Troutman Pepper | USA | 6 Oct 2022
The case involved cleanup and environmental remediation of a vacant factory contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls and asbestos. The town of New…
Proskauer Rose LLP | USA | 12 Dec 2018
In order to qualify as an inventor on a U.S. patent, a person must contribute to the conception of the invention as embodied in one or more of the…
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP | USA | 6 Dec 2018
In a November 30, 2018 decision made public on Monday of this week, Judge Richard Sullivan, formerly of the Southern District of New York (now Second…
Steptoe LLP | USA | 19 Nov 2018
On Friday, the Supreme Court, as expected, granted certiorari in the challenge pending before Judge Furman over the addition of a citizenship question…
Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP | USA | 16 Nov 2018
An interesting “development” - so to speak - took place recently as to a quasi-judicial board’s obligations with regard to special and conditional use…
Baker Sterchi Cowden & Rice LLC | USA | 4 Oct 2018
The Missouri Court of Appeals for the Western District recently confirmed the long-standing principle that a party's failure to plead even a valid…
Haynes and Boone LLP | USA | 28 Aug 2018
Prior art disclosures, and particularly non-patent literature, can be relied on for more than what they explicitly disclose. For example, many prior…
Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | USA | 23 May 2018
In December 2017, Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate court affirmed a defense verdict for the design/construction manager of a major league…
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP | USA | 5 Dec 2017
No provision of the Patent Act has been more frequently litigated over the last several years than 35 U.S.C. 101. After not having decided a 101 case…
Steptoe LLP | USA | 24 Oct 2017
In an opinion yesterday, Judge Forrest denied “dueling” motions for summary judgment in case over the shipment of allegedly spoiled strawberries, yet…