• Impax broke US antitrust law by delaying generic drug, jury told

    The trial in Boston federal court is one of a handful to have taken place since the U.S. Supreme Court in 2013 said so-called“pay-for-delay” settlements resolving pharmaceutical patent lawsuits can violate antitrust laws. The settlements occur when a brand-name drugmaker pays a generic rival to delay …

     
  • UPDATE 1-Impax broke US antitrust law by delaying generic drug, jury told

    Richard Arnold, a lawyer for the retailers, told jurors in his opening statement that Impax in 2008 settled a lawsuit it filed challenging a“weak” patent Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp held for Solodyn by agreeing to delay releasing its a generic version until 2011. In exchange, Impax received $40 million, …

     
  • Loose Threads? Jay-Z, Roc Nation, And Reliance On An Implied License

    Licensing intellectual property is never something to take lightly — it requires an understanding of the underlying rights subject to the license, as well as a certain attention to detail. Although licenses convey certain rights to licensees, the rights retained by the licensor are equally important to both …

     
  • Senior Counsel, Patents

    Develop and deliver patent and trade secret education programs for the business. Qualifications. • Fully qualified European Patent Attorney and/or qualified lawyer with extensive post-qualification experience of working in patent law/intellectual property law. • BSc or higher degree in physical science or …

     
  • Closed Qualcomm Office Creates Venue In IP Row, Judge Says

    Closed Qualcomm Office Creates Venue In IP Row, Judge Says … A Florida federal judge found on Thursday that Qualcomm’s shuttered office in Orlando, which closed “within weeks” before a smartphone patent suit was filed against it, was sufficient to establish venue for the San Diego-based company.

     
  • Blank Rome to Shuffle Leaders in 2019

    Palmer has litigated in a wide range of areas, including class actions, patent and intellectual property, fraud, corporate shareholder litigation, … bed at night thinking about client problems” but plans to shift most of his focus as managing partner to improving the law firm and working with all the attorneys.

     
  • Fed. Circ. Rules Gilstrap Wrongly Freed Google From IP Suit

    Law360 (March 12, 2018, 5:26 PM EDT) — The Federal Circuit on Monday gave new life to a patent lawsuit over Google LLC messaging services, finding that Judge Rodney Gilstrap of the Eastern District of Texas needs to re-evaluate whether SimpleAir Inc. is suing the search engine giant over simply …

     
  • EU Says Pay-For-Delay Drug Settlements Still Down

    … settlements between brand pharmaceutical companies and their generic competitors to restrict generic entry into the market “have stabilized at a low level,” European Commission antitrust regulators concluded in a report looking at deals reached in 2016 to resolve drug patent infringement lawsuits.

     
  • Berkeley Law Launches Judicial Institute Led by Jeremy Fogel

    It will build upon the Bay Area law school’s existing judicial education program, which focuses intellectual property seminars for judges. The school’s Center for Law & Technology is also in the process of developing a series of technology webinars in collaboration with the Federal Judicial Center.

     
  • Caldwell Cassady & Curry Sponsoring SMU Lyle School of Engineering Lecture Series

    DALLAS, March 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — The Dallas-based intellectual property and business litigation law firm Caldwell Cassady & Curry is proud to announce the firm’s sponsorship of the Distinguished Lecture Series in Engineering Entrepreneurship presented by the Lyle School of Engineering at …