By Diane M. Reed, Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, Orange County Download the PDF In Boi Na Brasa LLC v Terra Sul Corporation a/k/a Churrascaria Boi Na Brasa (Concurrent…
By: Irfan Lateef In the recent cases OCTANE FITNESS, LLC v. ICON HEALTH & FITNESS, INC. and HIGHMARK INC. v. ALLCARE HEALTH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, INC., the U.S. Supreme Court empowered…
The second step in bringing your medical device to market is to understand whether you can protect your invention. By Gerard von Hoffmann and Bryan Wahl This article is part…
By Gerard von Hoffmann This is part one of a series of articles that will present the three big issues in IP: Do you own it? Can you protect it?…
[Electronics and audio company Sonos recently announced it will ‘forward-publish’ its patents to inspire others to ‘create differentiated product.’ JD Supra contributors with expertise in these matters: beyond inspiring innovation, what are the…
By: Susan M. Natland and Jessica C. Sganga In Hana Financial v Hana Bank (Case No 11-56678), the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has affirmed the district…
JD Supra publishes a series of posts, “Legal Perspectives,” and Knobbe Martens partners answered the question: What’s the biggest mistake startup entrepreneurs make with respect to their intellectual property, and what…
Article by Bruce S. Itchkawitz, Ph.D.; originally published at PhotonicsPatents.com on January 20, 2014 Google recently announced on its blog that its “Google-X” laboratory is testing a prototype “smart” contact lens that includes a…
In the first instance of a district court interpreting the patent litigation provisions of the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“Biosimilars Act”), Judge Maxine E. Chesney (N.D. Cal.) dismissed…
By Doug Muehlhauser and Payson LeMeilleur of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP Receiving notice as in-house counsel that a patent infringement complaint has been filed against your company can…
