Today, the United States Supreme Court issued decisions on two cases: SAS, Inc. v. Iancu and Oil States Energy v. Greene’s Energy Group in relation to Inter Partes Review of patents. In SAS, Inc., v. Iancu, the Supreme Court held 5-4 (Ginsberg,...

On Tuesday, March 27, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned a unanimous 2016 jury verdict that held that Google’s use of Oracle’s Java programming language in the development of its highly-successful Android platform...

Following the Supreme Court’s ruling in In re Tam that a refusal to register disparaging trademarks is an unconstitutional violation of freedom of speech reported on June 19, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held on December 15,...

In the case of Google Inc. v. Equustek, the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the grant of a preliminary injunction by the Court of Appeals of British Columbia ordering Google to de-index on a global basis websites of a party accused of passing off the...

The “U.S. Supreme Court Decisions on Patents, 2016-2017” webinar by John Richards, held on August 16th and 17th, was recorded and is now available for viewing. Click here to...

On June 12, 2017, in a unanimous decision authored by Justice Thomas in Amgen Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., the United States Supreme Court considered the complex statutory scheme that attempts to expedite resolution of patent disputes that might affect the...