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Patent exhaustion rejected: patented seed purchaser has no right to make copies

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The Supreme Court in Bowman v. Monsanto Co. ruled unanimously that a farmer's replanting of harvested seeds constituted making new infringing

En banc Federal Circuit issues five opinions in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 15 2013

The long-awaited decision held that method, computer-readable medium and system claims for technology related to "the management of risk relating to

Federal Circuit will consider de novo review of claim construction en banc

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2013

In response to a petition filed by Lighting Ballast Control, the Federal Circuit has granted rehearing en banc in the case of Lighting Ballast

Supreme Court finds that “first sale” doctrine applies to works

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 29 2013

In a 6-3 ruling, resolving an issue left open since the Supreme Court of the United States' 4-4 deadlock in Costco Wholesale v. Omega S.A., (See IP

“First sale” doctrine applies to works lawfully made abroad and imported to the United States

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2013

In a decision that may significantly impact international production and distribution practices for copyrighted works, the Supreme Court of the

Covenant not to sue is not discharged in bankruptcy

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 28 2013

The U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, equating a covenant not to sue under a patent with a license, has concluded that a trustee in

Supreme Court rules that a state court has jurisdiction over a legal malpractice claim involving a federal patent issue

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 25 2013

The Supreme Court of the United States, in Gunn v. Minton, determined that a Texas state court had jurisdiction over a legal malpractice claim, even

Alternative defense to false advertising claim carries the day

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit has sua sponte reissued its earlier decision in a trademark and false advertising case, revising

Sanctioned parties in exceptional cases continue to get fresh second look from Federal Circuit

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 31 2013

Denying motions for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, in a sharply divided seven-to-five

Supreme Court: broad covenant not to sue negates jurisdiction over counterclaims for non-infringement and cancellation of trademark

  • McDermott Will & Emery
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 15 2013

In Already, LLC v. Nike, Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the trademark plaintiff's voluntary dismissal of its infringement