by kavouras | Dec 1, 2010 | Cases, Legal/Tech News
Worried about the current state of the legal market? Depressed about the paltry Cravath bonus scale for 2010? Terrified that your firm might be cutting back on some pricey perks? Or maybe you’re just concerned about high costs choking off access to the civil...
by zhangsy | Nov 9, 2010 | Cases |
On November 2, 2010, all of Google users have received an e-mail from Google Buzz informing them about Google’s recent settlement in a class action lawsuit regarding Google Buzz’s privacy issues. Several plaintiffs filed a complaint alleging that Google violated the...
by emajchrz | Nov 9, 2010 | Cases, Commentary
Last Friday, the Department of Justice (DOJ) submitted an amicus curiae brief in the Association for Molecular Pathology v. United States Patent and Trademark Office case (the “Myriad genes case”), which is currently before the Federal Circuit. Commentators,...
by smsnabb | Nov 3, 2010 | Cases
On October 29th, Apple filed two lawsuits against Motorola, alleging Motorola infringed several of Apple’s multi-touch technology patents. Multi-touch technology is a vital part of Apple’s products; it is integrated into the hugely popular iPhone, iPad and...
by emajchrz | Oct 31, 2010 | Cases
On October 6, 2010, the Federal Circuit released a decision holding that unenforceable patents can be the cause of a justiciable controversy under Article III of the United States Constitution if the patents block a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer’s entry into the...
by En Hong | Jul 3, 2010 | Cases, Commentary |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), on October 30, 2008, decided In re Bilski (545 F.3d 943), which had serious implications for the future of business method patents. The eleven members of that court found that a method of hedging risk...
