On December 1, 2015, changes recommended by the Judicial Conference Advisory Committee on the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and adopted by the Supreme Court will take effect.[1] Among these changes ...

For nearly a decade, complaints in almost all civil suits have been examined under the “plausibility standard” introduced by the Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and reiterated two ...

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For the year patent infringement cases dropped by 22 percent from the previous year, from 5,823 cases in 2015 down to 4,520 cases in 2016. 2016 actually saw the lowest number of patent infringement ...

December 1, 2020 marked the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abrogation of Form 18—the model complaint that provided the minimum requirements for stating a claim of direct infringement.

Managing IP held our US Patent Forum in Washington DC last month. Here are some of the most interesting facts, quotes and views from the sessions Michael Sandonato of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Via Licensing Corporation today announced the creation of a defensive patent bank, a wholly-owned entity that provides a defensive aggregation solution in connection ...

Adam Mossoff is professor of law and co-director of academic programs of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property at George Mason University School of Law. June 6, 2013 The problem with ...