USA - January 29 2021
Patent Owner Godo Kaisha IP Bridge 1 ("IP Bridge") sued TCL Communication Technology Holdings Limited and related entities ("TCL"), alleging…
Patrick Colsher, David Cooperberg, Ahmed ElDessouki, Mark Hannemann, L. Kieran Kieckhefer, Eric Lucas, Thomas R. Makin, Christina Urhausen, Joy Wang
USA - March 19 2020
COVID-19 has taken an unprecedented toll on the United States and the world at large. It has impacted nearly every facet of both professional and…
Patrick Colsher, Mark Hannemann, L. Kieran Kieckhefer, Thomas R. Makin
USA - January 11 2018
Inter partes review has, in a very short time, become a core part of patent litigation practice in the United States. In many cases it has replaced…
Patrick Colsher, Mark Hannemann, Eric Lucas, Thomas R. Makin, Sonal Patel, Joseph Purcell
USA - June 22 2017
The patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), provides that patent infringement actions "may be brought in the judicial district where the…
Patrick Colsher, Mark Hannemann, Eric Lucas, Thomas R. Makin, Joseph Purcell
USA - June 20 2017
Yesterday, the Supreme Court held in an 8-0 decision that the disparagement clause in the Trademark statute—which prohibits the registration of…
Alan S. Goudiss, Mark Hannemann, Christopher L. LaVigne, Eric Lucas, Thomas R. Makin