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Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 28 Sep 2018
Fourth District Holds City Violated CEQA By Refusing To Recognize Exemption For Single Family Residence Project And Attempting To Subject Owner’s Already Authorized And Completed Demolition Action To Retroactive Environmental Review (Yet Absolves City From Liability For Regulatory Taking)
In a published opinion filed September 18, 2018, the Fourth District Court of Appeal (Div. 1) affirmed a judgment granting a writ setting aside the…
Mintz | USA | 27 Apr 2018
International Trade Commission Clarifies the Intersection Between Litigation Funding Agreements and Standing
On April 18, 2018, the International Trade Commission (“Commission”) reversed an Administrative Law Judge’s (“ALJ”) finding that a litigation funding…
Pillsbury | USA | 10 Nov 2017
Fourth Circuit affirms dismissal of constitutional challenges to zoning ordinance changes
The Court of Appeals recently affirmed a lower court's decision to dismiss a plaintiff's complaint that an amendment to Rockville's 'light industrial' municipal zoning ordinance was unconstitutional as it violated the due process and equal protection guarantees of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. The ordinance made it impossible for Siena Corporation to build on its property a large......
Cohen & Gresser LLP | USA | 12 Oct 2017
How an Uncommonly Silly Law Led to a Host of Very Consequential Supreme Court Decisions
In 1879, Connecticut passed a law barring the use of "any drug, medicinal article or instrument for the purpose of preventing conception"; the…
Greenberg Traurig LLP | USA | 20 Jun 2017
DHS Rescinds Memorandum Addressing Expansion of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals and Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents
The Nov. 20, 2014 DAPA memorandum, which to date has not been implemented, directed U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) “to establish a…
Jones Day | USA | 23 May 2017
EDTX Interprets Federal Circuit Precedent Narrowly, Recommends Applying §315 Estoppel Broadly
In Biscotti Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., Magistrate Judge Payne recommended that estoppel under 315(e) apply broadly against Microsoft in an…
Lee and Li Attorneys at Law | Taiwan | 1 May 2017
TIPO accepts applications for deferring substantive examination of invention patent applications
In addition to accepting applications for accelerated invention patent examination, the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) now accepts applications for the deferment of substantive examination of invention patent applications. TIPO's reasons for why it now accepts deferment applications include the consideration of patent applicants' application tactics and the facilitation of......
Vedder Price PC | USA | 7 Mar 2017
Immigration Alert: The H-1B Premium Processing Suspension - What It Means for Your Business
On March 3, the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced that they will be temporarily suspending “premium processing”…
Epstein Becker Green | USA | 26 Feb 2017
What’s Really in The NLRB’s New Amendments to Its Rules And Regulations and What Do These Changes Mean For Employers?
On February 23, 2017 the National Labor Relations Board (“Board” or “NLRB”) made public a proposed Final Rule to revise its Rules and Regulations “…
Lee and Li Attorneys at Law | Taiwan | 6 Feb 2017
Post-grant amendment of utility model patents
An application for a utility model patent need only pass a formality examination by the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office to be granted a patent certificate. This process offers the advantages of lower fees and expedited granting of a patent. However, when the patentee of a utility model patent that has not gone through substantive examination asserts infringement, the patent will be......
