Squire Patton Boggs | USA | 6 Jun 2021
A recent order from a patent infringement lawsuit in the Northern District of Illinois serves as a good reminder that factual information about…
Knobbe Martens | USA | 10 Jan 2020
Summary: In interpreting an integration clause that nullifies all prior agreements on the same subject matter, the court will look at factors such as…
Knobbe Martens | USA | 9 Jan 2020
Summary: Evidence of the properties of claimed embodiments may be proper evidence of inherency, even when the evidence itself is not prior art.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP | USA | 10 Dec 2019
On January 1, 2020, the recreational use of marijuana will be legal under Illinois law. With the formal enactment of the Cannabis Regulation and Tax…
Jones Day | USA | 1 Oct 2019
Ten years ago, in an effort to create greater predictability for patent litigation in the Northern District of Illinois, the District enacted Local…
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP | USA | 2 Oct 2018
An Illinois District Court ruled that breach of a patent license agreement does not automatically give rise to patent infringement claims. Instead…
Holland & Knight LLP | USA | 29 Aug 2018
Judge Kocoras granted defendant True Value’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss and dismissed plaintiff Grecia’s patent complaint in this…
Jones Day | USA | 25 Apr 2018
In an effort to create greater predictability for patent litigation in the Northern District of Illinois, the District enacted Local Patent Rules…
Oblon | USA | 1 Nov 2016
On October 31, 2016, DSM Desotech, Inc. of Elgin, Illinois and DSM IP Assets B.V. of the Netherlands (collectively, “DSM”) filed a complaint…
Baker McKenzie | USA | 19 Jul 2016
Halo Creative & Design ("Halo"), a Hong Kong corporation, sued Comptoir Des Indes, Inc. ("Comptoir"), a Canadian corporation, in the U.S. District…