Who likes contention interrogatories? Anyone? Anyone at all?
Blawgletter agrees. But Once in a Blue Moon they may matter. Ask DeAngelo Marine Exhaust, which lost its Best Defense as a result of paying them not enough mind.
Marine Exhaust Systems sued DeAngelo for infringing two patents. The patents dealt with systems for cooling exhaust that spews from the
Scene: Snappy dozes at her laptop. Across the table, Bitey sips from a LavAzza cup. Slurps, really. Yet it doesn't wake Snappy. So Bitey clears his throat. Snappy straightens. She yawns.
Snappy: Curse you. Can't you see. Can't you see my slumber. Your crudeness has chased it. Caught it. Made it depart. Dang. And why
A great many of your bigger companies require new hires to sign contracts that convey to the employers any "Intellectual Property" that the workers "make or conceive" during the term of employment. Courts treat such assignments as valid in spite of the at-will nature of the relationship.
But what happens if a worker conceives an invention before starting the new
Note the dripping red wax on the seal.
All bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon.
Maker's Mark Distillery, Inc. v. Diageo N. Am., Inc., No. 10-5508, slip op. 4 (6th Cir. May 9, 2012) (affirming verdict and judgment that dripping-wax red seal on tequila bottles infringed trademark for same on bottles
The Federal Circuit today ruled that the Eastern District of Texas has the wrong idea about whether Rule 20(a) lets plaintiffs sue a bunch of defendants in one patent infringement case simply because they all infringed the same patents.
You have to show something more, it held — such as that the defendants somehow acted
In the last 30 days, two U.S. courts of appeals have held (sort of) that no "settlement privilege" — a right to deny others access to the terms of your settlements with third-parties — exists.
In the first case, the Federal Circuit ruled, "in light of reason and experience, . . . that settlement negotiations
If you don't live and breath patent law, you may wonder how people get patents. The Supreme Court today put a spotlight on the process. It made inventors happy.
You may have guessed that you have to apply for a patent. So far so good. One or more "examiners" in the United States Patent and
The lawyer you hired to help you with lawsuits over the rights to Superman runs off with documents that you say contain top-secret attorney work product and attorney-client communications.
Worse, the lawyer gives a copy of the to your opponent, D.C. Comics. You report the theft to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. A grand jury
You've likely heard by now that the Antitrust Division of the U.S. Department of Justice sued Apple and a bunch of e-book publishers for fixing prices on, well, e-books.
You can see the complaint here.
The key part comes in paragraph 7, which explains Apple's "agency" plan for thwarting Amazon's effort to cut all
Blawgletter hasn't hidden our liking for the cut of the Second Circuit's jib. We admire lots of things about the court. This week, three panels confirmed our High Opinion.
Let's see . . . one involved whether an antitrust complaint met the Twombly/Iqbal standard for pleading a "plausible" conspiracy, the second dealt with