On February 26, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor of the petitioner in Dewberry Group Inc. v. Dewberry Engineers Inc., holding that a disgorgement of “defendant’s profits” under the Lanham Act may...more
3/3/2025
/ Appeals ,
Corporate Governance ,
Damages ,
Dewberry Group Inc v Dewberry Engineers Inc ,
Disgorgement ,
Lanham Act ,
SCOTUS ,
Trademark Enforcement ,
Trademark Infringement ,
Trademark Litigation ,
Trademarks
Nearly three years have passed since the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on patent eligibility in Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int'l. The decision, which ushered in an unprecedented wave of cases invalidating...more
4/19/2017
/ Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Assertion Entities ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101
In a 7-1 decision issued on March 21, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court held in SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC that laches cannot be invoked as a defense against a claim for damages in a patent...more
3/22/2017
/ Appeals ,
Damages ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
Laches ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Petrella v. MGM ,
Prior Art ,
Rebuttable Presumptions ,
Reversal ,
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v First Quality Baby Products ,
SCOTUS ,
Statute of Limitations
In a 7-0 decision issued on February 22, 2017, in Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court held that exporting a single component of a multicomponent invention for combination abroad does not give rise...more
2/26/2017
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Component Parts Doctrine ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Exports ,
Extraterritoriality Rules ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Life Technologies Corp v Promega Corp ,
Manufacturer Liability ,
Motion to Set Aside the Verdict ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Reversal ,
SCOTUS ,
Supply Contracts