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The Case of the Very Bad Vendor: Trade Secrets & NDA Tips
Partners Christy Lea and Ben Anger hosted a virtual discussion on trade secrets and NDA tips, sharing a lively story of how the firm won
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Newsletters
Federal Circuit Review - September 2020
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Presentations
Knobbe Practice Webinar Series. Strategic Considerations for Due Dili...
Attorneys Agnes Juang, Arsen Kourinian and Mauricio Uribe hosted a webinar on strategic considerations for data privacy, security and IP
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Presentations
Knobbe Martens Webinar Series: Strategic Considerations in Patent Subj...
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News
Partner Gerard von Hoffmann was quoted in "COVID-19 Bad For Smaller Co...
Partner Gerard von Hoffmann was quoted in "COVID-19 Bad For Smaller Companies, Good For Innovation: Experts," which was published in 
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Pre-TCT Conference Webinar On The Cardiovascular IP Landscape
Partners Adam Gilbert, Christy Lea, Shannon Lam, Sabing Lee and Rabi Narula hosted a Pre-TCT Week webinar on the Cardiovascular IP Landsc
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Key IP Agreements for Startups
Attorneys Bruce Itchkawitz and Rabi Narula presented Key IP Agreements for Startups for the National Venture Plan Competition. 
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Knobbe Practice Webinar Series: Strategic Considerations Under Section...
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Partner Maurcio Uribe was quoted in "5G’s Arrival Tees Up Patent Fight...
Partner Mauricio Uribe was quoted in "5G’s Arrival Tees Up Patent Fights in Market Set to Grow 12,000%," which was published in Bloom
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News
Arsen Kourinian was quoted in "Barrett Would Bring Mixed Record To Dat...
Arsen Kourinian was quoted in "Barrett Would Bring Mixed Record To Data Breach Injury Fight," which was published in Law360.
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Moonshot Series: Combating Covid
Board members of MITEF-SD hosted a presentation with attorney Ben Anger who moderated a panel discussion with RESONŌ’s founder and CEO, H
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Newsletters
Federal Circuit Review - August 2020
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Data Privacy
China, The World’s Largest Online Population, Introduces Its First Com...
|Ryan W. McBrideAndrew I. Kimmel
The People’s Republic of China (“China”) has introduced its first comprehensive data privacy law, which will explicitly prote
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Fashion & Beauty
Second Chances From the Second Circuit: Tiffany’s $21m Judgment Is Ove...
|Victoria E. EllisIan W. Gillies
The U.S. Court of Appeals in the Second Circuit found in favor of Costco in the latest chapter of an over seven-year legal battle between Tiffany a...
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Data Privacy
Voters Could Revamp the California Consumer Privacy Act With Propositi...
|Arsen KourinianBaraa Kahf
For the past two years, businesses have been scrambling to comply with the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”)—the first comprehensive d...
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Litigation
PTAB
Applying the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation of the Claim in Light ...
|Brian ReeceHans L. Mayer
ST. JUDE MEDICAL, LLC v. SNYDERS HEART VALVE LLC Before Newman, O’Malley, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary:...
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Litigation
Federal Court Allowed to Defer to State Court on Contract Dispute That...
|Bita KianianJeremy Anapol
WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC., v. SASSO Before Newman, Schall, and Wallach. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of In...
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Data Privacy
California Attorney General Publishes Third Set of Modified Proposed R...
|Arsen KourinianJessica C. Sganga
On October 12, 2020, the California Attorney General published a Third Set of Modified Proposed Regulations (“Modified Regulations”) even thoug...
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Litigation
PTAB
Expiration of Patent Does Not Always Trigger Application of Phillips S...
|Suyoung JangNicole R. Townes
IMMUNEX CORPORATION v. SANOFI-AVENTIS U.S. LLC Before Prost, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Expirat...
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Litigation
The Mere Presence of Patent Issues in a Contract Dispute Does Not Crea...
|Victoria E. EllisAdam Powell
ANTENNASYS, INC. v. AQYR TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Before, O’Malley, Bryson, and Reyna. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of New Ham...
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Litigation
Skinny Labelling on Generic Drugs Does Not Avoid Induced Infringement ...
|Serah Friedman, Ph.D.Mark Kachner
GLAXOSMITHKLINE LLC v. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. [OPINION] – PRECEDENTIAL Before Prost, Newman, and Moore. Appeal from the U.S. District C...
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Data Privacy
California Passes the Genetic Information Privacy Act
|Ryan W. McBrideBaraa Kahf
UPDATE:  On September 25, 2020, Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed the California Genetic Information Privacy Act (“GIPA”), about which we reported ...
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