Miller Starr Regalia | USA | 28 Sep 2018
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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......