| 10/31/2008 | In re Bilski: The Federal Circuit Defines New Rules for Patenting Business Methods
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| 10/27/2008 | Second Circuit Issues Ruling on Foreign Issuer Securities Case
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| 10/15/2008 | Federal Circuit Limits ITC’s Authority to Issue Downstream Exclusion Orders
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| 10/14/2008 | Fifth Circuit Issues Ruling on Standards for Transferring Venue
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| 10/14/2008 | U.S. Supreme Court Adds Only One Case To Docket
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| 10/01/2008 | The U.S. Supreme Court Prepares For Its New Term
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| 09/23/2008 | Federal Circuit Abandons Abandonment as Defense: Federal Circuit Holds Improper Revival of Abandoned U.S. Patent Application is No Defense in an Action Involving the Validity of a U.S. Patent
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| 09/15/2008 | Federal Circuit Gives Big Nod to the Patent Office
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| 07/29/2008 | Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter, Summer 2008
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| 07/29/2008 | Knocking Infringement Out of Joint: Infringement Liability in the Wake of BMC Resources, Inc. v. Paymentech, L.P. and Cross Medical Products, Inc. v. Medtronic Sofamor Danek, Inc.
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| 07/29/2008 | Don’t Be an Easy Mark: Steps to Avoid Substantial Damages for False Patent Marking
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| 06/10/2008 | Supreme Court Issues Ruling on Patent Exhaustion in Quanta v. LG Electronics
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| 04/18/2008 | Does eBay Unravel Trademark's Presumption of Irreparable Injury?
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| 03/31/2008 | Morrison & Foerster Wins U.S. Supreme Court Federal Arbitration Act Case
Ruling limits judicial reexamination of commercial arbitration awards |
| 03/19/2008 | How the Eastern District Was Won: Taming Texas' Hotbed of Patent Litigation
The American Lawyer features Morrison & Foerster's Rachel Krevans |
| 02/20/2008 | Morrison & Foerster Wins Major Federal Preemption Case in the Supreme Court of the United States
Ruling frees carriers from patchwork of inconsistent state regulation |
| 02/14/2008 | California Supreme Court Affirms “Continuous Stock Ownership Requirement” for Plaintiffs in Derivative Shareholder Litigation
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| 01/22/2008 | Morrison & Foerster Argues Significant State Tax Case Before Supreme Court of the United States
Fourth oral argument in a business case by a Morrison & Foerster attorney since the start of the October 2007 Term |
| 01/15/2008 | Supreme Court Rejects “Scheme” Liability Under Section 10(b)
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| 11/28/2007 | Morrison & Foerster Argues Fifth Case Before Supreme Court of the United States in 2007
Partner Beth S. Brinkmann argues before the U.S. Supreme Court in Rowe v. New Hampshire Motor Transport Ass’n. |
| 11/08/2007 | Morrison & Foerster Attorneys Argue Two Cases Before the Supreme Court of the United States
Attorneys argue two important business cases in the November session |
| 10/09/2007 | Seventh Circuit Dismisses Security Breach Class Action
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| 09/11/2007 | The Opportunities and Challenges Presented by the Revitalized Defense of Inequitable Conduct to Patent Infringement: Thoughts for Patent Litigators and Prosecutors
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| 09/11/2007 | Fraud in the Trademark Office
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| 09/11/2007 | Uniform Trade Secrets Act Preemption: An Obscure Doctrine Finally Gets Its Day in Court
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| 08/21/2007 | In re Seagate Technology, LLC: The Federal Circuit Abolishes the Duty of Due Care in Willfulness Cases
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| 06/29/2007 | Case Law Medley: U.S. Supreme Court and Pay Discrimination, Sufficient Notice for Medical Leave, Wrongful Termination Based on Reporting Potential Violence in the Workplace, and an Unconscionable Arbitration Agreement
Employment Law Commentary, Volume 19, No. 6 June 2007 |
| 06/28/2007 | Supreme Court Overturns Long-Standing Per Se Rule Against Vertical Minimum Price-Fixing
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| 06/21/2007 | Supreme Court Endorses “Holistic” Approach to Evaluating Securities Fraud in Tellabs
Court provides guidance about what constitutes a “strong inference” of scienter, rejects any bright-line rules |
| 06/20/2007 | Credit Suisse First Boston LLC, et al. v. Billing, et al. – Supreme Court Sides with Investment Banks in Antitrust Suit over IPO Practices
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| 06/11/2007 | Supreme Court Upholds Private Right of Action Under CERCLA
Removes any doubt about a private party's right to sue for environmental response costs under federal Superfund |
| 05/21/2007 | Intellectual Property Quarterly Newsletter
IP Quarterly Newsletter – Spring 2007 |
| 05/21/2007 | Bell Atlantic Corp v. Twombly: The Supreme Court Raises Pleading Standards for Allegations of Antitrust Conspiracies
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| 05/03/2007 | Supreme Court Clarifies Extraterritorial Reach of 35 U.S.C. § 271(f) with Respect to Software Patents
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| 04/30/2007 | Supreme Court Issues Groundbreaking Ruling Making It Easier to Invalidate Patents as Obvious
Longstanding Federal Circuit “Teaching-Suggestion-Motivation” test no longer the exclusive way to show obviousness |
| 04/03/2007 | Teaching an Old Dog New Tricks—The Supreme Court Decides in Massachusetts v. EPA that the Decades-Old Clean Air Act May Regulate Greenhouse Gases
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| 04/03/2007 | “Duking” It Out – Supreme Court Decides Major Clean Air Act Case Regarding Modification of Facilities
Supreme Court Decision in Environmental Defense, et al. v. Duke Energy et al. April 2, 2007 |
| 03/26/2007 | Supreme Court Grants Review To Consider Whether Shareholders Can Assert “Scheme” Claims Against Secondary Actors
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| 02/20/2007 | Supreme Court’s Weyerhaeuser Decision Applies Stringent Standard to Predatory Bidding
Court holds that the same stringent standard used to judge the lawfulness of predatory pricing must be applied to claims of predatory bidding as well |
| 01/25/2007 | Pioneer Electronics (USA), Inc. v. Superior Court(Olmstead); California Supreme Court Addresses Consumer Privacy Rights When Plaintiffs Seek Contact Information Of Consumers Who Have Complained To The Company
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| 01/10/2007 | The Supreme Court Decides that a Patent Licensee Need Not Breach the License Before Challenging the Licensed Patent
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| 01/08/2007 | Morrison & Foerster Before the Supreme Court of the United States
Partner Beth S. Brinkmann argues in dispute over Guam Organic Act |
| 10/04/2006 | Fall 2006 Supreme Court Preview: Antitrust
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| 08/18/2006 | Litigation Update - Summer 2006
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| 06/22/2006 | Supreme Court Rules That Unlawful Retaliation Under Title VII May Include Actions That Would Not Necessarily Constitute Discrimination
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| 06/12/2006 | Federal Circuit Clarifies Scope of the Work-Product Waiver when a Party Relies on an Opinion of Counsel as a Defense to Allegations of Willfulness
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| 05/30/2006 | Supreme Court Rules That Public Employee's Performance of Job Duties Alone Is Not Protected Speech Under the First Amendment
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| 05/17/2006 | Supreme Court Decides That Patent Owners Are Not Entitled to Automatic Injunction on a Finding of Infringement
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| 04/17/2006 | First Circuit Decision Reminds Trademark Owners of the Importance of Claiming Incontestability for Registered Trademarks
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| 03/30/2006 | Supreme Court to Decide Whether Non-Practicing Patent Owners Are Entitled to Injunctive Relief
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| 03/01/2006 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Presumption of Illegality for Tying Arrangements Involving a Patented Product
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| 02/28/2006 | Supreme Court Narrows Scope of Potential Liability for Joint Ventures Under Antitrust Laws
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| 02/27/2006 | The Supreme Court to Decide Whether Licensees in Good Standing Are Permitted to Challenge Licensed Patents
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| 01/19/2006 | Court of Appeals Holds That State Court Should Hear Claims Relating To Alleged Transfer of $4 Billion From PG & E Bankruptcy Estate to Parent Corporation
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| 01/18/2006 | National Bank Victory in Supreme Court
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| 11/21/2005 | Court of Appeals Holds that SMUD Has No Contractual Right to Transmission Service
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| 10/27/2005 | Sixth Circuit Holds Acquisition of Non-Controlling PartialOwnership Interest in Competitor May Violate Antitrust Laws
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| 10/25/2005 | Recent Developments in Wetlands Law Under the Clean Water Act
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| 09/27/2005 | Federal Circuit Rejects Patent Misuse Challenge to Licensor's Bundling of Essential and Non-Essential Patents that Read on Industry Standard
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| 09/27/2005 | Federal Circuit Decision Serves as Warning for Trademark Owners Who Fail to Control Their Distributors
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| 08/17/2005 | Ninth Circuit Hands Out "Mixed Bag" on Federal Preemption
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| 08/01/2005 | Significant Rulings of Interest to the Business Community from the Supreme Court's 2004-2005 Term
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| 08/01/2005 | Q & A with Drew Days, Former U.S. Solicitor General
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| 08/01/2005 | Business Cases to Watch for Next Term
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| 08/01/2005 | Secured Transactions
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| 07/14/2005 | Merck v. Integra: The Supreme Court Holds That the § 271(e)(1) Safe Harbor Extends to Preclinical Studies
Intellectual Property Newsletter, Volume 1, No. 2 |
| 07/08/2005 | U.S. Supreme Court Issues Two Property Rights Rulings in Closing Days of the 2004-2005 Term
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| 02/04/2005 | Federal Circuit Reaffirms Rule that Patent Raises Rebuttable Presumption of Market Power
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| 12/22/2004 | Verdict Against Makers of Blackberry® Mostly Upheld
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| 12/20/2004 | U.S. Supreme Court Forces Reinvention of Private Party Actions under the Superfund
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| 11/17/2004 | Disclose Government-Funded Inventions or Else!
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| 10/14/2004 | Ninth Circuit Issues Third in a Series of Decisions Solidifying FERC's Exclusive Jurisdiction Over Wholesale Electricity Markets
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| 10/06/2004 | Amici Curiae to Federal Circuit: Patent Specification and Prosecution History, Rather than Dictionaries, Should Serve as the Primary Source for Claim Interpretation
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| 09/17/2004 | Knorr-Bremse: The Federal Circuit Overrules Its Precedent And Reshapes Willfulness
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| 08/11/2004 | Fifth Circuit Delineates Boundaries of FERC, Bankruptcy Jurisdiction
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| 08/11/2004 | California Court Affirms Private Utility's Broad Access
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| 07/27/2004 | The Supreme Court Construes the Alien Tort Statute: Sosa v. Alvarez-Machain
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| 04/23/2004 | United States Supreme Court Seals Taxpayer Victory in Farmer Bros.
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| 03/03/2004 | Ninth Circuit Confirms its Jurisdiction to Review Individual Issues That Have Been "Definitively Resolved"
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| 02/11/2004 | Ninth Circuit Finds Electricity Supplier Immune from Liability for Alleged Refusal to Wheel
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| 11/01/2003 | Court of Appeal Upholds CPUC Decision in Los Angeles v. Southern California Edison
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| 10/08/2003 | FCC Rebuffed on Classification of Cable Modem Services
Communications Law Bulletin -- Special Edition |
| 10/03/2003 | The Festo Saga Continues: Federal Circuit Clarifies Prosecution History Estoppel and Rules That It Is Issue for the Judge, Not the Jury
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| 09/30/2003 | Federal Circuit to Form New Opinion on Opinion Letters?
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| 08/26/2003 | Importance of Disclaiming Duty to Update in Public Disclosures
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| 06/17/2003 | Ninth Circuit Issues Latest Decision in Series of Cases Strengthening FERC's Authority Under Federal Power Act: Skokomish Indian Tribe v. United States
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| 06/11/2003 | U.S. Supreme Court Broadly Interprets Filed Rate Doctrine: Entergy Louisiana, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Serv. Comm'n
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| 05/28/2003 | Antitrust Risks for Rebate and Customer Loyalty Programs: LePage's Inc. v. 3M
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| 04/25/2003 | Supreme Court to Consider Conflict Between State and Federal Energy Regulation
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| 02/04/2003 | Federal Circuit Clarifies Written Description Requirements for Certain Biological Materials and Finds a Rebuttable Presumption of Enablement for Both Claimed and Unclaimed Disclosures in Prior Art Patents
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| 11/11/2002 | Ninth Circuit Articulates New Standard for Aider and Abettor Liability Under the Alien Tort Claims Act
Doe I v. Unocal Corp., Nos. 00-56603, 00-57197, 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 19263 (9th Cir. Sept. 18, 2002) |
| 11/11/2002 | The SEC's "Best Price" Rule: Recent Case Law Complicates Planning for Tender Offers
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| 11/05/2002 | Preliminary Analysis of Microsoft Decisions
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| 10/04/2002 | Federal Circuit Articulates 'Material Effect' Test for Best Mode Requirement
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| 08/15/2002 | Federal Circuit Restates Law of Written Description for Biotech Patents
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| 07/22/2002 | Appeals Court Upholds $1 Billion Monopolization Verdict Against Category Captain For Exclusionary Conduct
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| 07/15/2002 | Federal Circuit Provides Guidance on Claim Construction
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| 04/05/2002 | Ninth Circuit Finds 10-Year Statute of Limitations Applies to Alien Tort Claims Act
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| 03/29/2002 | No Coverage for Disclosed but Unclaimed Subject Matter under the Doctrine of Equivalents
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| 07/01/2001 | Securities Litigation Alert: SEC Ninth Circuit Win
Recent SEC Victory in Ninth Circuit on the Scope of an Investment Professional's Duty to Investors |
| 06/28/2001 | Summary of D.C. Circuit Decision in United States v. Microsoft
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| 06/06/2001 | Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Securities Fraud Class Action Involving Merger and Stock Sales by Corporate Executives
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| 05/01/2001 | Plaintiffs' Lawyers Filing Lawsuits Against New Public Companies Based on Alleged Underwriter Compensation Arrangements
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| 04/01/2001 | The Scope of Federal and State Jurisdiction over Navigable Waters after SWANCC v. United States
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| 03/01/2001 | Ninth Circuit to Reconsider Decision Holding Prior Passive Owners Liable for Response Costs Under CERCLA
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| 08/01/2000 | Napster Preliminary Injunction Ruling: Summary and Potential Implications
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| 07/01/2000 | ISP Access to Cable System Facilities
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| 11/01/1999 | Ninth Circuit Will Not Reconsider Silicon Graphics Decision
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| 08/01/1999 | Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Silicon Graphics Lawsuit
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| 04/01/1999 | Ninth Circuit Clarifies Presumptions of Reliance
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| 12/01/1998 | The U.S. Supreme Court's On-Sale Bar Decision in Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc.
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| 09/01/1998 | Status of Software and Business Method Patents After State Street
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| 08/25/1998 | Ninth Circuit Adopts More Stringent Insider Information Test
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| 02/01/1998 | Ninth Circuit Amends Ruling On Liability For Statements To Securities Analysts
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| 08/08/1997 | Ninth Circuit Issues Ruling On Liability For Statements To Securities Analysts
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