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Federal Circuit issues seven opinions on patentability of software innovations

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The en banc Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has divided over whether method and computer-readable media claims and system claims are directed to

Putative class alleges pharma statements about new drug violated securities laws

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

Aveo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and several of its executives have been targeted in a securities class action filed in a federal court in Massachusetts

SCOTUS unanimously rules GM soybean patent infringed

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 16 2013

The U.S. Supreme Court has determined that the "exhaustion doctrine" does not apply in the context of a patented genetically modified (GM) seed, and

Eighth Circuit says pleadings can be filed under seal, but needs more justification

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 21 2013

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a federal district court did not abuse its discretion in sealing an antitrust complaint

Federal Circuit addresses personal jurisdiction in patent infringement litigation

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 30 2012

Finding that the U.S. Supreme Court “has yet to reach a consensus on the proper articulation of the stream-of-commerce theory” of personal jurisdiction to assess whether a court has jurisdiction over a non-resident defendant in a patent infringement suit, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has applied its own theory, which assesses the pleadings and evidence under “any articulation of the stream-of-commerce theory,” and has determined that a district court in Wyoming properly dismissed two patent infringement lawsuits for lack of jurisdiction

Federal Circuit addresses pleading standards for patent infringement claims

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that a federal district court erred by relying on an incorrect pleading standard in dismissing

French company prevails in dispute with FDA over drug-classification ruling

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • October 3 2012

A federal court in the District of Columbia has determined that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) erred when it classified a combination drug-device product as primarily a drug, thus subjecting its French manufacturer to more burdensome regulatory requirements

Genetic technologies settles infringement suit over non-DNA coding technology

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

Genetic Technologies Ltd. (GTG) has reportedly settled a patent infringement lawsuit filed in late 2012 against PreventionGenetics. While the terms

Court imposes sanctions on Apple for shutting down deposition

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 16 2012

A federal court in Texas has determined that counsel for Apple had no basis for bringing to a premature close the deposition of one of its engineering managers in a lawsuit asserting VirnetX’s patent against an Apple patent application

Life Tech shareholder sues to stop $13.6 billion sale to Thermo Fisher

  • Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 2 2013

According to a news source, Life Technologies shareholder Chang Choi has filed a lawsuit on behalf of a class of company shareholders alleging breach