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A bipartisan team of lawmakers is taking another stab at patent reform legislation after failed attempts in recent years, and critics wasted no time attacking a controversial provision they claim would lower the amount of damages patent owners are able to recover in patent infringement litigation.
A judge has dismissed a proposed antitrust class action against Qualcomm Inc. over cell phone technology patents approved by standards-setting organizations, ruling that the plaintiff was too far removed from the alleged injury.
Sanyo North America Corp. has settled a lawsuit brought by mobile entertainment system manufacturer e.Digital Corp. against Sanyo and others over four patents related to flash memory technology.
Two inventors are asking a judge to stop Wal-Mart from using a system that allows customers to give instant feedback on service, a system the inventors say infringes their patent.
Performance Pricing Inc. has moved to dismiss IAC Search & Media Inc. from a patent infringement suit Performance Pricing filed against several major Internet companies, including Google Inc. and Yahoo Inc., over its online advertising technology.
Software company SuperSpeed LLC on Monday added a claim of willful infringement to its lawsuit accusing IBM Corp. of infringing five patents related to computer data caching.
Judges should be forced to recuse themselves from cases if there is even the appearance or possibility of bias, counsel for West Virginia coal mining company Harman Mining Co. argued before the U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday.
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in an appeal brought by Arthur Andersen LLP and others on the issue of whether a litigant not party to an arbitration agreement can appeal a federal court decision refusing to stay the litigation pending arbitration.
The brutal slew of layoffs in the legal industry continued Tuesday, with Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP announcing it would let go 300 associates and staff in the United States, Asia and Europe, and DLA Piper slashing 54 lawyers and support staff in Asia in light of the continuing worldwide economic crisis.
The U.S. Supreme Court is the only place left to turn now for the former administrative law judge who became the symbol of litigation run amok after suing his neighborhood dry cleaner for $54 million over a pair of lost pants.
Intellectual property boutique Wong Cabello Lutsch Rutherford & Brucculeri LLP has opened a Palo Alto office to serve its California clients, including technology companies Polycom and Apple Inc., enlisting as partners Apple's former Director of Patent Strategy Tom Mavrakakis and Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Kenneth Bridges.
Guest Column
Quite commonly, tech businesses adopt a shortsighted view of intellectual property as merely an expense rather than as a long-term asset. Particularly in times of crisis, such as our current economy, this attitude of “can’t afford it” needs to be “can’t afford not to,” says Michael J. Powell of Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC.
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