The COVID-19 pandemic has already caused numerous companies to file for bankruptcy relief and will likely cause many more to do so. In this environment, it is particularly important for both licensees and licensors of...more
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Throughout March and April 2020, the United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") responded to the COVID-19 outbreak by offering relief to stakeholders. The widest ranging of these relief efforts was issued under the...more
An en banc Federal Circuit in Lexmark Int’l, Inc. v. Impression Prods., Inc. affirmed pro-patent owner limits on patent exhaustion with respect to post-sale use restrictions, post-sale resale restrictions and foreign...more
On July 29, 2015, two members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced draft legislation for public comment that would provide U.S. companies with a significant tax break on profits derived from qualifying intellectual...more
In a highly-anticipated case that had the potential to drastically change the patent landscape surrounding computer-implemented inventions, in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l the Supreme Court took a measured approach to the...more