Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
How to motivate your remote workers may be a thing that’s keeping you up at night. Used to be, you’d drop by their cubicle with a cup of coffee in your hands and tell them you really need those TPS reports. It was like magic. But now, they’re a stamp-sized square staring at you, hoping you won’t say anything about the cat walking across the screen.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
Patents that are expected to protect a company’s most valuable innovations must stake a claim to that innovation and be equipped to defend it. This is because being worthy of patent protection doesn’t guarantee that an application’s claims to an innovation will not be rejected and rights to that innovation jeopardized. A major reason for this is that an examiner’s interpretation of a claim drawn to an innovation that may be worthy of patent protection may cause them to determine that the subject
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MyCase
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
If you’ve ever Googled “how to grow my law practice,” you’re not alone. With 1.3 million lawyers in the United States, according to the American Bar Association , many lawyers are searching for a way to beat the competition. . In this article, we’ll cover what you need to know about law firm growth, including: . The various forms of financial business success .
Percipient
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
When lawyers prepare for litigation, depositions, mediations, or even internal investigations, they conduct a document review to find all the documents related to the project. If the document review is large enough, they may enlist the help of others, like document review attorneys. If other team members lend a hand with the document review, Lawyers will typically develop a document review protocol to ensure that all relevant documents are identified and outline what documents are important to t
Speaker: Joe Stephens, J.D., Attorney and Law Professor
Get ready to uncover what attorneys really need from you when it comes to trial prep in this new webinar! Attorney and law professor, Joe Stephens, J.D., will share proven techniques for anticipating attorney needs, organizing critical documents, and transforming complex information into compelling case presentations. Key Learning Objectives: Organization That Makes Sense 🎯 Learn how to structure and organize case materials in ways that align with how attorneys actually work and think.
Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Law firm data breaches aren’t random, happy accidents for cyberthieves. The time and effort some bad actors devote to laying the groundwork for a single cyberattack is mind-boggling. Oh, wait. You thought data breaches and other forms of cyberattack were purely the results of luck? On the contrary. Quite often, attempts to breach a law office’s confidential data are the product of meticulous research and preparation.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
In its third precedential patent opinion this week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) earlier today upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision finding that Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. failed to show that certain claims of Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.’s patent for a Type 2 Diabetes treatment were anticipated or would have been obvious over the cited prior art.
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The Cloud Court Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
I am obsessed with depositions and, in particular, their importance to the outcome of cases. That obsession extends to deposition data as well as to the psychology of the players involved: the attorneys taking and defending depositions; the witnesses being deposed; as well as the court reporters. I’m fascinated by these people and their often-predictable behaviors.
Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
What does it take to become a successful lawyer? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices, and we’re highlighting their top five tips here. This week, the spotlight is on immigration and divorce lawyer — and social media star — Marina Shepelsky. . Marina Shepelsky Founder, CEO Shepelsky Law Brooklyn, NY Fordham Law School, 2002.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 27, 2022
The inventor of a novel jump rope system (the Revolution Rope), Molly Metz, is petitioning the U.S. Supreme Court through her company, Jump Rope Systems, LLC, to seek clarification of the collateral estoppel doctrine as applied by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) to bar a patent infringement suit in district court where the CAFC has affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding of unpatentability.
MyCase
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
Reputation has built up the tiniest of law firms and torn down the mightiest legal empires. If you want consistent client leads and conversions (without becoming blacklisted by prospects), focus on your firm’s public image. Law firm reputation management centers around treating clients well from start to finish—no matter how big or small the case. Then, requesting them to leave a positive (hopefully detailed) online review of their experience. .
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The Cloud Court Blog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
“The deposition is the new trial.” – Jim Garrity, 10,000 Depositions Later podcast Jim Garrity, an employment attorney based in Florida, has produced scores of podcasts and published multiple books on the topic of depositions. It’s not just an aphorism. The facts support it: Fewer than 0.6% of federal civil matters are resolved at trial[i] Litigators always depose witnesses before a trial – if there is a trial You will almost never depose a witness more than once – so you get one shot to take or
Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 25, 2022
Here are end-of-year marketing plays you can make to finish strong — and set yourself up for a win next year. I love football. High school, college, pro — it doesn’t matter. While football teams need a strong performance for the entire 60 minutes, I know that games are often won or lost in the fourth quarter. “Winning isn’t imperative, but getting tougher in the fourth quarter is.” — Bear Bryant.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 26, 2022
This week in Washington IP news, the Senate Aviation Safety Subcommittee takes a look at incorporating unmanned aerial systems more fully into the U.S. national airspace, while the full Senate Commerce Committee explores how to maintain U.S. leadership in emerging compute technologies. Over in the House of Representatives, the House Science Committee focuses on the risks that must be managed as artificial intelligence (AI) systems become more highly developed.
MyCase
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
Pay for lawyers can be a complicated process that depends on several factors, such as practice area, case type, firm size, and how the lawyer chooses to charge. Fortunately, there are ways to plan and simplify your firm’s pay structure to maximize profit. In this article, we’ll answer the question “how do lawyers get paid?”, discuss different payment methods, and provide tips on how to more easily collect client invoices. .
Speaker: Kaitlyn "The Persnickety Paralegal" Story
Deposition preparation is a critical aspect of a paralegal's role, requiring meticulous attention to detail and proactive management of the case timeline. In this session, participants will explore how effective deposition preparation not only contributes to the success of the legal team but also helps maintain a balanced workflow, minimizing last-minute crises.
Attorney at Work
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
By following its details closely, we can begin to unravel the strategic importance of judicial research and analytics for civil litigation at the state trial court level. There’s a narrow strip of land nestled in the South Bay of Los Angeles. The three-acre parcel overlooks the Pacific Ocean, sitting as the last remaining remnant of Bruce’s Lodge, the first African American beach resort on the West Coast.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) yesterday issued a precedential decision, in part holding that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by failing to “fully and particularly set out the bases upon which it reached its decision” to render obvious certain claims of Provisur Technologies’ patent.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 25, 2022
The United States Solicitor General (SG) on Wednesday accepted the U.S. Supreme Court’s invitation to file an amicus brief regarding Amgen’s petition for certiorari in its case against Sanofi. Amgen is seeking review of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s (CAFC’s) decision invalidating antibody patent claims based on a lack of enablement for genus claims.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
On September 23, the office of the U.S. Solicitor General filed a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court on the issues at play in Abitron Austria GmbH v. Hetronic International, Inc., a trademark case in which the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit affirmed a $90 million damages award for trademark infringement based on infringement occurring almost entirely outside of the United States.
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IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
On Wednesday night, during a launch event for the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP), Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) announced that he has come on as a co-sponsor of the Patent Eligibility Restoration Act of 2022. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the first draft of his bill in August, but had no co-sponsors at the time, which caused some to question the chances of the bill passing anytime soon.
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 29, 2022
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), with Chief Judge Moore writing, today reversed and remanded a district court’s dismissal of an amended complaint in a case where the district court found a patent directed to a method of distributing large video files via a peer-to-peer (P2P) network patent ineligible under Section 101. While the CAFC did not rule on whether the claims are patent eligible, it held that “there are plausible factual allegations that the claims include inven
IP Watchdog
SEPTEMBER 30, 2022
This week, the U.S. Supreme Court docketed a petition for certiorari filed on September 17 by hip-hop producer Gary Frisby, who performs under the name G-Money, asking the Court to revive his musical composition copyright case that alleged infringement of Frisby’s 2013 beat track “Shawty So Cold.” Frisby’s appeal challenges the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s ruling that the appellate court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over Frisby’s appeal from U.S. district court because he
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