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Clients Are Spending More on Legal Tech: Can Smaller Firms Keep Up?

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In response, they are investing more in automation, advanced analytics and other technologies that will help them manage the workload. This trend toward the increasing technology in law is echoed by industry analysts. Must law firms keep pace with their clients’ technology efforts? According to Gartner Inc.,

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Federal Circuit Kills PersonalWeb’s ‘Content-Based Identifier’ Patent Claims Under 101

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Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today affirmed a decision of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California granting judgment on the pleadings to Google, Facebook, EMC Corporation and VMware, Inc. that PersonalWeb Technologies' patent claims were ineligible under Section 101.

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Federal Circuit Hands Zillow a Win, Ruling IBM Map Display Patents Cover Abstract Ideas

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Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) today issued a precedential decision finding that two IBM patents directed to technology that allows users to select and view results on a map were directed to ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § Judge Stoll dissented in part, explaining that claims 9 and 13 of IBM’s U.S.

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Netflix Scores as California Judge Says Broadcom’s Dynamic Resource Provisioning Patent Claim is Abstract under Alice

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District Judge James Donato of the Northern District of California issued a judgment on the pleadings invalidating claims from one of 12 patents asserted by semiconductor and software developer Broadcom against streaming video provider Netflix.

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Federal Circuit Says People.ai Patent Claims Cover Long-Prevalent Recordkeeping Practices

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affirming a judgment on the pleadings that nixed patent infringement claims asserted by People.ai On April 7, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a ruling in People.ai, Inc. in the Northern District of California.

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Fifth Circuit Says Auto Parts Suppliers Have No Article III Standing to Bring Antitrust Claims Against SEP Holders

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District Court for the Northern District of Texas dismissed with prejudice Continental’s Sherman Act claims for lack of antitrust standing and, alternatively, for failure to plausibly plead certain elements.

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My Clear Add-On Winner for Workplace Efficiency

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Recently I was having a lunch meeting over Zoom with various self-proclaimed (and actual) tech-savvy attorneys when the following question came up: Q: Since the start of the pandemic, what technology tool has been the most valuable for you? What has most increased your productivity or improved how you work? 1-2-3 Dual Monitors Setup.