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May 24, 2017
AIA Trial Institution Rates Are Good News For Patent Owners
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office recently released America Invents Act trial statistics through the first half of fiscal year 2017, and one trend is clear: The overall trial institution rates for inter partes reviews, covered business method reviews and post-grant reviews are down, say Kerry Taylor and Nathanael Luman of Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP.
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May 23, 2017
Zillow Uses Phony Appraisals As Strong-Arm Tactic, Suit Says
An Illinois family that owns a construction business has hit Zillow Inc. with class allegations that the real estate website’s Zestimate feature gives inaccurate appraisals of homes in an effort to strong-arm homeowners into retaining Zillow-associated brokers.
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May 23, 2017
PE Firm CD&R Snags FIS Consulting Biz Stake In $477M Deal
Financial services technology firm FIS said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell a majority stake in its management consulting business Capco to private equity outfit Clayton Dubilier & Rice in a $477 million deal guided by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP.
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May 23, 2017
Apple Asks Justices To Deny Samsung Petition In $120M Win
Apple Inc. defended a Federal Circuit’s en banc decision to uphold a $120 million award against Samsung Electronics Corp. Ltd. in a long-running dispute over smartphone patent infringement to the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, saying the decision doesn't stir up any issues on obviousness, infringement or injunctions worthy of high court review.
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May 23, 2017
Apple, Nokia Deal Resolves Slew Of Video Patent Suits
Apple and Nokia set aside their differences and reached a business deal to end sprawling patent litigation that accused the California-based iPhone maker of infringing 40 Nokia patents for video coding, compression and other technologies, the companies said Tuesday.
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- LITIGATION
- Intellectual property disputes, including patent, piracy, and trade secrets suits
- Section 301 cases
- Antitrust suits
- Consumer litigation and class actions over technology issues
- Privacy disputes
- Fraud and compliance suits
- Employment-related suits, including immigration disputes and stock-option backdating
- Shareholder litigation
- Corporate governance disputes
- Bankruptcy proceedings
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- U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Federal Communications Commission
- Federal Trade Commission
- U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
- U.S. International Trade Commission
- White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
- POLICY & REGULATION
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- Net neutrality issues
- Technology lobbying
- ENFORCEMENT
- Piracy investigations and enforcement
- Merger reviews
- TRANSACTIONS
- Mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures
- Project finance involving technology
- PROFILES
- Personnel moves
- Profiles of technology practices
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