Business Law

Intelectual Property (IP)

Familiarity and Trust Sell, Not Cold Contacts

“The time to network is when you have the opportunity to network, not after a particular person has become someone important.” If you are on ...
Intelectual Property (IP)

AI Litigation Insights: zvelo, Inc. v Netskope, Inc. | Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

Our observations Plaintiff zvelo is a Colorado-based organization that has developed a database of category-based website URLs that is incorporated into various network security and ...
Intelectual Property (IP)

CAFC Denies Apple Transfer Out of Albright’s Court

“In an order written by Chief Judge Moore, the CAFC reviewed the district court’s factual determinations and held that Apple failed to prove that the ...
Mergers & Acquisitions

James D. Robinson III, Former Chief of American Express, Dies at 88

James D. Robinson III, who as chief executive of the American Express Company from 1977 to 1993 helped transform Wall Street into a more competitive ...
Business Law

Pitfalls for the Unwary Seller

Overview In private M&A transactions, earnouts provide sellers with an opportunity to receive one or more post-closing payments upon the achievement of certain financial targets ...
Intelectual Property (IP)

SCOTUS Denies Petition to Review CAFC Precedent on Justification for Primary Reference Selection

“This failure violates KSR, Yeda, and WBIC because there is no articulation of why a skilled artisan would lead with [the primary reference at issue].” ...
Intelectual Property (IP)

Patent Case Summaries | Week Ending March 8, 2024 | Alston & Bird

Chewy, Inc. v. International Business Machines Corp., No. 2022-1756 (Fed. Cir. (S.D.N.Y.) Mar. 5, 2024). Opinion by Moore, joined by Stoll and Cunningham. IBM owns ...
Mergers & Acquisitions

Opinion | When Private Equity Came for the Music Industry

Does that song on your phone or on the radio or in the movie theater sound familiar? Private equity — the industry responsible for bankrupting ...
Intelectual Property (IP)

Major Life Sciences Licensing Deal Trends in China in 2023 | Goodwin

This is the first of two articles focused on 2023 life sciences deals in China. The second article, which is coming soon, looks at trends ...