After the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in ABC v. Aereo Inc., 134 S.Ct. 2498 (2014), that Aereo's internet retransmission service was "substantially similar" to cable, and therefore violated the Transmit Clause of the Copyright Act, ..

.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer promised that the high court's holding in Aereo was limited. And at least one federal judge seems to agree

It is almost three years since president Obama signed the patent reform legislation, the A merica Invents A ct ("AIA").

In an expert analysis published by Law360, Partner Thomas Sprankling and Counsel Vikram Iyer discuss the Federal Circuit's Aug. 6 decision affirming a dismissal at the pleading stage in Mobile Acuity...

While the Board's requirements are strict ones, they are requirements of which petitioners are aware when they seek to institute an IPR."

Trade secrets are the lifeblood of American business. U.S. companies own an estimated $5 trillion in trade secrets, roughly $300 billion of which are stolen every year.

Two years ago this month, the N agoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits from their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity ("Protocol") entered into international force.

Despite a circuit split, the Supreme Court has once again passed on an opportunity to address the question of the appropriate framework for assessing the statutory factors used to evaluate "fair use" of a copyrighted work.

As a result of recent changes in the PTAB rules of practice, counsel for patent owners should consider whether there are opportunities to identify factual deficiencies in petitions.

This is fourth article in WilmerHale’s series of inter partes review-focused analyses. Previous articles include "What We've Learned From PTAB Decisions On Institution," "How PTAB Applies 'Interests Of Justice' Discovery Standard," and "The Intersection Of District Court And Inter Partes Review."

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board on Friday agreed to review Hulu's challenge to a data management patent that is subject to prior challenges by the streaming service and others, despite arguments by the patent owner that this was a classic example of a serial petition.

Do not be fooled that Access Advance haileda recent dismissal of a lawsuit against it and other members of its High Efficiency Video Coding...

In the not so distant past, it could not have been predicted that new Financial Technology (FinTech) product and service offerings would be literally coming out daily from everywhere.

The America Invents Act permits patent owners to move to amend claims of a patent subject to inter partes review.

In this article published by Bloomberg Law's Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal, authors David Cavanaugh and Michael Smith provide context for issues discussed in the Aqua Products decision...

On August 13, the Patent Trials and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) published updates to the AIA Trial Practice Guide (the TPG Update).

This article reviews denied inter partes reviews to determine the rationale used by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board therein.

The America Invents Act created three new post-grant proceedings to challenge the validity of patents: inter partes review, post-grant review and covered business method review.

In 2023, pharmaceutical patent owners filed nearly 250 infringement complaints against generic drug manufacturers.

Non-disclosure agreements are some of the most common contracts in the business world, and many other agreements have confidentiality provisions with a similar function.