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En Banc Federal Circuit Grants Google a New Trial in EcoFactor Case

Fish & Richardson on 5/27/2025

On May 21, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, released its opinion in EcoFactor, Inc. v. Google, LLC. In an 8-2 decision, the court reversed a $20 million jury verdict, holding that the...more

30(b)(6) vs. 702 – Is Your Witness a Party or an Expert?

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 2/17/2022

Earnest v. Sanofi U.S. Services et al, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, No. 20-30184 (Feb. 10, 2022) - The plaintiff sued Sanofi U.S. Services, Inc. and Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC in the Eastern District...more

Cold Pattern Forecast: Piecemeal Design Evaluation Yields Improper Infringement Analysis

McDermott Will & Schulte on 12/31/2019

In a procedurally complicated case involving allegations of both utility and design patent infringement, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that a district court’s piecemeal approach to a design patent...more

Satellite Science? No, Just a Damage Award Supported by Substantial Evidence

McDermott Will & Schulte on 8/1/2019

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit concluded that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying defendants’ motion for a new trial on damages, finding that the jury verdict on damages was based on...more

Jones Day Talks Intellectual Property: Blurrier Lines and Narrow Grounds—Implications of the Ninth Circuit’s Blurred Lines...

Jones Day on 4/11/2018

When does inspiration turn into copyright infringement? The line is getting blurrier. Jones Day’s Meredith Wilkes, Anna Raimer, and Aryane Garansi explain how the Ninth Circuit’s decision—on “narrow grounds”—in the Blurred...more

Toxic Tort Monitor – January 2018

Husch Blackwell LLP on 1/19/2018

A Review of 2017 Personal Jurisdiction Decisions - In 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court in cases such as BNSF Railway Co. v. Tyrrell and Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. v. Superior Court of California continued the trend that began in...more

CAUTION: Unreasonable Denials of Requests for Admission Can Prove Costly

Haight Brown & Bonesteel LLP on 9/18/2015

In Grace v. Mansourian, (filed 8/17/2015, order published 9/15/2015, No. G049590) the Fourth District Court of Appeal held a defendant’s denials of plaintiff’s requests for admission were unjustified given the substantial...more

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