Tag: Litigation

The Justice Department, led by Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, has made a bold move to prevent the hiring of law firms that oppose the United States government in court. In a recent memo...

So, like, at this thing in April, Legal Speak like, talked to a bunch of important people at the General Counsel Midwest Conference in Chicago. You know, a bunch of general counsels, tech people,...

The PTAB Litigation Blog recently shared insights on a case where Director Vidal reversed and remanded a denial of institution of inter partes review (IPR) related to three Spin Master patents. This decision was...

The tourism industry, along with the rest of the world, faced a major disruption on July 19 due to a system update by CrowdStrike, a relatively unknown company. This update led to a catastrophic...

Smartmatic and Newsmax are at odds in a Delaware defamation case, with both sides challenging expert witness testimony. The voting technology company Smartmatic, represented by Benesch, Friedlander, Coplan & Aronoff, and Newsmax, represented by...

The recent decision by the Federal Circuit regarding induced infringement claims has brought to light an important aspect of the Hatch-Waxman Act. This case involving Amarin and Hikma sheds light on the use of...

Design patent obviousness was a hot topic in the recent LKQ v. GM decision by the Federal Circuit. The court's decision on May 21, 2024, brought changes to the existing Rosen-Durling test, which required...

On June 17th, 2024, Island Intellectual Property LLC (“Island”) filed a Combined Petition for Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc in Island Intellectual Property LLC v. TD Ameritrade, Inc., Nos. 2023-1318, -1441. This case involves...

Canoo, an electric vehicle company, went public in a de-SPAC transaction in December 2020. However, after the stock price dropped, a stockholder who chose not to redeem his stock sued the SPAC board and...

Tesla, the electric vehicle manufacturing company, is facing another lawsuit in Alameda County Superior Court. The lawsuit, filed by a group of current and former employees, accuses supervisors and colleagues at Tesla's facilities in...