Intellectual Property

Report Says Patent Trial and Appeal Board Judges Pressured

The PTAB was created in 2012 as an alternative to the federal courts for settling certain patent disputes. The Supreme […]

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Let’s Fix Rule 702

In the Fall of 2004, I was arguing a case before typically stern Judge Frank Easterbrook in the U.S. Court […]

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Trade Secret Case Over A Defanged Psychedelic

A therapy that’s said to take the hallucinations out of a psilocybin high but leave beneficial antidepressant effect intact is […]

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$15M For “Passing Around” An Article, And No Insurance Coverage

An investment advisory firm that subscribed to a trade publication found its articles so useful it “passed them around,” rather […]

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Squire Patton Boggs, John Boehner, Sued Over Cannabis Lobbying Dispute

A Washington lobbyist has sued the firm and former Speaker of the House John Boehner, identified as “senior strategic advisor […]

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Privilege Can Be Fragile, Watch Your Tongue.

A federal court ruling in Kansas can be read as a warning to in-house counsel, a reminder “to train their […]

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RR/BAYC Apes BAYC; BAYC Sues RR/BAYC

Yuba Labs, the brains behind Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) nonfungible tokens, has sued conceptual artist Ryder Ripps. Neither the […]

Goodwill, Bad Will, and the Spirit of Lehman Brothers

Lehman Brothers got some bad press for tanking the global economy in 2008, but hey, that was a long time […]

FBI Probes Tinsel Town Art Fraud

You don’t have to be a ghoul to be an art collector, but sometimes it gives you a leg up. […]

Hyatt Accuses the USPTO Of Vendetta

Inventor Gilbert P. Hyatt received nearly 75 patents between 1970 and 1997. His expertise in computer technology is widely-recognized, but […]

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