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BTLJ Blog
October 17th, 2010
On September 28, 2010, the Solicitor General (SG) filed a brief explaining the views of the United States in the pending appeal of Stanford v. Roche, 583 F.3d 832 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (PDF). The SG’s brief argues strongly in Stanford’s favor, and urges the Supreme Court to grant Stanford’s petition for ...
BTLJ Blog
October 14th, 2010
In Teva v. Eisai, the Federal Circuit held that a subsequent Paragraph IV filer has standing when a patent listed in the Orange Book causes a delay in the triggering of a first filer’s exclusivity period and prevents the subsequent filer from bringing a generic drug to market. The Hatch-Waxman ...
BTLJ Blog
October 2nd, 2010
The recent decision in Goeddel v. Sugano concerns an appeal from an interference proceeding. Although these types of cases may be a “dying breed” if patent reform goes through (as discussed in this PLI Patent Law Practice Center post), this case highlights written description requirement issues that are relevant outside ...
BTLJ Blog
October 2nd, 2010
The Eight Circuit affirmed summary judgment for Myers Supply Inc. against Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP (“G-P”) on the issues of contributory trademark infringement and tortious interference with contract where Myers sold von Drehle (“VD”) paper towels for use in G-P machines to a church and school district. Georgia-Pac. Consumer Prods., LP ...
BTLJ Blog
September 27th, 2010
In a revised en banc opinion (PDF), the Ninth Circuit overturned guidelines promulgated last year involving seizure of computer records from a company allegedly providing steroids to professional baseball players. The en banc opinion relaxes the previously issued federal procedures governing issuance and execution of search warrants and subpoenas for ...
BTLJ Blog
September 12th, 2010
On Friday, the Ninth Circuit clarified its test for determining whether a software purchaser is a licensee or an owner of the purchased copy in Vernor v. Autodesk, Inc. The result affirms the ability of software publishers to restrain licensees’ ability to sell, rent, or otherwise transfer their copies, but ...
BTLJ Blog
September 9th, 2010
Hello, and welcome to The Bolt, BTLJ’s new student-run technology law blog! As the 25th anniversary of our Journal’s first issue draws near, we decided that it was time to turn a new page in our history. From the beginning, we’ve worked to be a leading source of technology law ...