Owen Smith was the retired and accomplished General Counsel of Philip Morris International who spent his career at the company where his responsibilities included global legal matters for his company. ...
Today, in Toro Co. v. Metalcraft of Mayville, Inc., __ F.3d __, No. 2016-2433 (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Moore, J.), in sustaining a preliminary injunction, the panel noted the importance of motivation to ...
It remains a mystery whether the incumbent, the Hon. Michelle Lee, is still the Director of the PTO, and if there is no Director or Acting Director, a variety of ...
One source indicated that Ms. “Lee had *** formally filed a resignation letter in December” but recently “she has made clear that she would serve the Trump Administration if asked[.]” ...
As reported in Politico, “USPTO press secretary Paul Fucito tells [Politico] that [PTO Director Michelle K.] Lee has been signing [patent] certificates since Inauguration Day. That function by law is ...
Last year, in November, the incumbent PTO Director, when asked whether she would want to stay in the PTO as part of the Trump Administration, said that she’s “open to ...
The former Chief Judge is now available as an arbitrator and mediator as per the announcement (attached). RaderArbitrator Regards, Hal
Charlie Baker was one of the nation’s best known patent trial attorneys who had spent most of his career with the Fitzpatrick Cella firm in New York. He had been ...
Today in Warner-Lambert Company LLC v. Sandoz GmbH, 2017] EWHC 216 (Pat) (High Court 2017)(Arnold, J.), the Court awarded costs against the unsuccessful litigant Sandoz in the amount of £100,000 ...
Today in Shire Development, LLC v. Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., __ F.3d __, No. 2016-1785 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 10, 2017)(Hughes, J.), in a validity challenge to claims defining one particular component ...