Silicon Valley IP Breakfast Program
10/7/2009
Delivering the Message: How to Communicate Technical Issues to a Non-Technical Audience
Presenter: Bob Sloss
Garden Court Hotel, Palo Alto
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Who 'Owns' a Secret? Whether Trade Secret Licensees Have Standing to Sue in California
If the eye-popping damages awards in several recent lawsuits are any indication, companies are increasingly coming to see their private information as one of their most valuable assets—and California juries apparently agree. For example,...
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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Inter Partes Review of Issued Patents
In 2012, Congress created a new procedure that allows the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to conduct a litigation-like procedure to review and potentially cancel patents. This procedure - inter partes review (“IPR”) - has...
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Supreme Court Tells the Patent Office That IPR Proceedings Are “All-or-Nothing” Affairs
On April 24, 2018, the same day that the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of inter partes review (IPR) challenges to issued patents in one decision ( Oil States Energy Services v. Green’s Energy...
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Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of Inter Partes Review of Issued Patents
On April 24, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC rejecting a Constitutional challenge to the inter partes review (IPR) procedure for challenging...
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Farella Braun + Martel Announces 2019 New Partner Elevations
SAN FRANCISCO, January 22, 2019: Farella Braun + Martel LLP is pleased to announce the election of senior associates Quinn Arntsen and Daniel Callaway to the partnership effective January 1, 2019. “Quinn and Dan...
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Will It Go Forward? First Cannabis Patent Infringement Case Filed in Federal Court
A patent infringement case pending in front of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado has the potential to set an important precedent that will have ramifications for many of our clients...
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Farella Braun + Martel Wins Benchmark Litigation 2019 San Francisco Firm of the Year Award
SAN FRANCISCO, March 15, 2019: Farella Braun + Martel announces it has been named “San Francisco Firm of the Year” by Benchmark Litigation . Farella Partner Douglas Young accepted the award on behalf of...
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Supreme Court Allows Recovery of Foreign Lost Profits For Shipping Components of a Patented Invention Overseas
On June 22, 2018, the Supreme Court issued a decision in WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophyiscal Corp. addressing whether foreign lost profits can be recovered for infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) of the...
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