WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Last week, U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill introduced her own piece of legislation aimed at combating so-called “patent trolls.”
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Business groups from across the nation — even the world’s largest software maker, Microsoft — have weighed in following the White House’s announcement of three new executive actions aimed at targeting so-called “patent trolls.”
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Parties on both sides of False Claims Act cases tend to agree that the number of lawsuits and amount of money they redistribute to the U.S. government has significantly increased since the statute was amended in 1986.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — Last week, the Obama administration announced a series of executive actions that aim to protect businesses from so-called “patent trolls,” strengthen the country’s patent system and foster innovation.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — In a brief filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Wednesday, a Washington D.C.-based legal foundation urged the court to reconsider its decision in a patent infringement case shifting the burden of proof to the patent holder.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Legal Newsline) – A group of more than 300 corporations collectively have written a letter to the Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure of the Judicial Conference of the United States supporting select proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) — The U.S. Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision Wednesday, ruled that patent holders still bear the burden of proving infringement even if they are not the ones filing a legal action.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Department of Justice filed a lawsuit on Thursday against a Houston-based engineering, construction and services firm for allegedly submitting false claims in connection with a U.S. Army contract.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The National Bar Association is applauding the confirmation of Judge Robert Wilkins to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, which was made possible thanks to the U.S. Senate changing the law to bypass a Republican filibuster.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a software company’s case against an online retailer for allegedly infringing on its “shopping cart” patents.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – A bill aimed at curbing abusive patent litigation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives last month is still awaiting its fate in the U.S. Senate.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – According to the 2013 Judicial Hellhole report published by the American Tort Reform Association, more law firms are bringing lung cancer cases to America’s courtrooms, “which likely not caused by asbestos exposure.”
