Entire Market Value Rule: Have Recent Court Decisions Altered Its Applications?

The PTAB’s 2020 Fintiv decision established six factors that guide its discretionary denial of an IPR or PGR petition in view of a parallel court case.  The Fintiv factors give significant weight to scheduling...

In today's Upside episode, we explore fiduciary duty in the venture capital context. Can owners of a venture capital management company act in ways that explicitly disadvantage their business partners? Can they agree to...

Customer relationships are a key asset for companies in the financial advising and wealth management industry. In California, however, the law is making it increasingly difficult to stop departing employees from soliciting customers after...

In this Upside episode, we explore developing and monetizing intellectual property assets of a portfolio company. How does a new company go about developing a patent portfolio? And why spend the time and effort...