573 ABA Journal Patent Law articles.
Fish & Richardson has fired one of its partners and filed a lawsuit against him after he invented a new method for online page turning and sold it to a…
Oct 19, 2007 1:21 PM CDT
Coronary artery stents are big business—not only for the companies that make them but also for lawyers.
Litigation over patent rights may be hindering development of new products and forcing…
Oct 4, 2007 2:07 PM CDT
New court filings put the spotlight on a Silicon Valley law firm in a judge’s effort to find out why Qualcomm Inc. failed to turn over hundreds of thousands of…
Oct 4, 2007 11:08 AM CDT
Like many corporations, DuPont Co. spends a lot of money on its in-house law department. The department’s annual budget was about $230 million last year. However, unlike most corporations, the…
Oct 2, 2007 7:50 PM CDT
The court still focusing on inventors’ rights
Oct 1, 2007 6:44 PM CDT
High-profile business cases are back before the U.S. Supreme Court after a term in which the justices handed big wins to corporate defendants in antitrust, patent and securities law cases.
…Sep 28, 2007 6:23 PM CDT
The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether a patent holder can seek royalties from multiple companies involved in the computer manufacturing process.
LG Electronics acquired several technology patents and then…
Sep 25, 2007 4:05 PM CDT
A ban on patents for tax-planning strategies is included in legislation to reform the patent code.
The ban is part of a patent reform package that passed the House earlier…
Sep 24, 2007 7:02 PM CDT
Companies accused of infringing patents are increasingly turning to a process known as inter partes re-examination, a less costly method of resolving patent disputes that appears to favor defendants.
Most…
Sep 12, 2007 12:19 PM CDT
Tina Eskreis Nelson’s job as an adjunct professor at New York University School of Law is now history. That’s because the mother of three came up with a unique way…
Sep 7, 2007 10:29 PM CDT
A stunning $1.52 billion verdict against Microsoft Corp. in a patent case earlier this month was the impetus for planned changes in U.S. patent law. But now that the computer…
Sep 5, 2007 3:58 PM CDT
An en banc opinion by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit makes it more difficult to obtain triple damages for willful patent infringement.
The court Aug 21, 2007 10:37 AM CDT
On the heels of several legal setbacks, Qualcomm has announced the resignation of its general counsel, Lou Lupin.
He will be replaced on an acting basis by former U.S. attorney…
Aug 13, 2007 7:25 PM CDT
U.S. District Judge Rudi Brewster didn’t name the lawyers who represented Qualcomm when he issued an opinion chastising the company for failing to turn over evidence in its patent infringement…
Aug 8, 2007 10:29 AM CDT
A judge has ruled that Qualcomm Inc. waived its rights to enforce two patents for video compression and engaged in “aggravated litigation abuse.”
The judge said Qualcomm had deliberately concealed…
Aug 7, 2007 7:16 PM CDT
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