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Yet Another Private Equity NPE at the ITC
Stephen Breyer is retiring, Jeopardy has new hosts, and the Cincinnati Bengals have made the Super Bowl—the world changes constantly.
Some things don’t change, though—patent trolls are still ...
Albright Names NPE Lawyer As New Magistrate Judge For Waco
With the transformation of his Waco courtroom into the venue for more than 25% of all patent cases in the United States, Judge Albright can’t keep up with all the business he’s “drummed up” fo...
The Pat-Signal Is Going Dark—Senator Leahy Won’t Seek Re-Election
Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has announced that he won’t be seeking re-election to the Senate for a ninth term. First elected in 1974, Senator Leahy has spent nearly 50 years in the Senate, focuse...
Sens. Leahy and Tillis to Chief Justice Roberts: Something’s Up In Waco
The Senate Judiciary Committee’s IP Subcommittee had an active day yesterday with members sending out a pair of letters that suggest that they see some serious problems in the patent system.
The ...
Widespread Support for IEEE 2015 Patent Policy
In 2015, the IEEE made changes to its Patent Policy for standard-essential patents (SEPs). Among other things, that policy strongly disfavored seeking injunctive relief for SEPs because injuncti...
Arthrex, Mobility Workx, and Director Review at Institution
There’s been a fair amount of discussion regarding Judge Newman’s dissent in last week’s Mobility Workx case. In Mobility Workx, a divided panel of the Federal Circuit rejected a variety o...
Leahy and Cornyn Introduce Bill To Restore The America Invents Act
Yesterday, Senate Judiciary IP Subcommittee Chair Sen. Leahy (D-VT) and committee member Sen. Cornyn (R-TX) introduced the Restoring the America Invents Act (RAIA). RAIA would roll back changes ...
Fixing The ITC: Bipartisan Advancing America’s Interests Act Reintroduced
A little over a year ago, Reps. DelBene (D-WA) and Schweikert (R-AZ) introduced the Advancing America’s Interests Act (AAIA). Unfortunately, no action was taken on it in the previous Congress....
Federal Circuit to Judge Albright: You Get An F
In yet another mandamus order directed to the Western District of Texas, the Federal Circuit has once again explained to Judge Albright that his analysis of transfer motions is incorrect and ordered h...