IP News Alerts
PTO to Expand Green Technology Pilot Program
May 2010
By: Keith J. Wood
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) has announced that it will expand its Green Technology Pilot Program so that more patent applicants can take advantage of faster...
New Patent Suit Explosion: False Patent Marking Claims
March 2010
By: Brian T. Moriarty and Deirdre E. Sanders
Within the last month, dozens of lawsuits have been filed under the false patent marking statute, 35 U.S.C. §292, claiming that many well-known companies have violated the patent...
European Patent Office Rules Set to Change on April 1, 2010
February 23, 2010
By: Keith J. Wood
In a development that will require careful consideration by patent applicants and practitioners, the European Patent Office will be implementing a number of changes in patent practice...
Post-Recession Planning for Your IP: Rescuing Your Company's IP Value from the Budget Hatchet
May 2009
Memoranda from coast-to-coast read, “Your patent budget has just been slashed, execute kill instructions now.”* IP patent portfolio managers and in-house patent counsel...
Patent Suits - Massachusetts In, Texas Out
January 2009
By: Brian T. Moriarty and Deirdre E. Sanders
Recent developments show that patent litigation will increase in Massachusetts and almost certainly will decline in the popular court in Marshall, Texas, also known as the Eastern...
Federal Circuit Changes Law on Willfulness
August 2007
By: Susan G. L. Glovsky and Brian T. Moriarty
The Federal Circuit has overruled two decades of precedent, and dramatically changed the standards that govern willful patent infringement. Under the old law, companies making or selling...
New "Hair Trigger" Can Turn Licensing Negotiations into Litigation
May 2007
The U.S. Supreme Court’s January 2007 decision in MedImmune clarifying the power of federal courts to hear patent licensing disputes has already had an immediate and dramatic...
Supreme Court Removes Barriers To Attack On Licensed Patent
January 2007
By: Susan G. L. Glovsky and Deirdre E. Sanders
A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, MedImmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., may have wide-ranging impact on patent licensing, potentially affecting existing license relationships and...