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ASEAN: a trade mark owner’s view

The ASEAN region presents brands and their corporate counsel with challenges as diverse as the region itself, as Russ Jacobs of Starbucks tells Natalie Rahhal

July 25 2016

Yahoo, top patent practitioner firms, Fitbit, Jawbone, PTAB, Canada, Led Zeppelin, Eastern District of Texas – the week in IP

The future of Yahoo’s patent portfolio after its Verizon deal, an appeal of the Stairway to Heaven copyright case, the law firms with the most patent practitioners, an ITC ruling invalidating Fitbit patents, an interview with the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s chief judge, a call for Canada to have a national IP strategy, and a “highly unusual” Eastern District of Texas case were in the intellectual property headlines in the past week

July 26 2016

Federal Circuit reverses PTAB for shifting burden of proof to patent owner

The Federal Circuit concludes that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board erred in shifting the burden of proof on obviousness in this IPR from the petitioner to the patent owner, in In re Magnum Tools International

July 27 2016

Interview: Ruth Soetendorp, IP educator and outgoing chair of IPAN

Alice O' Donkor talks to outgoing IPAN chair Ruth Soetendorp about IP education, awareness and understanding

July 27 2016

Making sense of US patent litigation in 2016’s first half

Data and Analysis: Managing IP ranks the top plaintiffs, defendants and law firms in US district court litigation in the first half of 2016, using the Docket Navigator database. One finding is that the proportion of cases filed in the Eastern District of Texas is down, with a drop in NPE suits. But some new plaintiffs emerged during the second quarter

July 29 2016

Latest people moves in the US

Managing IP’s regular review of the latest appointments, including Cooley hiring a team of Morrison & Foerster lawyers in California, James Pooley joining Orrick, a new Librarian of Congress, and hires by Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, K&L Gates, Barnes & Thornburg and Paul Hastings

July 27 2016

Unified Patents files PTAB challenges to 2016’s three busiest NPEs

Inter partes review petitions have been filed challenging patents owned by Shipping and Transit, Sportbrain Holdings and Uniloc, which have sued more than 200 companies combined in 2016

July 28 2016

Patent litigation cools in the Eastern District of Texas

The Eastern District of Texas has suffered a disproportionate drop in patent cases so far this year, although it remains by far the busiest district. This has led Judge Gilstrap to discontinue the use of letter briefing for 101 motions, as well as the "in person" meet and confer requirement for discovery motions

July 29 2016

Merck’s $200m patent damages award voided after “misconduct”

Northern District of California judge rules Merck forfeited its right to assert patents against Gilead because of "unclean hands" and "numerous unconscionable acts", voiding the second-largest US patent damages award of 2016 so far

June 09 2016

Judge vacates VirnetX’s $626m damages award in Apple case

Apple has had a good few days for patent news: the $626m in damages it was ordered to pay VirnetX has been vacated by an Eastern District of Texas judge, and the Federal Circuit has affirmed two district court rulings of non-infringement in cases involving Wi-LAN and GPNE

August 01 2016

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