In olden days, one could think of a TTAB inter partes proceeding as a lower cost, less complicated alternative to filing a trademark infringement action, but not any more.

An analysis of India’s competition-law whistleblower and lesser-penalty regime, examining the CCI’s treatment of self-reporting, the 2026 HP India orders, leniency conditions, corporate compliance and lessons from international cartel cases.

The Government e-Marketplace (GeM), launched in 2016, has transformed public procurement in India by moving a substantial part of Government purchasing to a common, technology-driven platform.

The constitution validity of Entry Tax has faced a series of challenges.

The High Court has published a summary of its findings on liability in the long-running USD$5 billion civil fraud action brought by the Hewlett Packard group in connection...

A Northern District of Illinois judge has granted HP's motion for summary judgment against inventor Steven E. Berkheimer, ruling that the remaining claims of the sole patent-in-suit are invalid as indefinite.

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has granted interim relief to the assessee in a case where the Revenue department had alleged that the supply of free electricity/power @12%...

The UK Bribery Act 2010 (the Act) was passed in the final days of the outgoing administration on 9 April 2010. It has yet to come into force, but is scheduled to do so later this year. The Act introduces four new offences: Bribing, Being Bribed, Bribing a Foreign Public Official; and Failure to prevent corruption within an organisation.

The UK's largest civil fraud trial has begun with US technology giant Hewlett-Packard suing the former head of software firm Autonomy.

This is the third issue of WilmerHale's FRAND Quarterly: Navigating the Global SEP Landscape, a bulletin that highlights developments about the licensing...

China's Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM) conditionally cleared seven cases in 2017 (five in the fourth quarter), of which six involved behavioral remedies.

See below our general round-up of some key issues facing the market at the present time.

Public Works and Government Services Canada is examining the effect of Hewlett Packard’s guilty plea to charges of bribery regarding the company's contracts with the federal government.

As the calendar turns to 2011 and the broad-based economic recovery transitions from nascent to full-bore, we think that a return to ’05–’07 levels of M&A activity is not out of the question (whether leverage levels will once again approach their historical zenith is uncertain but, with investors showing increasing appetite for risk and the availability of high-yield debt, we’re not betting against it).

This comprehensive monthly update examines significant competition law developments in India, including a landmark bid-rigging case involving HP India and its resellers, IndiGo's commitment application addressing operational disruptions, and the CCI's analysis of pricing practices in online food delivery platforms. The edition also covers major merger approvals in the power generation and automotive components sectors.

On March 4, 2019, a former Barclays foreign exchange currency trader was acquitted of charges filed by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Fraud Section in the United States District Court

If the Defendant deals extensively with license negotiations between itself and a patent pool in the context of the substantiation of the FRAND...

The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC), the Chamber of Commerce of America, and the American Benefits Council have filed an amicus brief in Hutchins v. HP, Inc. This case, which is currently...

Korean plaintiff Wilus Institute of Standards & Technology, Inc. has launched what appears to be its first US litigation, suing ASUSTek (Askey Computer) (2:24-cv-00753), HP (2:24-cv-00752), and Samsung (2:24-cv-00746) in a trio of new Eastern District of Texas complaints.

Natural gas producers, engine manufacturers, and other industry groups have launched an assault on the U.S. EPA's recent rule requiring operators of existing stationary natural gas-fired engines to control emissions of certain hazardous air pollutants.