Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Email (and, therefore, Outlook) has taken over our days. It’s time to take control back and make space for more meaningful work. These five Outlook tips for legal professionals will help you stay focused and get through your email faster. Outlook Tips for Legal Professionals. 1. Drag and Drop to Create Appointments, Tasks and Contacts. You can easily convert emails to appointments, tasks and contacts with a quick drag and drop.

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My Shingle

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

In the past, when I embarked on a new venture or needed to find work or referrals quickly, I’d typically make both warm calls (to colleagues I know) as well as cold calls to prospects who I might find in a specialty bar directory or on a law firm website.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

The petitioner in a case challenging the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit’s ruling that affirmed a Texas court’s dismissal of copyright claims over Texas A&M’s unauthorized reproduction of portions of his manuscript filed a reply brief Monday, arguing that the opposition provides “no escape hatch… for states’ particularly egregious intellectual property violations.

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InHouseBlog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Looking for some analysis of the current state of the legal market? Look no further than the venerable Lawyer Whisperer who has been sharing her guidance on legal career trends for some time now. She covers recent hiring trends in different sectors, compensation , remote work and even layoffs which have become more and more prevalent given the economic conditions, but for which the legal sector is currently not taking it on the chin. “Close your eyes.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

What are you doing to get more of the referrals you want? You can build a steady stream of referral business — maybe not enough to stop buying ads, but enough to sustain and grow your practice — if you have a good plan. Here’s a guide to building and managing your lawyer referrals network. Table of Contents Building Your Referral Network 1. Who to Ask for Referrals 2.

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My Shingle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Some lawyers refuse to experiment with flat fee billing – not because of confusion over how to set prices or concerns over uncharging — but because they believe that flat fees raise ethical red flags.

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

If you could change anything about your practice with the snap of your fingers, what would you choose? Many lawyers would say their time-consuming billing and invoicing processes. After all, most would rather spend time helping clients than completing administrative tasks. . Fortunately, your firm can speed up invoicing using an attorney billing statement—a customizable invoice template.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Attorneys spend a lot of valuable time redlining and negotiating contracts. According to a recent poll , 91% of contract negotiators (myself included) use MS Word Track Changes to redline contracts. But how many of us truly know how to use this tool efficiently and effectively? Probably not very many. Because we didn’t receive formal training on how to use Word for redlining contracts.

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My Shingle

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Flat fees make life easy for clients. No lengthy bills to review, no sticker shock about the ultimate cost. Just one price for getting the job done. But if flat fees are so easy, why aren’t the ethics rules that govern them?

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

The Senate Judiciary Committee’s Subcommittee on Intellectual Property yesterday held a hearing on “Oversight of the U.S. Copyright Office,” with Register of Copyrights and Director of the Copyright Office, Shira Perlmutter, as the sole witness. Perlmutter updated the senators on a number of projects in process, including how the Copyright Claims Board (CCB), a small copyright claims tribunal implemented as part of the Copyright Alternative in Small-Claims Enforcement (CASE) Act, is working so f

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MyCase

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

When you see the Nike swoosh, do the words “Just Do It” come to mind? Or when you hear “Give me a break”, do you finish it with “Break me off a piece of that Kit-Kat bar”? Your law firm may not have slogans or jingles, but it can still leave a lasting impression. How do you ensure your firm’s impression is a positive one? It starts with law firm branding.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Farewell To All That. The error that seems increasingly common is “much adieu.” That should be “much ado.”. “Adieu” is a way to say goodbye. The French commonly say “au revoir” to say goodbye, roughly translated as “until we see each other again.” “Adieu”, on the other hand, translates as “to God”, a shorter version of “a dieu vous commant,” I commend you to God.

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My Shingle

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Back in May 2022, I posted about how solo and small lawyers are using TikTok to share theirlegal knowledge, opinions and a behind-the-scenes look at their practices. But as I’m learningfrom my own experimentation on TikTok, it can be difficult to post regularly enough to gain realtraction or attract clients.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

In a June 20, 2022, article on IPWatchdog, I addressed a portion of the June 8, 2022, letter from Senators Leahy, Blumenthal, Klobuchar, Cornyn, Collins and Braun to U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal requesting the USPTO to issue a notice of rulemaking or request for comments in the Federal Register by September 1, 2022, on curbing continuation practice as a means to address “patent thickets.

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Attorney at Work

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

This content is password protected. To view it please enter your password below: Password: The post Protected: Practical(ly) Magic: LawLytics Makes Creating Website Practice Area Pages a Snap appeared first on Attorney at Work.

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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 first lithium refining plant in North America; Teva files a reply brief with the Supreme Court asking the nation’s highest court to review the Fede

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Director Kathi Vidal on September 7 granted sua sponte Director Review and affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decision denying rehearing of the Board’s decision not to institute a request for inter partes review (IPR) by NXP USA, Inc. The ruling clarified that Sotera-type stipulations submitted after an institution denial cannot serve as a basis for granting rehearing.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

Inventor Gilbert Hyatt, who has been embroiled in litigation with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for decades, lost his latest case at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) when the court ruled today that an examiner’s restriction requirement was permitted under 37 C.F.R. § 1.129 (“Rule 129”). The case relates to Hyatt’s U.S.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2022

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on August 31 affirmed a district court’s ruling that Verify Smart Corp had failed to plausibly allege an agency relationship between Wells Fargo and Bank of America (the “Banks”) and a banking industry group’s subsidiary sufficient to prove the Banks enlisted the subsidiary to challenge a patent they were contractually prohibited from challenging themselves.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

On September 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision in Arendi S.A.R.L. v. LG Electronics Inc., authored by Circuit Judge Sharon Prost, affirming the District of Delaware’s dismissal of a patent infringement complaint filed by Arendi under the duplicative-litigation doctrine. The ruling highlights the importance of adhering to local rules on initial disclosures in Delaware, one of the most popular U.S. district courts for patent infringement litigation

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

On September 2, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued a decision in Amyndas Pharmaceuticals, S.A. v. Zealand Pharma AS affirming the District of Massachusetts’ decision to dismiss trade secret misappropriation claims between former drug development partners. However, the First Circuit found that the district court abused its discretion in denying Amyndas’ motion to file an amended complaint and vacated the dismissal of trade secret claims against Zealand’s U.S. subsidiary.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

[Editor’s Note: Bud Mathis is counsel for Killian]. The average attorney reading the recent opinion penned by Judge Chen and joined by Judges Taranto and Clevenger in In re Killian (Appeal 21-2113) might agree with Judge Chen’s conclusion that, “[w]hile there are close cases under the Alice/Mayo standard, the ’042 application does not present such a close case[.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Ninth Circuit finds that a Hong Kong-based adult website was expressly aimed at the U.S. market, overturning a dismissal of copyright claims; Senator Tillis pledges to hold a series of patent eligibility hearings with the Senate IP Committee if the Republicans take a majority this November; the Third Circuit finds no agency relationship between patent challenging firm Askeladden and members of The Clearing House, which owns Askeladden; the U.S.

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