State courts can hear patent-related malpractice suit 
Published: February 20, 2013
Tags: legal malpractice, patent infringement, U.S. Supreme Court
State courts have jurisdiction to hear a legal malpractice action involving the alleged mishandling of a federal patent matter, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.
Soybean seed case pits law against technology
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 19, 2013
Tags: patent, patent infringement, self-replicating, technology, U.S. Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – During arguments in a case demonstrating the ongoing tension between emerging technologies and centuries-old legal doctrines, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court sought to define the limits on a farmer’s use of patented, self-replicating soybean seeds beyond a first harvest.
Win against Apple signals more work for IP lawyers
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: January 3, 2013
Tags: Apple, iphone, patent, patent infringement
In a major milestone in the smartphone patent wars, a federal jury has found that Apple Inc. infringed on three patents in its iPhone with regard to the camera feature and the handling and rejection of calls.
‘Induced infringement’ broadened by court decision
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: October 23, 2012
Tags: patent infringement
A defendant can be found liable for induced infringement of a method patent if it has performed some of the steps of a claimed method and induced other parties to commit the remaining steps, or if it has induced other parties to collectively perform all the steps of the claimed method, the Federal Circuit has found.
DuPont to appeal $1 billion verdict for Monsanto
Published: August 3, 2012
Tags: appeal, DuPont, Monsanto, patent infringement
DuPont officials plan to appeal a federal jury’s record-setting $1-billion verdict that found the company willfully infringed a patent held by Monsanto.
Doctor wins $482 million patent infringement verdict
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 17, 2012
Tags: Johnson & Johnson, patent, patent infringement, stent, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011
Plaintiff's attorney Paul Taskier
A Texas jury awarded $482 million to a radiologist on his claim that a medical stent manufacturer willfully infringed his patent.
Paul R. Taskier: Won $482 million patent verdict for doctor
Published: January 9, 2012
Tags: Lawyers of the Year, Lawyers of the Year 2011, medical device, patent infringement
Even the most seasoned litigator knows that intellectual property cases can be more than a bit tricky. So when Paul R. Taskier, a senior litigation partner in the Washington office of Dickstein Shapiro, agreed to represent a radiologist claiming a medical device manufacturer willfully infringed on his patent, he knew he’d have his work cut out for him.
But he did have one asset that served him well – a personal and family background in the sciences.
Verizon owes $115 million for patent infringement
Published: August 4, 2011
Tags: California, patent infringement, Verizon, Virginia
Verizon Communications Inc. owes $115 million to a San Jose, Calif. company for infringing four of its patents, a U.S. jury found after a three-week trial in Norfolk, Va.
Patent firm can be sued in state court
Published: July 27, 2011
Tags: jurisdiction, legal malpractice, patent infringement
A state court had jurisdiction to hear a malpractice lawsuit against a law firm that allegedly mishandled the defense of a patent infringement case in federal court, the Illinois Appellate Court has ruled in reversing a dismissal.
Judge overturns $625 million Apple patent award
Published: April 6, 2011
Tags: Apple, patent infringement, Texas
A Texas judge has overturned a $625 million patent infringement award against Apple Inc, saying the jury erred in finding the maker of Mac computers used technology owned by Mirror Worlds LLC illegally.
