Law Sites

MARCH 11, 2024

On Friday I attended Transform: Justice , a program by Harvard Law School’s Library Innovation Lab held to commemorate the full release of the Caselaw Access Project’s case law collection from all commercial restrictions , as well as to consider the future of free and open access to law.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

While the USPTO’s examiner guidance doesn’t constitute substantive rulemaking, it traces 15 years of case law from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) published a notice in the Federal Register providing updated guidance for agency decision-makers on making proper determinations of obviousness under the U.S. Teleflex Inc.

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Civil Litigation Brief

JANUARY 30, 2025

The appellants, litigants in person, relied on case law that apparently supported their case. There is a very unusual element to the judgment of Mr Justice Kerr in Olsen & Anor v Finansiel Stabilitet A/S [2025] EWHC 42 (KB).

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Most are at least exploring AI and considering where it may fit, if anywhere, in their law practice. And unfortunately, some continue making news for AI disasters such as disclosing confidential information and citing nonexistent case law.

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Insurance Journal

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

personal injury law firm Morgan & Morgan sent an urgent email this month to its more than 1,000 lawyers: Artificial intelligence can invent fake case law, and using made-up information in a court filing could get you fired. A …

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

However, a recent district court decision misconstrued the case law to conclude otherwise in Mon Cheri v. Under Ninth Circuit precedent, web hosting services like Cloudflare can be held contributorily liable for assisting in the infringement under the material contribution theory. Cloudflare.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 11, 2022

Licensing negotiations are not static snapshots in time, they often evolve and change according to developing circumstances, case-law, parties’ conduct, and many other factors. This short article focuses on how risk – in the economic and legal sense – changes over time, and what this implies for patent licensing dynamics.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

A high-quality patent must adhere to the requirements of Title 35, and to the corresponding and applicable case law. These steps have made it possible for the agency to introduce new programs to significantly reduce pendency.

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Lawmatics

JANUARY 23, 2024

Advanced algorithms can quickly analyze vast legal information databases, statutes, and case law to provide relevant and up-to-date information. AI for Legal Research Advanced AI algorithms can quickly analyze vast legal information databases, statutes, and case law to provide relevant and up-to-date information.

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Percipient

JANUARY 20, 2025

It can also help with legal research, finding relevant case laws or statutes quickly without endless hours of manual searching. AI-Powered Legal Research Tools AI legal research tools take the hassle out of finding case law, statutes, and precedents. What makes it so useful is how accurate and consistent it is.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Public comments will be used to determine how the current state of Section 101 patent eligibility case law is impacting investment in U.S. By the close of the comment period, 43 public comments were submitted from entities with very different viewpoints on the U.S. patent system. innovation.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

In a previous article, we discussed the difference between a reasonable royalty for patent infringement and a FRAND licensing rate, both in terms of their origins and objectives: the former being a creature of statute and case law that seeks to compensate a patent owner for infringement, whereas the latter is rooted in contract and seeks, amongst other (..)

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

“Editorial excellence has long been at the heart of Westlaw,“ said Leann Blanchfield, head of Primary Law, Editorial, Thomson Reuters. “To enable more precision in search, we added more than 250 new attorney editors to mark up and classify case law in more useful ways for our customers.”

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Attorney at Work

MARCH 8, 2022

When it comes to the law, the partner may not always be right because they haven’t done the most recent research or review of case law. Note, though: While it’s important to know partners’ preferences, the advice isn’t to be a potted plant or a “yes” person.

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Lawmatics

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Document Review AI-powered algorithms can quickly review and analyze large volumes of legal documents, contracts, and case law to obtain pertinent information, identify patterns, and flag potential issues.

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 18, 2024

The petition specifically asked the Court to review the CAFC’s holding that Schwendimann’s argument that “justification for selection of a primary reference is a necessary step to guard against hindsight bias for the motivation to combine references” was unsupported by Federal Circuit case law.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 18, 2022

Patent and Trademark Office hosts its 15th annual Design Day taking a deeper look at the benefits of design patent protection and case law and legislative developments in that sector.

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CaseFox

APRIL 10, 2023

Its flagship product is an AI-powered legal research assistant that can understand legal language and retrieve relevant case law and statutes in real time. The AI assistant can quickly analyze legal language and retrieve relevant case law and statutes in real-time, saving lawyers hours of research time.

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IP Watchdog

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Case law has defined prosecution laches as an affirmative defense against an infringement assertion. Specifically, the case law indicates a patent that is being asserted is unenforceable when the patentee caused an unreasonable and unexplained delay in prosecution of the patent. Symbol Tech v Lemelson Medical, No.

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Attorney at Work

APRIL 4, 2022

Be sure to examine your own jurisdiction’s rules, ethics opinions, and case law, and look for any templates that may help you draft your notice. A joint letter allows you to fairly and equitably balance your fiduciary duties to your old firm and client representation.

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IP Watchdog

APRIL 17, 2023

As we stand here today, we have no precedents, case law or customs as to what those procedures will be.” He stressed that it is an amalgam of existing procedures: “In the UPC those procedures will surely come to have their own character and usage.

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Discovery Advocate

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

The documents summarize recent court decisions and advise on how to apply statutes, regulations, and case law to parole determinations. The documents also include guidance on drafting parole decisions that accord with the law.

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Legal Writing Launch

OCTOBER 24, 2024

Provides Insight into Your Legal Knowledge: Your writing sample can reflect your understanding of specific areas of law, relevant statutes, and case law, demonstrating your preparedness for the position. Rule or Law Discuss the relevant legal rules, statutes, or case law that will guide your analysis.

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IP Watchdog

OCTOBER 25, 2022

These courts, as well as the European Patent Office (EPO), which also enjoys a strong reputation for its case law, are the preferred venues of plaintiffs for enforcing or seeking to invalidate European patents.

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MyCase

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For example, instead of listing separate times for reviewing case law, drafting a motion, and attending a client deposition, they are all combined into one block of hours. Block billing is a legal billing practice in which multiple tasks are grouped together under a single time entry instead of itemizing each task individually.

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Steno

APRIL 1, 2025

The legal profession is experiencing a technological transformation unlike any in its history, with artificial intelligence (AI) now capable of drafting documents, analyzing case law, reviewing contracts, and even predicting litigation outcomes.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

According to Heidi Alexander, author of “Evernote as a Law Practice Tool,” “you can use the web clipper to save case law from the internet and then tag it with a case proposition, a fact pattern, [or a] jurisdiction … then when you later need that case all you need to do is search by tag.

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E-Discovery LLC

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

– EDRM Cook sets out the best practice when a litigant contends that performance is impossible or not proportionate to the needs of the case.

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IP Watchdog

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Instead, Vidal said she would review the guidance in light of intervening case law and comments on the USPTO’s study on the state of patent eligibility jurisprudence to determine if updates are needed. .

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Lawmatics

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

AI helps legal professionals find relevant case law, statutes, and precedents by searching and summarizing vast legal databases. AI makes it easy for firms to create their own intake process and efficiently capture client information with client intake form templates. Legal research. Workflow automation.

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Legal Writing Launch

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Citing Authorities Backing your arguments with citations from relevant statutes, case law, and legal texts strengthens your position. For instance, when citing a landmark case, include not just the case name but also relevant excerpts that directly support your argument. This includes referencing statutes and case law.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: former Federal Circuit Chief Judge Randall Rader urges inventors to pursue changes to flawed Federal Circuit case law; Federal Circuit Chief Judge Kimberly Moore opines that the patent dispute between Apple and VirnetX may never end during oral arguments; Tesla seeks relief from Texas property taxes to build the (..)

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Discovery Advocate

JUNE 7, 2023

For e-discovery practitioners, adequate diligence and supervision of efforts to identify, preserve and collect potentially relevant information, together with knowledge of the jurisdiction’s relevant case law governing “possession, custody and control” and state law equivalents, are key. Link to District Circuit Decision

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Discovery Advocate

JUNE 8, 2023

For e-discovery practitioners, adequate diligence and supervision of efforts to identify, preserve and collect potentially relevant information, together with knowledge of the jurisdiction’s relevant case law governing “possession, custody and control” and state law equivalents, are key. Link to District Circuit Decision

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Discovery Advocate

APRIL 6, 2018

As noted in the article and echoed here, for “those parties considering the implementation of TAR as a discovery mechanism, the published case law does provide guidance for a sound protocol and approach, and indicates how courts will consider the specifics of a party’s ultimate determinations and resulting productions.”

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IP Watchdog

MARCH 6, 2024

Although the Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB’s MTA denials with respect to two patent claims, the ruling adds new contours to the appellate court’s case law on obviousness in ways that could affect companies that are patenting chemical inventions with claimed numerical ranges. Sanofi Pasteur Inc.

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Lawmatics

AUGUST 8, 2023

Platforms like Casetext harness AI to help legal professionals locate pertinent case law, statutes, and regulations swiftly. Blue J L&E reconsiders legal research and analysis, using AI to predict case outcomes and probe complex legal issues—analyzing factors and outcomes, not merely keywords.

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