Business Litigation Report - May 2015

In This Issue:

- Main Article:

..Patent Infringement in the Digital Age: How a Dispute About Tooth Aligners Led to a Fight About the ITC’s Jurisdiction over Electronic Transmissions

- Noted With Interest:

..Opt-out Collective Actions for Competition Damages Actions—A New Dawn for Litigation in the UK

- Practice Area Notes:

..Bankruptcy & Restructuring Litigation Update

..Securities & Structured Finance Litigation Update

..Life Sciences Litigation Update

- Victories:

..Landmark Environmental Victory

..Victory in Receivership Action Against Caesars Entertainment

..Victory in Patent Action for MicroStrategy

- Excerpt from Patent Infringement in the Digital Age: How a Dispute About Tooth Aligners Led to a Fight About the ITC’s Jurisdiction over Electronic Transmissions -

The International Trade Commission (“ITC”) is an “independent nonpartisan agency that investigates and reports to the President and Congress on matters concerning import trade, tariffs and trade agreements.” Shewmaker v. Parker, 479 F. Supp. 616, 618 (D.D.C. 1979). Established in 1930 as the U.S. Tariff Commission, the ITC has broad investigative authority over matters of international trade, including regulating the importation of goods into the country. Among its responsibilities is to serve as a forum for intellectual property owners to petition to prevent the importation of products that infringe their rights. Last year, the ITC made the following statement...