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International protection of trade secrets - ITC wields the "Hammer of Thor"

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • China, USA
  • -
  • November 1 2011

Domestic industries in the U.S. now have a powerful tool to protect their trade secrets against international misappropriation

Federal Circuit clears the way for large false patent marking fines

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • January 6 2010

A little case about construction stilts could mean big fines for companies found liable under the false patent marking statute

Business method patents and patent-eligible subject matter update: U.S. Supreme Court to hear Bilski v. Doll

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 1 2009

The state of business method patents and what is considered patent-eligible subject matter will now be addressed by the U.S. Supreme Court

Chilling assault on personalized medicine

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • September 9 2009

An unusual collection of plaintiffs came together recently to file a significant lawsuit, and now a summary judgment motion clarifying their position, in which the plaintiffs make an assault against patents claiming genetic lifesaving tests

No love for speed dating or abstract business method claims

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • November 9 2009

Business methods received serious crossfire during today’s Bilski v. Kappos oral arguments

Lid blown off patent false marking claim

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 16 2010

The Federal Circuit blew the lid off a plaintiff's false patent marking suit in the most recent patent case interpreting the patent false marking statute

Penalty for patent false marking set at highest sales price

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 11 2010

Following remand from the Federal Circuit in the Forest Group vs. Bon Tool false marking patent case, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas ruled on April 27, 2010 that, due to the penal nature of the false marking statute, the appropriate penalty for falsely marking a product with an incorrect patent number would be assessed at the maximum price the articles were sold instead of assessing the penalty based on the profit margin or economic benefit to the defendant for marking the product

New math does not add up for Patent Office's patent term adjustments

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 3 2010

Patent owners may now enjoy longer patent terms after a recent Federal Circuit ruling which determined that patent owners had been shortchanged by how the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("Patent Office") had calculated adjustments to patent terms to compensate for Patent Office caused delays in issuance of a patent

Ariad v. Eli Lilly: Federal Circuit confirms separate written description and enablement requirements for patents

  • Bracewell & Giuliani LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 24 2010

In one of the more anticipated and closely watched cases of the year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has confirmed in an en banc decision that patents must meet both written description and enablement requirements under 35 U.S.C. 112 (1975

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