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Think Again About the Cybersecurity Risks of Small Law Firms. It is astonishing how often small law firms tell us that they are too small to be at serious risk for cyberattacks. Anecdotally, we can tell them of many successful attacks on small law firms, though our knowledge is derived from successful attacks where we’ve been called in to investigate or remediate the damage, so we cannot identify the law firms.
Roomba maker IRobot Corp. came closer to its goal of knocking down cheaper rival SharkNinja after winning a decision in its patent-infringement case at the International Trade Commission (ITC/Commission), though it wasn’t a clear victory. ITC Judge MaryJoan McNamara said SharkNinja infringed two of four asserted iRobot patents, according to a notice posted last week on the agency’s electronic docket.
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Polarizing media personality, Alex Jones of Infowars infamy, now carries the dubious honor of receiving one of the largest civil verdicts against an individual in US history. This week a Connecticut judge awarded the pla.
Lawyer flat fee billing can be tricky. Transitioning to flat fees means passing the reasonableness test and following local ethics guide rails. QUESTION: I’m a solo practitioner with a general practice handling everything from real estate transactions to family law. While most of my billing comes from traditional hourly rates for matters, I have always used flat fees for certain client demands such as residential real estate transactions and basic estate planning.
The Pride in Patent Ownership Act, S.2774, is currently being attached to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The NDAA is “must pass” legislation funding the military at a time when wars are brewing around the world, some with credible threats of nuclear war. Attaching the Pride in Patent Ownership Act to the NDAA means it will certainly become law.
Four years ago in a post at Above the Law, I described my informal poll of thirty Facebook group participants and found that the overwhelming majority identified personal referrals – either from other lawyers or former clients – as their top source of business.
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Four years ago in a post at Above the Law, I described my informal poll of thirty Facebook group participants and found that the overwhelming majority identified personal referrals – either from other lawyers or former clients – as their top source of business.
When was the last time you evaluated your personal network? As legal recruiters will tell you, the quality of your personal network may be a key factor in furthering your career. Indeed, Amy Rowland of Varia Search recounts many of the important reasons why a solid personal network can assist a lawyer in a variety of ways. Whether it is looking for a legal job , a mentor or working towards leadership positions in organizations you are part of, your network can be a key driver.
If you’re stuck with high law firm AR, a change of strategy could be past due. There’s no question that many law firms struggle to whittle away at their accounts receivable (AR), the outstanding amount that has been invoiced and not paid. While it’s always the goal to ensure invoices are collected in a timely fashion, lawyers still face unique challenges when closing out their books at the end of the month.
The China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA) released a draft of new measures that would downgrade the ratings of Chinese patent agencies that approve abnormal or fraudulent patents. CNIPA released the draft on October 8, which expands on a trial started in January 2022 in four provinces. The draft sets out to “crack down on illegal and untrustworthy acts” carried out by Chinese patent agencies and promote a healthier development of Chinese intellectual property.
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Attorney business development isn’t easy — especially when you don’t have time to lay the groundwork. This checklist will help you make headway in just a few focused hours. Your business development department or practice leader has been pushing you to work on business development activities. Meanwhile, your clients have you billing more hours than ever.
With all of the problems besetting us, you might think that the last thing we need right now is another give-away of critical technologies, but that could be about to happen. Negotiations are underway in Geneva over a proposal from “developing countries” that negating patent protections for our COVID-19 vaccines wasn’t good enough. Now they want to extend that foolish concession we agreed to earlier this year to any COVID therapy.
Are you looking for ways to take your law practice to the next level? Consider using document automation tools to help streamline your workflow and produce more accurate documents faster. Document automation tools can help you create and manage documents more efficiently, which can save your firm time and money. Here’s an overview. What Is Document Automation and How Can It Help Your Law Practice?
Are there mysteries lurking in your family tree? 🕵 No, not a long-lost half-brother - I'm talking about a patent family tree! IP paralegals need fast and easy ways to verify and report on essential data about foreign equivalents of US assets. Join us to master the global scope of key assets to support prosecution, portfolio management, litigation, licensing, competitive monitoring and more!
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision in part reversing and in part affirming a district court’s dismissal of an inventor’s patent infringement suit against Google under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure12(b)(6). Judge Hughes dissented in part from the majority’s opinion, which was authored by Judge Stoll, explaining that he would have found all of the challenged claims patent ineligible.
The Supreme Court today heard oral arguments in The Andy Warhol Foundation v. Lynn Goldsmith, a case asking the nation’s highest court to determine whether Warhol’s unlicensed use of Goldsmith’s photographs of pop superstar Prince was a fair use of that copyright-protected photo. Many of the Supreme Court’s questions focused on the scope of the use at issue in the case, as well as the extent of the new meaning or message that a purportedly derivative work must take on before it is considered tra
On October 5, American biopharmaceutical firm Amgen filed a supplemental brief at the U.S. Supreme Court, which comes about two weeks after the U.S. Solicitor General’s office filed a brief urging the Court to deny certiorari on Amgen’s petition for writ. Amgen’s petition seeks Supreme Court review of rulings in the lower courts invalidating Amgen’s patent claims for lack of enablement.
The muddled state of patent eligibility law has direct and significant negative consequences for U.S. R&D investment, and for innovation in key fields of medical, economic, and strategic importance to the United States and its citizens. Uncertainty reduces R&D investment, as has been well-documented, and reliable patent protection mitigates uncertainty and generates increased R&D investment.
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Ready to cut through the AI hype and learn exactly how to use these tools in your legal work? Join this webinar to get practical guidance from attorney and AI legal expert, Joe Stephens, who understands what really matters for legal professionals! What You'll Learn: Evaluate AI Tools Like a Pro 🔍 Learn which tools are worth your time and how to spot potential security and ethics risks before they become problems.
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On October 3, the U.S. Supreme Court entered an order list in which it denied petitions for writ of certiorari in several cases involving questions under U.S. patent law. In rejecting these appeals, the Supreme Court declined to clarify aspects of the written description requirement under 35 U.S.C. § 112, the patent eligibility standard under the Court’s two-step framework for 35 U.S.C. § 101 subject matter eligibility, and whether institution decisions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB
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