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2012
May
A Few Production Discrepancies Do Not Justify Further ESI Discovery
April
Attorney-Client Relationship Not Bona Fide Where Lopsided
Microsoft and Facebook Form Alliance Over Former AOL Patents
Federal Circuit Rules License Negotion Documents Are Discoverable
NYTimes asks: Is This Really the Golden Age for Inventors?
IP-intensive industries support 27.7 percent of U.S. jobs
Microsoft moves German operations after injunction request
United States Patent and Trademark Office is Hiring
Facebook files counterclaims alleging infringement by Yahoo
Intellectual Property Awareness Assessment Tool
After Final Consideration Pilot
March
U.S. Patent Office Issues Memo Regarding Prometheus and Patentable Subject Matter Eligibility
Mayo Collaborative Servs. v. Prometheus Labs
Software Method of Executing an Instruction Held to be Patentable Subject Matter
Patentees' Strengthened Right to Request Broader Patent Claims More Than Two Years After Patent Grant
Publishers Sue Law Firms for Submitting Prior Art to the PTO
Patents For Humanity competition by the USPTO
February
Court Finds Economic Factors Favor Transfer Despite Having Familiarity with the Patent-in-Suit
Walmart "Get on The Shelf" Contest
USPTO To Host Free Feb. 21 Webinar With Senior Agency Officials
Google is getting closer to closing its acquisition of Motorola Mobility
USPTO Announces Patents for Humanity Pilot Program
Blue Ivy Products Coming to a Store Near You?
USPTO Considering Changes in Assignment Reporting
PTO Studies Copyright Implications in Patent Examination Process
Creative Pleading Revives False Marking Claims
United States Supreme Court ends 10-year long Copyright Battle with 6-2 Decision
"Prior Commercial Use" Defense in Flux
Gingrich Sued for Copyright Infringement
USPTO Credits Electronic Filing for Shorter Trademark Pendency Periods
January
USPTO Announces Detroit Satellite Office Location
PTO proposes amendments to rules of practice affecting reexam fees and implementing supplemental examination
USPTO to host Public Roadshows Across the US to Support AIA Implementation
Delaware's New Default Discovery Standards
2011
December
USPTO ends two initiatives designed to eliminate patent backlogs
Court Finds No Direct Infringement When Servers in Method Claim Were Outside the U.S.
President Obama Nominates Two Attorneys to US District Court Positions
The Supreme Court Revisits Patent Eligible Subject Matter
The Northern District of California Enacts New Patent Case Reassignment Procedures
November
Supreme Court Establishes New Standard for Proving Intent to Induce Patent Infringement
A 25% Rule of a Different Variety
USPTO To Host Medical Device Technology Partnership Meeting
More changes under the America Invents Act
Annual PwC Patent Litigation Study Shows Latest Industry Trends
New CAFC Judge
October
USPTO Launches Small Business Innovation Research Pilot Program
USPTO to Host Webinar on America Invents Act (AIA) With Senior Agency Officials
USPTO and EPO Launch New Website for the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) Project
Federal Circuit Leaning More Towards Permanent Injunctions With Recent Decisions
Potential Loss of Market Share Causes Judge to Deny Stay Pending Re-exam
Court Rejects Heightened Pleading Standard
USPTO Issues 500th Patent Through Successful Green Technology Pilot Program
Everingham to Open Office in Longview
September
National Medal of Technology and Innovation Recipients Named
Changes Made to the Intervening Rights Doctrine
New Magistrate in EDTX
USPTO revises its Standard for Granting an Inter Partes Reexamination Request
USPTO's New Patent Fees Went Into Effect This Week
USPTO Now Accepting Track One Requests
Court Awards Rare 20 Percent Royalty Rate
Continuing Analysis of the America Invents Act
Joint Judicial Conference on Japan and U.S. Intellectual Property Rights
America Invents Act Creates Financial Incentives for "Micro" Entities
Key Provisions of the America Invents Act
Senate passes America Invents Act
August
Patent Reform Changes in Reexamination
Pilot Patent Program Participants
EDTX Implements Pilot Patent Project
USPTO Live Chat for Independent Inventors
Beauregard Denied End-Around 35 U.S.C. § 101 in CyberSource Corp. v. Retail Decisions, Inc.
U.S. Patent No. 8,000,000
USPTO patent reform microsite
Patents Ombudsman Pilot Program to Go Permanent
Eon-Net: A Warning?
Eon-Net L.P. v. Flagstar Bancorp: sanctions upheld
NTP update
License interpretation: continuation patents
July
The UPSTO Suggests Rule Changes to Implement Therasense's materiality standard
Supreme Court Strengthens Inventors' Rights'; Assignment Language Should be Carefully Reviewed
Apple's Chief Patent Attorney Version 2.0
Retractable Techs, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson & Co. (Fed. Cir. 2011)
Federal Circuit Hears Oral Argument on Contitutionality of False Marking Statute
Patent Possibilities for Microsoft
EPO again rejects Amazon's one-click application
Limiting the Doctrine of Equivalents Through "Ensnarement"
Nortel Auction Over: Purchase Price of 4.5 Billion cash
Even the Smallest Infringers Aren't Immune From Trademark and Copyright Trolls
June
USPTO Fees Rising
H.R. 1249 and Joinder
Nortel Patent Auction
USPTO Green Technology Pilot Program
H.R. 1249 passes house
Obviousness, Damages and Willfulness
New Chief Judge in EDTX in 2012
Patentees Get Good News As Supreme Court Upholds Invalidity Standard
Obama Administration Shares Views on "America Invents Act" H.R. 1249
Therasense - Inequitable Conduct Standard
USPTO Studies Therasense in Anticipation of Offering Guidance to Applicants
Public Roundtable regarding Newly Proposed Process to Streamline Patent Reexamination
Global Tech v. SEB (2011) Induced Infringement Standard
May
Multi-Defendant Patent Infringement Suits Getting Harder to Keep Together in California
Gilstrap Nominated for E.D. Tex. Judgeship
U.S. Contingency Fees - Patent Litigation
April
Federal Circuit examines what contacts are necessary to maintain personal jurisdiction over a declaratory judgment defendant
Proposed changes to ex parte and inter partes reexamination proceedings
March
Federal Circuit Ruling Makes it More Difficult to Keep a Case in the Eastern District of Texas
Kappos Sets USPTO Goals for Fiscal Year 2012
USPTO Announces Accommodations for Patent and Trademark Applicants and Owners Affected by Catastrophe in Japan
House Likely to Move Forward on Introducing Bill for Patent Reform
USPTO, Smithsonian Museum Team-Up
Artificial Intelligence is Taking Over….eDiscovery
Divided Infringement Tough, But Not Impossible to Assert
False Marking Cases Continue to Make News
February
Teresa Stanek Rea Appointed Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Just Pick up the Phone for Free PTO Assistance
USPTO to Host Roundtable on the Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program
Microsoft’s Amicus Brief Supports Lowering Standard for Patent Invalidation
USPTO and EPO Reach Agreement on Principles of Cooperative Patent Classification System
Changes May Be in Store For False Marking Litigation
Centellion Data v. Qwest Communications: “Use” of a System under § 271(a)
Eastern District Transfers Another False Marking Case
January
Alternative Financial Arrangements Evolve to Include Third Party Financing
Ward Clarifies Eastern District's Position on Transfer of False Marking Cases
Kappos: Look For Track 1 Announcement Shortly
Designer Knockoffs May Soon Be a Thing of the Past
USTPO Introduces Online Tools for Public Feedback on Patent and Trademark Examining Procedures
Damages Update
USPTO Seeking Nominations for National Medal of Technology & Innovation
Federal Court Clarifies Law on Joint Infringement
Attorneys Using Facebook to Find Evidence in Lawsuits
PTO Will Open First Satellite Office in 2011
2010
November
Microsoft v. i4i: Supreme Court Grants Cert
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Regarding Ex Parte Appeals before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences
October
USPTO Patents Dashboard
15th Annual Independent Inventors Conference
Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Legal Standard for State of Mind Element of Induced Patent Infringement
Microsoft sues Motorola; seeks to ensure respect for its intellectual property rights
September
Plaintiff Allowed to Offer Circumstantial Evidence to Prove Literal Infringement
Patent Public Advisory Committee Meeting on September 23, 2010
SEB SA v. Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc., 594 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
Frustrated with the PTO's skill level? Participate in PETTP.
American Medical Systems, Inc. v. Biolitec, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 9/13/2010)
Plaintiffs benefit from prosecution counsel
Everyone’s a Plaintiff
Goeddel v. Sugano (Fed. Cir. 2010)
Inequitable Conduct – TheraSense, Inc. (Abbott Labs.) v. Becton, Dickinson and Co.
PTO Examination Guidelines Update: Developments in the Obviousness Inquiry After KSR v. Teleflex
August
Interval Licensing LLC
Federal Circuit Affirmance and Reversal Rates from FY2000 through FY2009
New and Improved Federal Circuit website
July
Plaintiffs and Attorneys' Fees
April
Contingent Fee Arrangements Gaining in Popularity Due to Economic Downturns
Contingency Fee Patent Ligitation: Useful in Good Times and Bad
USPTO Expands and “Enhances” First Action Interview Pilot Program
Gray Market Cases Prove Challenging for Brand Owners
USPTO Begins Pilot Fast Track Program
There's An App For That
March
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