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.
- Auto
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Ordinary people catch a break (on airfares)
Spirit: The Home of the Bare Fare Keeps Flying.
On January 17, 2024, a judicial appointee of a President whose administration sharply curtailed antitrust enforcement* blocked a $3.8 billion attempt by JetBlue to merge its way into making the Big
Commercial Roundup – January 10, 2024
Welcome to the first Commercial Roundup in 2024–and Happy New Year.
- Promise to charge “competitive” price for power didn’t require price lower than default utility charged.
- Hot off the Antitrust Division and FTC presses.
- Contract naming Chinese parent
Commercial Roundup – December 13, 2023
Welcome to Commercial Roundup!
This issue notes an Epic antitrust win against Google, comments by yours truly on the likelihood of an Antitrust Division challenge to a $1.8 billion merger between Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian, Susman Godfrey’s National Boutique of
“You can’t equate a benefit to some consumers to a pro-competitive effect.”
U.S. Circuit Judge Jennifer Sung made the comment December 6 during oral argument in the Federal Trade Commission’s ongoing effort to block Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard, the biggest U.S. maker of video games. (Hat tip to Josh
Alaska-Hawaiian Merger Might Crash into the 2023 Draft Merger Guidelines
The $1.9 billion deal Alaska Airlines signed with Hawaiian Airlines on December 3 would enable the competitors to collaborate on the 12 routes they both fly between the Aloha State and cities on the U.S. West Coast–a small part of
Commercial Roundup – November 15, 2023
Welcome to the November 15, 2023 edition of Commercial Roundup. It will catch you up on the latest appellate decisions by federal appellate courts and the highest courts in Delaware, New York, and Texas on antitrust, arbitration, class actions, intellectual
What $26.3 Billion Bought Google, and the Cost of Secrecy
Last Friday, October 27, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta overruled an objection by Google’s trial counsel to a question about how much the online search and ad giant pays Apple and other browser providers for making Google’s search engine the
Commercial Roundup – October 25, 2023
Welcome back to Commercial Roundup. This installment will catch you up for the last several weeks.
- “Comparison prior art” in design-patent case must involve the “article of manufacture” in the patent claim.
- Need a lift? Read this.
- Antitrust
Commercial Roundup – September 15, 2023
Here you go–Commercial Roundup for the couple of weeks ending September 14, 2023
- Data breach that exposed plaintiff’s personally identifying information to hacker caused “concrete” harm and conferred Article III standing to sue
- Notes from commercial loan syndication don’t