Tuesday (PDF posted by…
Nov 1, 2007 11:56 AM CDT
Officials with two high-tech companies, including one general counsel, are trading barbs on their own blogs about a patent dispute.
Voicing their opinions from Sun Microsystems are general counsel
A broad array of IP industries and groups are gearing up to protest proposed patent reform legislation.
More than 400 companies and organizations representing 25 industries have written to the…
Oct 29, 2007 6:25 PM CDT
Bowing down to the authority of the European Union to regulate antitrust issues, Microsoft Corp. has agreed to end a nine-year court battle and share some of its intellectual property…
Oct 22, 2007 8:33 PM CDT
Lawyers for Seyfarth Shaw claim in a dismissal motion that a $75 million malpractice suit is “distressingly similar to Joseph Heller’s novel Catch-22.”
Seyfarth’s motion does not explain how the…
Oct 22, 2007 12:19 PM CDT
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