Report: Patent pools may stifle competition 
Published: May 10, 2013
Tags: antitrust, competition, Department of Justice, Federal Trade Commission, patent law, patent pools
WASHINGTON – Patent pools, designed to spur innovation and reduce the cost of litigation, may actually be having anticompetitive effects according to a report released by the former competition policy director for the Federal Trade Commission.
Patent attorneys prepare for ‘Ides of March’
By:
Julie McMahon
Published: February 28, 2013
Tags: first-to-file, Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, Obama, patent law, patents
Two key provisions of the federal patent reform law that are due to go into effect next month have prompted lawyers to change the advice they offer clients.
State of incorporation doesn’t control litigation venue
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: December 20, 2011
Tags: Delaware, incorporation, litigation venue, patent law, venue
A recent decision from the Federal Circuit may make it easier for suits against companies incorporated in Delaware to be transferred outside the state.
Jury awards $115M against Verizon in TV patent case
By:
Alan Cooper
Published: August 5, 2011
Tags: ActiveVideo, patent law, Verizon, Verizon FiOS
A small technology company has won a $115 million verdict from a federal jury in Virginia on its claim that Verizon Communications Inc. infringed on its patents for interactive television when Verizon developed its FiOS cable system.
District courts selected for patent case pilot project
Published: June 21, 2011
Tags: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Federal Judicial Center, patent, patent law
Fourteen U.S. District Courts have been selected to participate in a 10-year pilot project designed to improve the expertise of judges in patent cases.
PATENT
Published: June 9, 2011
Tags: patent, Patent Act, patent law
Section 282 of the Patent Act requires that an invalidity defense be proved by clear and convincing evidence.
U.S. Supreme Court. Microsoft v. i4i Partnership, No. 10-290. June 9, 2011. Lawyers USA No. 993-2980.
Patent Office pilot programs slowly ease backlog
By:
Douglas J Levy
Published: April 25, 2011
Tags: patent, patent law, patent prosecution, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Over the last two years, patent attorneys have seen marked differences in the way patent applications are handled, and how a backlog of 700,000-plus filed patent applications are being tackled, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Court strikes method used for determining patent case damages
By:
David Frank
Published: January 13, 2011
Tags: damages, intellectual property, patent infringement, patent law
A rule that lawyers and judges have been using to determine damages in patent infringement cases has been abolished by the Federal Circuit.
