• Considering some home improvement? Raise money for charity while getting expert advice

    RIAI registered architects can help with general issues such as extensions, new builds, planning queries, or renovating your home, and a … They also specialise in energy-efficient and Passive House designs, so can ensure that your project meets high environmental standards. circadesign.ie …

     
  • Opinion analysis: Justices rebuff constitutional attack on administrative re-examination of patents

    Both cases involve the process of inter partes review added to the Patent Act in 2012 as part of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act. That process authorizes a petition for inter partes review by any competitor that believes that the Patent and Trademark Office erred in issuing a patent on... Continue reading

     
  • Israeli Defense Co. Tacks $5.8M More Onto $21M IP Verdict

    Law360 (April 24, 2018, 4:52 PM EDT) — A Texas federal judge has refused to upend a $21.1 million jury verdict handed down after a satellite internet service provider was found to have infringed upon an Israeli defense contractor’s patent, instead tacking some $5.8 million onto the bill for royalties... Continue reading

     
  • US Supreme Court Tackles Overseas Damages for US Patent Infringement

    The U.S. Supreme Court has rarely addressed the issue of patent damages, but a case currently before the court has the potential to create significant changes in this area of the law. The issue of contention pertains to patent damages on an international scale. When a U.S. patent is infringed,... Continue reading

     
  • Supreme Court upholds patent review process, dealing trolls a blow

    In a 7-2 decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the nation’s highest court ruled that patent rights were fundamentally a government-granted privilege that could properly come with strings attached. One such condition is the risk that the patent office might change its mind and invalidate a patent that …

     
  • The Attorney

    Education and Training. Studied Mechanical Engineering in Essen, Manchester and Nantes. Gained a Master of Business Administration degree from the CDI, Paris-Montreal-Stuttgart. Worked several years in one of the major Japanese Patent and Law Firms. Got his legal training to become a patent …

     
  • Supreme Court Upholds Procedure That’s Said to Combat ‘Patent Trolls’

    A competitor, Greene’s Energy Group, successfully challenged the patent under the procedure, called “inter partes” review, which is Latin for “between the parties.” An administrative tribunal created by the 2011 law, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, ruled that the patent was invalid. According to a brief …

     
  • US Patent Case Update: IPR Proceedings

    In Oil States, the Supreme Court held in a 7-2 decision that IPR proceedings are constitutional and do not violate Article III or the Seventh Amendment of the Constitution and that patent rights are public rights arising between the government and others. The Court further explained that an IPR involves …

     
  • SCOTUS Comes Down Against Inventors in Oil States Case

    As the Free Beacon has previously reported, the PTAB is responsible for reviewing patents whose validity have been challenged. The PTAB runs on a host of procedures alien to federal court proceedings: lower evidentiary standards, the ability of anyone to challenge a patent right, and a broad …

     
  • US Supreme Court Upholds Inter Partes Review

    In what must be one of its most important patent opinions in recent years, the U.S. Supreme Court this morning upheld the constitutionality of inter partes reviews (IPRs)–the opposition-like procedures that Congress established in 2011 as part of the America Invents Act–in Oil States Energy Services, …