Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 28 Sep 2023
The government buys billions of dollars in healthcare-related goods and services every year, and no government procurement is perfect. In a business…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 28 Sep 2023
Addressing a matter of first impression concerning the scope of prior art relevant to a design patent infringement analysis, the US Court of Appeals…
Meadows Collier Reed Cousins Crouch & Ungerman LLP | USA | 22 Sep 2023
There are various interactions of the substance over form doctrine, such as step-transaction, economic substance, sham, among others. As the Federal…
Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox PLLC | USA | 22 Sep 2023
As any PTAB practitioner knows, the possibility of being estopped from asserting prior art in district court is a significant risk that must be…
Meadows Collier Reed Cousins Crouch & Ungerman LLP | USA | 21 Sep 2023
Just last week, the IRS announced that it was no longer processing any new Employee Retention Credit (ERC) claims amid a surge in questionable claims…
McDermott Will & Emery | USA | 21 Sep 2023
Addressing the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s application of the field of endeavor and reasonably pertinent tests for determining analogous art, the…
Crowell & Moring LLP | USA | 19 Sep 2023
On September 6, 2023, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Class Deviation removing the FAR 52.204-7 requirement that a contractor maintain its…
Cozen O'Connor | USA | 18 Sep 2023
The Federal Circuit just rendered a decision In re Cellect, LLC, Case Nos. 2022-1293; -1294; -1295; -1296 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 28, 2023), which raises…
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Crowell & Moring LLP | USA | 15 Sep 2023
This week’s Episode covers a Federal Circuit decision about jurisdiction under the Contract Disputes Act, a claim for additional costs relating to…
Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP | USA | 13 Sep 2023
The end of the Fiscal Year is upon us, which typically coincides with a flurry of procurement activity and then a wave of bid protests. As most of…