Intellectual Property

Patent Litigation Developments To Watch In 2016

Ropes & Gray attorneys look at five developments likely to have a major influence on patent litigation this year, in […]

Patent Owners Fear Merrick Garland Is Deferential To A Fault

There is little on the record about how Merrick Garland, President Obama’s nominee to fill the Supreme Court vacancy, approaches […]

Drug Industry Feeling Beleaguered

Last week’s annual meeting of PhRMA was permeated by a feeling of being unfairly targeted and maligned, and among those doing the maligning, according to various speakers at the gathering, are…

$400M Question: Who Invented Post-It Notes?

Industrial giant 3M has been sued by an inventor who claims that he was the inventor of what 3M later […]

Licensee Can Sue For Infringement Without Patent Owner

The Federal Circuit held that a Disney licensee can sue for infringement of the licensed patent – a flame technology […]

Bust For Blackjack Innovator

The USPTO’s denial of a patent on a new way to bet on Blackjack, which required a specific pattern of […]

DC Maintains Copyright Hold On Batmobiles

The Supreme Court this week refused to hear a lawsuit between DC Comics and a mechanic who has been building […]

Billions On The Line In Gene-Editing Patent Case

This week the federal Patent Trial and Appeal Board dove into a biotech case that concerns the fate of billions […]

“Stupid Patent” Award From Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Electronic Frontier Foundation gives its monthly booby prize in part with an eye toward shining a light on what […]

Confronting Your Digital Estate Plan

Some options are becoming institutionalized, by law and by way of voluntary arrangements through providers, but it’s piecemeal. What’s at […]

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