Intellectual Property
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An Ohio attorney sued Alabama-based Beasley Allen Crow Methvin Portis & Miles PC on Friday in Cincinnati federal court, claiming the firm and one of its principals put out a book about the False Claims Act that “slavishly” lifted material from the Ohio lawyer’s own treatise… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei brought two suits against U.S.-based competitor Verizon, alleging Wednesday in Texas federal court that Verizon continues to infringe a dozen patents Huawei holds despite months of negotiations over the issue… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office waded into a dispute between Apple and Voip-Pal.com Inc. on Monday, defending two Patent Trial and Appeal Board decisions that Apple claims should be thrown out because they were the product of a “campaign of intimidation” by Voip-Pal… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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A former executive for the Hershey Co. blasted the chocolate maker’s allegations that he stole trade secrets when he jumped ship for snack bar maker Kind, calling Hershey’s claims “false” and “vindictive” in a Pennsylvania federal court filing… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
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The Federal Circuit on Tuesday backed a lower court’s ruling that University Loft Co. had abided by the terms of a patent settlement with rival chair maker Sauder Manufacturing, but said the lower court should have granted ULC attorney fees as the prevailing party in the dispute… Read this piece in its entirety at Law360.
Mike LaSusa 