Intellectual Property Law

Intellectual property applies to many different areas of the legal world. Applying for patents for work-products, by individual employees, trademark laws, copyrights, and how companies leverage their IP asset-rights over employees, are just a few of the many areas the National Law Review covers as it pertains to IP.

Intellectual Property Litigation

Intellectual Property disputes are a complex area of law, often involving deep dives into complex concepts to understand the issues at play. In the United States, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO/PTO) is the agency involved in registering patents and trademarks.   As part of the USPTO, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board settles patent disputes, using a variety of mechanisms to settle issues related to intellectual property.    Some of the mechanisms include inter partes review, post-grant procedures, and covered business method patent reviews.  Issues related to the America Invents Act are also settled through the PTAB. The National Law Review covers changes to standards held by the USPTO in litigation and other patent issues.  The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board settles disputes related to trademarks, such as an ex parte appeal from the denial of an application for registration by an examining attorney, and an inter partes opposition, cancellation, concurrent use, or interference proceeding.  Other agencies involved in patent disputes are the International Trade Commission (ITC) or the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  The National Law Review covers patent news as it relates to Supreme Court (SCOTUS) and federal circuit courts’ appeals, as well as general patent litigation and new patent filings.

Intellectual Property in Drug Patents

Legal analysis related to drug patents and pharmaceuticals and the interplay with intellectual property issues are also covered by the National Law Review.   Drug patents, biosimilars, generic top-level domain registration (gTLD), trade secrets, non-compete clauses, and other patent application news are updated on the site regularly. Additionally, tangential issues that impact pharmaceutical companies, such as innovator liability and related litigation, are also analyzed by the legal experts who write for the National Law Review. 

Intellectual Property in an Employment Context

The National Law Review has legal analysis on the intersection between intellectual property rights and employment, and who owns ideas, the Work Made For Hire principle as well resulting litigation. Additionally, legislation such as the Defense of Trade Secrets Act and its impact on workplaces, and ongoing litigation related to the legislation is also covered.

International Intellectual Property

Visitors to the site will oftentimes read about international news as it relates to patent applications in the US, and internationally as well. Pharmaceutical patents in Brazil, medical device patent applications from the United Kingdom, or litigation from the European Union, China, India, and other international sectors, are often covered online. Visitors will find the latest coverage, news, and insights on patent applications and litigation, when visiting the National Law Review, for up-to-date practice-area news.

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Recent Intellectual Property, Patent, Trademark & Copyright News

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May
29
2015
No Substantial Change in Standard for Indefiniteness Under “Reasonable Certainty” Test McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
Allvoice Decision Provides Roadmap For Software-based Inventions Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.
May
29
2015
Info-Hold Cases: De Novo Review Where Claim Construction Evidence Is Neither Intrinsic Nor Extrinsic and Expert Damages Testimony Unnecessary for Damages McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
No Competitive Injury Without Intent and Action to Enter the Market re: False Marking Statute McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
Quantify Versus Quality Determines Domestic Industry: Lelo Inc. v. International Trade Commission McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
Biodelivery Sciences International v. Monosol RX: Denying Institution Because of Insufficient Explanation of Why POSITA Would Have Found the Invention Obvious IPR2015-00167 Faegre Drinker
May
29
2015
Divided Commission Upholds ALJ’s Default Sanction and Attorney Fee Award Against Respondent and its Law Firm McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
An Abstract Idea by Any Other Name - Epicor Software Corp. v. Protegrity Corp., Google Inc. v. Unwired Planet, LLC McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
ID on Infringement and Public Interest in Remand of InterDigital Investigation McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
A Sucking Sound on Domain Names: .SUCKS is Open for Registration Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
May
29
2015
Federal Circuit Vacates Panel Decision on Disparaging Trademark and Orders En Banc Hearing McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
Technological Invention Exception Key to Foiling CBM McDermott Will & Emery
May
29
2015
Ericsson v. Intellectual Ventures I: Publication Date on an IEEE Publication Found to Meet Exception to Hearsay Rule in Final Written Decision for IPR2014-00527 Faegre Drinker
May
28
2015
Good Faith Belief in Invalidity No Defense to Active Inducement McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
What Are the Basics of the Patent Process? P.1 McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC
May
28
2015
Hyundai Mobis and Mobis Alabama v. Autoliv ASP: Granting Motion for Additional Discovery IPR2014-01005 Faegre Drinker
May
28
2015
Litigants Challenging PTO Decisions in District Court Should Be Prepared to Pay PTO’s Attorneys’ Fees McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
Pre-Arbitration Injunction May Only Preserve Status Quo re: Breach of a Trademark License Agreement McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
PTO Litigation Center Report – May 28, 2015 Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
May
28
2015
Presumption of Validity Triumphs over a Good-Faith Belief of Invalidity Hunton Andrews Kurth
May
28
2015
NOPALEA Mark Merely Descriptive of a Product Derived from Nopalea Cactus McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
Preemption of State-Law Tort Claims by the Copyright Act McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
PTAB Issues ‘Quick Fix’ Rule Package, Effective Immediately Mintz
May
28
2015
Attorney’s Fees Awarded in “Nonsensical” Trade Secrets Case McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
Induced Infringement in Commil USA v. Cisco Systems Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
May
28
2015
Party Over for Claimed Mardi Gras Bead Dog Trademarks re: Trademark Validity McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
Wood Laminate Flooring Design “Not a Slavish Copy of Nature” McDermott Will & Emery
May
28
2015
Edmund Optics, Inc. v. Semrock, Inc.: Denying Motion for Live Testimony at Oral Argument IPR2014-00599 Faegre Drinker
 

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