Welcome to the end-of-summer issue of Commercial Roundup–a collection of the most important appellate decisions for commercial litigators and trial lawyers by the U.S. Supreme Court, the 13 U.S. Courts of Appeals, and the highest courts in Delaware, New York,…

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Welcome to summer 2024’s first edition of Commercial Roundup.

• Force majeure clause in contract for “firm” supply of natural gas from Texas to Arizona didn’t require seller to show Storm Uri made delivery impossible but did mandate proof that it

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Happy Teenth–and welcome to the last Commercial Roundup of spring 2024!

• Patent holder’s grant of right to license patent didn’t deprive it of standing to sue for infringement.
  • 22-2207.OPINION.5-1-2024_2310958.pdf (uscourts.gov)
• Infringement judgment didn’t become final before unpatentability decision did.

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Welcome to Commercial Roundup for May 1st–and happy May Day.

• Discrete features of boot design lacked distinctiveness necessary for trademark.
  • 231150.P.pdf (uscourts.gov)
• Even a little harm from discriminatory change in work suffices under Title VII.
  • 22-193_q86b.pdf (supremecourt.gov)
• Delay in bringing

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Commercial Roundup has some catching up to do this week. See the jumbo installment below.

• Multiple terms in speech-recognition patent deserved broader construction.
  • 22-1939.OPINION.2-16-2024_2271458.pdf (uscourts.gov)
• Allowing any discovery on arbitrability amounts to denial of stay and authorizes immediate appeal.
  • 23-30182-CV0.pdf

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Welcome to The Contingency’s Commercial Roundup for February 21. We have a ton of cases to catch up on, so let’s get right to it.

• “Single” in patent claim preamble limited apparatus to finding just one biomolecule.
  • 22-1410.OPINION.1-9-2024_2250463.pdf (uscourts.gov)
• Auto

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