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U.S. Supreme Court Interprets the “First Sale” Doctrine
By: Joe Carnicella, intellectual property attorney with Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. On March 19, 2013, in Kirtsaeng v. Wiley & Sons, Inc., No. 11-697, the U.S. Supreme Court held that...
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Federal Circuit to Reconsider De Novo Claim Construction Review–Lighting...
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) On March 15, 2013, the Federal Circuit issued an order in Lighting Ballast Control...
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Proper Pleading Standard Under Twombly for Patent Infringing...
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) On April 18, 2013, the Federal Circuit issued another decision in which it analyzed...
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U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Farmer’s Patent Exhaustion Defense in Monsanto...
by: Kelly A. Williams, a shareholder at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. In Bowman v. Monsanto Co., the U.S. Supreme Court held that the patent exhaustion doctrine did not permit a farmer to...
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Is Software Patentable? Fed Circuit Isn’t Sure—CLS Bank v. Alice Corp.
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) Earlier this month, the Federal Circuit issued its long-awaited en banc opinion on...
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Supreme Court to Hear Argument on Patent Licensee’s Burden of Proof
By: Joe Carnicella, intellectual property attorney with Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. On May 20, 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted cert. to hear argument on whether, in a...
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Ninth Circuit Confirms Righthaven LLC Lacked Standing to Bring Copyright...
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) In what appears to be the conclusion to the saga that was the Righthaven LLC...
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Supreme Court Rules That Genes Are Not Patentable Subject Matter
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) Today, the United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled in Association for Molecular...
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Supreme Court Holds That Reverse Payments May Give Rise to Antitrust Violations
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) Today, the United States Supreme Court in a 5-3 decision authored by Justice Breyer...
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Federal Circuit Determines That It Has Jurisdiction to Hear Appeal Before...
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) In an en banc decision in Robert Bosch, LLC v. Pylon Manufacturing Corp., No....
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Ninth Circuit Holds Royalty Agreement Unenforceable
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) A recent decision from the Ninth Circuit in Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises Inc., No....
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Survey of Proposed Patent Lawsuit Reform Bills in Congress (Part 1)
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) In a growing response to concerns about patent “trolls” and the tactics they use in...
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Survey of Proposed Patent Lawsuit Reform Bills in Congress (Part 2)
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) In a growing response to concerns about patent “trolls” and the tactics they use in...
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Survey of Proposed Patent Lawsuit Reform Bills in Congress (Part 3)
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) In a growing response to concerns about patent “trolls” and the tactics they use in...
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End of Experimental Use Exception? Hamilton Beach v. Sunbeam
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) The Federal Circuit issued an interesting decision today in Hamilton Beach Brands,...
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Preliminary Ruling Okaying Use of Copyrighted Articles During Patent...
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) Magistrate Judge Jeffrey J. Keyes from the U.S. District Court for the District of...
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Fed Circuit Upholds Verdict and Sanctions Against NPE
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) The Federal Circuit issued an opinion in Taurus IP, LLC v. DaimlerChrysler Corp. (No....
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GAO Issues Report on Patent “Troll” Litigation
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) Last Thursday, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on...
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Sharing a Publication at Work May Constitute Copyright Infringement
by: Kelly A. Williams, a shareholder at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. Do you work in an office that receives a single copy of a trade publication, which is passed around the office for...
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The Battle Over the Seeds Continues
by: Kelly A. Williams, a shareholder at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. A coalition of famers, seed sellers, and agricultural organizations that challenged Monsanto’s patents on...
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