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One important feature of the pending patent reform bills is the “customer stay” provision. The idea is that a business that just buys a product, either for its own use or for resale, shouldn’t b...

[caption id="attachment_5222" align="alignleft" width="300"] The ice rink in Marshall, TX[/caption] In my last post, I told you about the Eastern District of Texas and why it’s such a popular venue...

I (and others) have written about the Eastern District of Texas. It’s a judicial district that handles more patent cases than any other district in the country. In fact, one judge, Judge Rodney Gils...

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to sit down with Boston University School of Law Professor Michael Meurer (pronounced MOY-er). Mike wrote a paper with fellow BU Law Professor Jim Bessen that es...

A while back I wrote about some amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure that the Judicial Conference approved. The most notable change for patent law was that the amendments would get rid o...

Note: This is Part 3 in a three-part series. If you're not comfortable with how inter partes review works, you may want to start with Part 1. If you are comfortable with IPRs, start with Part 2. Gut...

Note: This is Part 2 in a three-part series. If you're not comfortable with how inter partes review works, you may want to start with Part 1. The Complaints About Inter Partes Review (IPR) Some pate...

Note: This is Part 1 in a three-part series. If you're already comfortable with how inter partes review works, you may want to skip to Part 2. If you watched the Senate hearing last week, you heard a...