Amicus briefs are important because they function to provide the court with information and arguments, based on law, public policy and common sense, that the parties, […]

A recent decision by U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland, Eastern District of Michigan, found that defendant’s voluntary waiver of privilege to rely on an opinion […]

A recent Federal Circuit decision affirmed in a part a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision invalidating method of treatment claims including a “providing information” […]

In Board-Tech Electronics Co, Ltd v Eaton Electric Holdings LCC, 2017 WL 4990659 (SDNY October 31 2017), plaintiff and defendant competed in the lighting fixtures business. […]

The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently upheld the refusal to register BRASSERIE KUNZ as primarily merely a surname […]