Elizabeth A. Howard
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Articles
Bad Timing? Judge Defers § 101 Issue Until After Claim Construction
USA - February 1 2016 It has been just over a year since Judge Illston last decided a motion asserting a patent is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Last time, Judge…
Money Is Time: A Note on Valuation and Sentencing in Criminal Trade Secrets Cases
USA - February 1 2016 Criminal trade secrets prosecutions tend to make national headlines, and for good reason. With fact patterns that often involve international…
Build On A Strong Foundation: How Expert Reports Are Constrained By Earlier Disclosures
USA - December 29 2015 Expert reports are not written on a blank slate. Instead, parties are generally bound by what they’ve disclosed (or haven’t) earlier in the case. In…
A purr-fect opinion on copyright registrations
USA - November 18 2015 Cat videos are one of the most popular types of user-uploaded Internet videos. It is unsurprising, then, that there is now cutting-edge copyright…
One man’s trash is another man’s trade secret? Idaho Supreme Court rules against appellant waste disposal company in bid to protect contract proposal as trade secret
USA - October 16 2015 In a case more notable for the fact that it reached Idaho’s Supreme Court than the final decision, the lower court’s dismissal of the plaintiff waste…
