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Byline: Alex Sokolov Since Donald Trump announced his candidacy for the Republican Party's nomination for U.S. President two and a half years ago, he has dominated headlines worldwide. He generates [...]

Addressing the impact of patent prosecution arguments on claim construction, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated the district court's claim construction, finding that the district court's [...]

Addressing the requirements for correcting a mistake in a patent undergoing inter partes review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) granted the patent owner's motion requesting authorization [...]

On March 8, 2016, the Sexual Violence and Harassment Action Plan Act (Supporting Survivors and Challenging Sexual Violence and Harassment), 2016 (the 'Act') received Royal Assent. The Act which was [...]

Universal Remote Control, Inc. v. Universal Elec.'s Inc. Addressing the real parties-in-interest (RPI) requirement for inter partes review (IPR) and the 'nexus' requirement for commercial success to rebut an obviousness [...]

One group of financiers seems to be doing nicely out of the global recession: the International Monetary Fund and other international financial institutions (IFIs) are enjoying a return to relevance [...]

Since 1977, the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) has required that federally insured banking institutions--commercial banks and savings associations--be evaluated on their records of helping to meet the credit needs of [...]

MobileMedia Ideas LLC v. Apple Inc. Addressing issues of obviousness and claim construction, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit provided several important lessons in significantly modifying the [...]

Soverain Software LLC v. Victoria's Secret Direct Brand Management, LLC by Artem N. Sokolov Clarifying the application of issue preclusion in the context of patent invalidity, the U.S. Court of [...]

VirnetX, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc. In a decision addressing two important damages issues, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a $386 million patent infringement verdict [...]

Arlington Industries, Inc. v. Bridgeport Fittings, Inc. Addressing whether an interlocutory contempt order stemming from a violation of an existing injunction is directly appealable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for [...]