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Flat Fee IP
Loser Does Not Pay for AIA Costs
By Dave Bohrer
[caption id="attachment_1218" align="alignleft" width="259"] Trend is patent litigation loser pays fees or costs - but not this time (courtesy Google Images)[/caption] The significant filing fees spent by an accused infringer…
AIA Blog
Finnegan eBook Summarizes Various AIA Considerations and U.S. Patent Trends in Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries
On December 2, 2013, Finnegan launched The Chemical and Pharmaceutical Innovation Report 2013. The Report is a complementary eBook for patent practitioners, entrepreneurs, business executives, venture capitalists, and inventors that…
InsureReinsure
UK FSA Fines Prudential £30m, Censures CEO for Failure to Disclose
Earlier today, the UK Financial Services Authority fined two member companies of the Prudential Group a total of £30 million for failing to disclose its 2010 plan to bid for…
Patents Post-Grant
CAFC Denies Discovery in Inter Partes Patent Reexamination Dispute
AIA Cited by CAFC as Remedying Known Patent Reexamination DeficiencyAs predicted based upon the earlier oral argument, the Federal Circuit closed the door on the potential for discovery in inter partes…
Patents Post-Grant
AIA Technical Amendment Receives Final Rubber Stamp
H.R. 6621 Clear All Congressional HurdlesLate last week, the Senate passed H.R. 6621 with amendment (passed days earlier by the House). The Senate amendment removed the provision requiring a USPTO…
Chicago IP Litigation
Article One’s Monica Winghart Discusses the AIA’s New Post-Grant Review & Inter Partes Review Procedures
The following is a summary of an interview I conducted with Monica Winghart, Article One’s Executive Vice President and General Counsel, about the impact of the new America Invents Act…
Patents Post-Grant
Apple Jury Confuses Obviousness Analysis in Arriving at Record Damage Verdict?
Record Verdict Demonstrates Fallibility of Jury TrialsThere has been a ton of armchair quarterbacking since last Friday's one billion dollar damage verdict in the Apple/Samsung patent war. While Apple is…
Best Practices Construction Law
Construction Contracts Online: ConsensusDOCS and AIA Go Head-to-Head
Today, read about the online, head-to-head competition between ConsensusDOCS and AIA.
Patents Post-Grant
America Invents Act Implementation Hearing
House Hearing Wednesday May 16thTomorrow, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the Implementation of the America Invents Act at 10AM. The hearing will be webcast, information is…
Patents Post-Grant
Is Supplemental Examination a Risk Worth Taking?
In re Tanaka Decision Likely to Drive Two-Part Supplemental Examination Filing StrategyDuring yesterday's Strafford Legal webinar on the topic, I explained that Supplemental Examination (SE) is a mechanism of the AIA that is…