Attorney at Work

JULY 28, 2022

Location, professional atmosphere, private offices, paralegal support, networking opportunities. These are all important considerations when shopping for a legal shared office space. But before you sign up, here are questions to ask about the office center site and the owner — along with five pointers on what to expect. Two Weeks’ Notice. A few days ago, I met with an attorney who was originally introduced to me more than three years ago when he was considering changing offices.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 28, 2022

In a recently filed suit involving the popular videogame Fortnite, the Central District of California faces an important question regarding copyright law: does a copyright in a registered choreographic work extend protection to a smaller portion of the work when that portion is copied by a third party and implemented as a dance move in a video game?

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MyCase

JULY 27, 2022

As technology has grown, so has the threat to data security. The American Bar Association (ABA) states, “Technology changes and the law must follow.” . Like most of us, attorneys conduct a fair amount of business via email. Emails to clients and partners often contain sensitive information, and without proper security measures in place, attorneys risk confidentiality.

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InHouseBlog

JULY 29, 2022

Do you tell people you are an expert? You might want to try not doing so for a number of reasons as a recent article in the ACC Docket discusses. With the profession continuing to get more and more specialized and third-party certifications flourishing, you may be better served communicating things you do in a different way. Like all professionals, lawyers are fallible and not omniscient, although we have all met a handful (or more) of those who believe they are.

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Litigation

Attorney at Work

JULY 29, 2022

Working late again? To be a better lawyer — and prevent lawyer burnout, start your day with a sprint. . The early days of my legal career at a big firm involved lots of late nights at the office. It seemed like I was routinely getting home around 11 p.m. — often later. It was a busy time, so late nights were required. But not always. Looking back, working late all the time could have been avoided.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 28, 2022

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that Derrick Brent will serve as the Office’s next Deputy Director. According to the announcement, Brent hails from both the public and private sectors, most recently serving as a consultant advising startups on IP and other issues. He consulted for Cut Golf, an early-stage golf equipment and apparel company.

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Steno

JULY 27, 2022

What a weekend! Once again , the Steno team packed their bags to attend the annual Law-Di-Gras conference. Hosted at the Omni La Costa Resort & Spa from July 14-17, this event invites medical and legal experts to converse and educate one another on the trends and findings connected to personal injury litigation. Though the festivities have come to a close, we can’t help but reminisce on the lessons Law-Di-Gras 2022 taught us.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 27, 2022

What does it take to become a successful lawyer in your particular niche? In a series of in-depth interviews for the Estrin Report , Chere Estrin profiles top lawyers from all types of practices. In this column, we highlight their top tips. This week, we feature criminal defense lawyer John Tolley , who has tried more than 45 jury trials and handled thousands of cases. .

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IP Watchdog

JULY 26, 2022

IPWatchdog’s Second Annual Meeting, IPWatchdog LIVE 2022 is less than two months away. Originally planned to start on March 16, 2020, we had to cancel our inaugural annual meeting when the pandemic shut the world down. We had no choice but to postpone the event on three separate occasions, but we were finally able to hold our first annual meeting, IPWatchdog LIVE 2021, on September 12-14, 2021.

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The Cloud Court Blog

JULY 27, 2022

Something we frequently run into as we talk with in-house counsel and outside corporate litigators: they understand that they could do their jobs better if they had better tools, but they are at the mercy of the glacial pace of their team or firm’s decision process and/or budget restraints. However, it doesn’t do us any good if people are chomping at the bit to use a solution at any level if they can’t convince decision makers to allow a pilot.

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MyCase

JULY 26, 2022

Your client is signed on, the legal work commenced a few weeks ago, and now it’s time to prepare legal invoices. The problem is, you’re constantly busy working on multiple cases. You might not remember all the billable work that was performed a couple of days ago—let alone in the last few weeks. . Legal billing is frustrating as it requires time-consuming manual entry of all billable work, approval processes that can create bottlenecks, and unpaid invoice follow-ups.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 28, 2022

Supposedly, there are two kinds of people in the world, the horrible and the miserable. Let’s stretch this idea for marketing by two kinds of lawyers. The Fortunate Horribles. Some lawyers are so busy they can’t imagine finding another minute for marketing; call them the “horrible.” Many people wouldn’t even consider this a problem. “You’re busy, aren’t you?

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IP Watchdog

JULY 26, 2022

Yesterday, Chief Judge Orlando Garcia of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas issued an order that, in Garcia’s words, will “equitably distribute” new patent cases among the district’s 12 judges. This order is an effort to address “the volume” of new cases assigned to the Waco Division’s Judge Alan Albright. Albright’s court is viewed as patent owner friendly and he has been under fire recently from both the U.S.

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Mock Trial Nerd

JULY 24, 2022

Stressing about your team’s pretrial argument? If you are, you’re not alone! I get lots of questions and requests for help with pretrial arguments. After all, they can be difficult to tackle for anyone who hasn’t gone to law school. It’s probably for this reason that most mock trial programs DON’T include a pretrial argument.

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MyCase

JULY 26, 2022

Five years ago, when I told clients that I handle my cases entirely over the phone or online, many responded with utter bewilderment. However, retained clients would sing an entirely different tune upon completing the case. I’ll never forget the feedback from an elderly client in Compton, California, whose case I handled remotely from New York City: “Willie.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 25, 2022

No one knows for sure what the future will look like for legal services. If you’re concerned about your practice and looking for an effective business development technique, I have a suggestion for you: Develop an industry focus, like a niche law firm. Becoming a niche law firm and marketing to an industry niche (as opposed to focusing on substantive expertise) can lead to substantial new business opportunities.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 27, 2022

United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal penned a blog post today announcing several new programs aimed at expanding the U.S. innovation ecosystem, which she said “could quadruple the number of American inventors, and increase the GDP per capita by as much as 4%, or by about $1 trillion.” The initiatives are being spearheaded by the USPTO’s Council for Inclusive Innovation (CI2), for which Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo serves as Chair and Vidal as Co-Chair.

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Attorney at Work

JULY 26, 2022

Just midway through 2022, there have been more than 330 mass shootings in the U.S. If that wasn’t disturbing enough, a retired Wisconsin judge was recently gunned down outside his home. When I examined the issue of personal safety for lawyers a few years ago, statistics showed that violence against lawyers and other legal professionals was on the rise.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

This week in Washington IP news, committee hearings at the U.S. House of Representatives focus on several topics related to technology including improvements to civil space procurement activities to promote cybersecurity in space systems, the use of facial recognition technology by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol, as well as technological recommendations advanced by the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 25, 2022

In a Director’s Forum blog post published earlier today, United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal recounted the Office’s efforts over the last several years to make U.S. patent eligibility standards clearer for applicants and said that the agency will be revisiting the 2019 subject matter eligibility guidance issued by the previous administration in an effort to bring further clarity to the examination process.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 27, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision affirming a California district court’s award of attorneys’ fees in part to Netflix, Inc. for Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC’s “improper” litigation conduct. The CAFC said that Realtime’s use of forum-shopping to blatantly avoid an adverse ruling amounted to “gamesmanship” that “constitutes a willful action for an improper purpose, tantamount to bad faith, and therefore [is] within the bounds of activi

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IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: USPTO Director Vidal announces Federal Register notice on duty of disclosure requirements as Senate Judiciary advances a bill to create a USPTO-FDA interagency task force on drug patents; Senator Thom Tillis tells IAM that he will introduce patent eligibility legislation soon; the Federal Circuit affirms an attorneys’ fees award for forum shopping of patent infringement claims to avoid an adverse Section 101 ruling; both houses of Congress pass major semico

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IP Watchdog

JULY 29, 2022

This week saw 63 new patent filings in district court, and the typical (these days) 71 terminations, with 34 Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) filings (one post grant review and 33 inter partes reviews). I expect terminations will drop for a bit, as parties do what they can to hold on to venue before Judge Alan Albright in the wake of the Western District’s recent reassignment memorandum directing new filings to be randomly distributed (i.e., be put “on the wheel”) throughout the Western Dist

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IP Watchdog

JULY 27, 2022

In a case that echoes they key issue in a recent U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruling for PepsiCo, Inc., U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lorna Schofield denied a brand owner’s request for a preliminary injunction enjoining model and influencer Hailey Rhode Bieber, who is also the spouse of superstar Justin Bieber, from selling products under the name “Rhode,” which is also her middle name.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 26, 2022

On July 22, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a decision in RiseandShine Corp. v. PepsiCo, Inc., authored by Senior Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval, reversing a preliminary injunction entered by the Southern District of New York that prevented Pepsi from marketing its “Mtn DEW Rise Energy” canned energy drink. In reversing, the Second Circuit held that the district court had improperly construed certain likelihood of confusion factors as favoring the merits of RiseandShine’s

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MyCase

JULY 26, 2022

With the rise of the digital-first era, your law firm website is one of the best ways to secure and convert leads. Good website design for attorneys presents a professional look and feel, easy navigation, high speed, and excellent online customer service. It requires strategically building, maintaining, and marketing your site—and it all begins with the right tools.

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IP Watchdog

JULY 28, 2022

Earlier today, the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary convened a brief executive business meeting to discuss a series of judicial nominees selected by the Biden Administration, as well as a pair of proposed bills. One of those bills, the Interagency Patent Coordination and Improvement Act of 2022, follows various efforts to limit certain patent rights in the pharmaceutical industry and was passed favorably out of the Committee via voice vote toward a full vote on the Senate floor.

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