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Intellectual Property Client Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse Adds to Brand Protections
April 11, 2013
Intellectual Property Client Alert: Definiteness in Patent Claims
February 21, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Potential for Indirect Infringement Liability Provides a Justiciable Controversy for Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction
February 8, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Significant Provisions of the America Invents Act Set to Take Effect in March
February 6, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Delaware Court Dismisses “Anticipatory” First-Filed Declaratory Judgment Action
January 30, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: New Patent Fees Finalized
January 25, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: A Trademark Claim Will Not Preclude a Later Patent Infringement Suit
December 6, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Confirms Time-Bar on Patent Inventorship Suits
November 27, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Panel Majority Calls for En Banc Review of Proper Standard of Review for Claim Construction Rulings Made by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
October 26, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Patents Subject to Disclaimer Deemed Unenforceable if Owned by Different Subsidiaries
October 9, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Upholds the Dismissal of a Declaratory Judgment Action for Failure to Satisfy Constitutional Requirements
October 3, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Clarifies What is “Merely Descriptive” for Trademark Purposes
September 4, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Architectural Drawings are Entitled to Copyright Protection
August 30, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: European Commission Proposes Single Market Music Licensing
August 24, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Vacates International Trade Commission’s Ruling That Nokia’s Products Do Not Infringe Interdigital’s Patent
August 23, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: European Court Rules on Copyright Exhaustion Rights for Software
August 22, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Important Provisions of The America Invents Act Take Effect in September
August 20, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Affirms PTO Decision That Priority Benefit Statute Applies to Interference
August 6, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Ninth Circuit Finds That Consent to be Photographed Can be Implied by Conduct
August 3, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Invalidates Computer-Based Patent Claims
July 31, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Adverse Jury Instruction Results from Failure to Disable Auto-Deletion of Emails
July 30, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Vacates Summary Judgment for Non-infringement of Two Toshiba DVD Patents
June 26, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: White House IP Enforcement Coordinator Requests Comments on Development of Strategic Enforcement Plan
June 26, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Refines Willful Patent Infringement Standard
June 22, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: PTO Director Updates Senate Judiciary Committee on Implementation of the America Invents Act
June 22, 2012
TECHCOMM AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: New Top Level Domain Names: REVEAL DAY is Coming
June 7, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Rules on Substantial Evidence and Obviousness
June 5, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Supreme Court Orders Review of Patentability for Software Patents
June 4, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Affirms Patent and Trademark Office’s Denial of Patentability Despite Federal Circuit’s Prior Holding of Validity
June 1, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Upholds Jury’s Verdict Invalidating a Software Patent Under the On-Sale Bar of 35 U.S.C. §102(b)
May 21, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: California Jury Finds the Google Mobile Software Infringes Oracle Copyrights, but Fails to Decide if Google’s Use is Protected Under the “Fair Use” Doctrine
May 9, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: European Union Court Rules that Software Functions Cannot Be Copyrighted
May 9, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: The America Invents Act Does Not Preclude Consolidating Cases in Multidistrict Litigation
May 9, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Solicitor General’s Brief Suggests That Proof of Infringement by a Patent Owner Does Not Require a Heightened Standard
May 7, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Fourth Circuit Reverses Summary Judgment Against Rosetta Stone in Closely Watched Google Adwords Case
April 24, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Supreme Court Rules That a District Court Must Consider New Evidence on an Appeal of a Rejected Patent Application
April 18, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: U.S. Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Generic Drug Maker in ANDA Case
April 17, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: The Intervening Rights Defense Applies Only Where Claim Language was Actually Changed During a Reexamination
April 16, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Court of Appeals Reverses Conviction on U.S. Trade Secret Statutes
April 13, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Commerce Department Issues Report on Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy
April 12, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Ninth Circuit Gives a Narrow Interpretation of What Constitutes a Violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
April 11, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Finds Settlement Negotiations Discoverable
April 11, 2012
Patton Boggs Bolsters IP Strength With Addition of Four Patent Attorneys
April 10, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Malpractice Claims That Relate to Patent Law
April 9, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: The Northern District of California Rules That Software Method Claims For Executing An Instruction Are Patentable
March 29, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Sidesteps The Morass Of 35 U.S.C. § 101 Jurisprudence
March 23, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act Subject to Different Interpretations
March 22, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: In A Decision with Potential Widespread Impact, The Supreme Court Holds That Methods of Personalized Pharmaceutical Dosing Are Not Patentable
March 20, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Clarifies Law on U.S. Government Contractor Immunity for Patent Infringement
March 20, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Board of Patents and Interference Reviews “Obviousness” Issues
March 16, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Court Orders Proposed Claim Constructions To Be Written in Plain English
March 16, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Clarifies Appealable Subject Matter from the ITC
March 15, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Court Recognizes Computer-Assisted Review as an Acceptable Way to Search for Relevant Electronic Documents in Discovery
March 15, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: District Court Stays Patent Infringement Suit Pending Outcome of Reexamination Proceeding on Related Patent Not at Issue in Case
March 12, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Continuation of Post-Bilski Decisions
March 8, 2012
IP LAW CLIENT ALERT: The America Invents Act Redefines Jurisdiction Over Patent Term Adjustment Civil Actions
March 2, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Rules That a Known Genus Anticipates Species
March 2, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: FDA’s Draft Guidance on Biosimilar Product Development and Intellectual Property Issues
February 15, 2012
IP LAW CLIENT ALERT: ITC Issues Exclusion Order Finding HTC Mobile Telephones Infringe Apple Patent
December 22, 2011
TECHCOMM AND IP CLIENT ALERT: ICANN’s gTLD Expansion Plan About to Launch: All Businesses and Trademark Owners Should Take Note
December 13, 2011
IP LAW CLIENT ALERT: ITC May Exclude Products Made in a Foreign Country by a Misappropriated Trade Secret Process from Being Imported
November 21, 2011
IP LAW CLIENT ALERT: WIPO Publishes Report on Global Significance of IP
November 18, 2011
IP LAW CLIENT ALERT: Eastern District of Virginia Bankruptcy Court Limits the Use of Foreign Insolvency Law to Cancel the Rights of Licensees of U.S. Patents
November 9, 2011
Patton Boggs Strengthens Intellectual Property and Business Practices with New Partner Addition
October 11, 2011
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: U.S. Patent System Being Overhauled After Passing of America Invents Act
September 20, 2011
TRADEMARK/TECHCOMM CLIENT ALERT: Sunrise Period Opens for .XXX Domain Names and Blocks
September 8, 2011
TECHCOMM AND IP CLIENT ALERT: Domain Name Skies to Open Up with New gTLDs
June 27, 2011
IP CLIENT ALERT: Supreme Court Upholds "Clear and Convincing" Standard of Proof for Establishing Patent Invalidity
June 10, 2011
IP CLIENT ALERT: U.S. Supreme Court Confirms Investors' Rights In Government-Funded Intellectual Property And Denies University's Title
June 7, 2011
TECHCOMM CLIENT ALERT: FTC Seeks Input on Plans to Update its “Dot Com Disclosure” Guidance for Online Advertising
May 31, 2011
IP CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Raises Inequitable Conduct Standards
May 26, 2011
PRIVACY CLIENT ALERT: Lookout! FTC Cases Give Guidelines for Data Security: Ceridian Corp. and Lookout Services, Inc.
May 19, 2011
PRIVACY CLIENT ALERT: Hacker Attacks on Corporate Databases—What Every Company Needs to Know
April 8, 2011
PATENT LITIGATION AND ENFORCEMENT CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Requires False Marking Plaintiffs to Plead Specific Facts Showing Intent to Deceive
March 15, 2011
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: IP Czar Highlights Need for Increased IP Protection and Enforcement
February 9, 2011
PRIVACY CLIENT ALERT: Department of Commerce Issues “Green Paper” on Privacy
December 22, 2010
PRIVACY CLIENT ALERT: FTC Issues Preliminary Staff Report on Privacy
December 9, 2010
PRIVACY PRACTICE GROUP CLIENT ALERT: Google Data Privacy Statements Appease the FTC, Provokes U.K.
October 29, 2010
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Issues New False Marking Decision
July 6, 2010
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW ALERT: Supreme Court Affirms Decision in Bilski v Kappos
June 29, 2010
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW CLIENT ALERT: Advertising Clause Required Defense of Patent Suit
June 29, 2010
IP ALERT: Senate Finance Committee Leaders Seek ITC Investigation into the Effect of China's IPR Infringement
April 23, 2010
More Change in the USA
January/February 2010
IP ALERT: Federal Circuit Rules That a Licensing Letter Could Provide a Basis
January 28, 2010
New Legislation Gives FTC New Role in Litigation Settlements
July/August 2009
Litigation Achievements
2008 Edition
IP ALERT: White House Picks New Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the USPTO
June 19, 2009
ALERT: Protecting Trademarks on Facebook
June 2009
Patton Boggs Wins Major Intellectual Property Case
May 18, 2009
Beyond President Obama’s Busy First 100 Days
April 29, 2009
Frequently Asked Questions on International Trade Commission § 337 Investigations
April 2009
Federal Circuit Affirms In Part and Vacates In Part International Trade Commission Determination On Patent Misuse
April 27, 2009
Recently Issued Patent: Breathe US 7,487,778 B2
April 2009
Federal Circuit Decision Enforces Covenant Not To Sue For Future Infringement
April 2009
Virginia District Court Upholds Constitutionality of False Marking Statute
April 2009
ALERT: Federal Circuit Issues Decision on New USPTO Rules
March 26, 2009
IP UPDATE: Judiciary Committee Leaders Introduce Patent Reform Bills In The House And Senate
March 2009
Federal Circuit Publishes Detailed Fiscal Year 2008 Statistics
March 2009
The Federal Judicial Center Releases A Study of the Role and Impact of Special Masters in Patent Cases
March 2009
In re TS Tech USA Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2008)
2008
In re Bernard Bilski (Fed. Cir. 2008)
2008
Ex parte Yamaguchi (BPAI 2008)
2008
Oren Tavory v. NTP (Fed. Cir. 2008)
2008
When Employees Claim Inventions
November 2008
Permanent Injunctions in the Post-EBay Era
September 2008
Hesco Bastion Wins Patent Infringement
August 19, 2008
Capital Thinking Magazine - Spring/Summer Issue
Spring/Summer 2008
ALERT: Trademark Updates - New Developments at the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
May 15, 2008
Patton Boggs 2008 Social Responsibility Report
Spring 2008
KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc. (Sup. Ct. 2007)
2007
Trademark Protection Alert: “.ASIA” Top Level Domain Name Now Available — Sunrise Period Begins Oct. 9, 2007
October 2007
Patton Boggs LLP Guides Benitec to Victory in Biotech Patent Law Infringement Suit
July 27, 2007
practice AREA BREAKING NEWS
Intellectual Property Client Alert: Trademark Clearinghouse Adds to Brand Protections
April 11, 2013
Intellectual Property Client Alert: Definiteness in Patent Claims
February 21, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Potential for Indirect Infringement Liability Provides a Justiciable Controversy for Declaratory Judgment Jurisdiction
February 8, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Significant Provisions of the America Invents Act Set to Take Effect in March
February 6, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Delaware Court Dismisses “Anticipatory” First-Filed Declaratory Judgment Action
January 30, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: New Patent Fees Finalized
January 25, 2013
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: A Trademark Claim Will Not Preclude a Later Patent Infringement Suit
December 6, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Confirms Time-Bar on Patent Inventorship Suits
November 27, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Federal Circuit Panel Majority Calls for En Banc Review of Proper Standard of Review for Claim Construction Rulings Made by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
October 26, 2012
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CLIENT ALERT: Patents Subject to Disclaimer Deemed Unenforceable if Owned by Different Subsidiaries
October 9, 2012