The inventor of a glove that allows users to shoot foam string – in the manner of Spider-Man – has asked the US Supreme Court to overrule a previous decision that an agreement that includes royalties for the use of a patented invention after the expiration of the patent is unlawful per se. Background In…
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Privacy Concerns in M&A Transactions
Consumer privacy is an increasing concern in many countries. On October 28, 2014, the US Federal Communications Commissions (FCC) announced that it had joined the Global Privacy Enforcement Network (GPEN), of which the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was already a member. The GPEN is a group of about 50 worldwide privacy enforcement authorities and…
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Patent Rights Can be Exhausted by a Covenant Not to Sue
A New Jersey federal court ruled that the doctrine of patent exhaustion can be the basis for dismissal of a patent infringement suit against a customer’s manufacturer, where the patent owner offered the customer a covenant not to sue – even if that offer was subject to certain conditions and therefore never accepted. In Re…
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Court Dismisses Patent Case because Co-Inventor Not a Party
The US District Court for the Southern District of California dismissed a patent infringement case for lack of jurisdiction because a co-inventor on the patent was not joined as a party. In 2013, plaintiffs Alpha One Transporter, Inc. and American Heavy Moving and Rigging, Inc. filed a complaint against defendant Perkins Motor Transport, Inc. The…
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