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Opportunity for Innovative Companies to Shape U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Initiatives | Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is requesting public comment on how they can accelerate and incentivize the commercialization of innovative technologies.1 Public comments ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Kent State Protesters Call For University to Divest, Echoing Vietnam War Protests
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered at Kent State University in Ohio on Saturday to protest the war in Gaza, exactly 54 years after a similar ...
Intelectual Property (IP)
License to Compete: Navigating the New Landscape of Intellectual Property in the Wake of the FTC’s Non-Compete Ban | Brooks Kushman P.C.
Summary of the FTC’s Recent Rule on Non-Compete Agreements The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has introduced a transformative rule that bans most non-compete agreements across ...
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FTC Ban on Non-competes Will Expand Trade Secrets Litigation | Kerr Russell
On April 23, 2024 the Federal Trade Commission issued its final rule enacting a nationwide ban on employee non-compete agreements. The final rule is the ...
Mergers & Acquisitions
Sony and Apollo in Talks to Acquire Paramount
Paramount has decided to formally open negotiations with a bidding group led by Sony Pictures Entertainment and the private equity giant Apollo, according to three ...
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USPTO Announces Request for Comments: AI’s Impact on Prior Art and the PHOSITA | Jones Day
The USPTO is seeking public input on whether prior art must be authored by humans and how, if at all, AI-generated disclosures should be treated ...
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The Case for Using Filing Dates Instead of Expiration Dates to Determine Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (Part I)
“The best course of action would be to eliminate ODP altogether. However, to the extent that is not feasible, there is an easy solution that ...
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USPTO Issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking On Discretionary Denial, Serial and Parallel Petitions, and Settlement | Jones Day
On April 19, 2024, the USPTO issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (the “Notice”) regarding discretionary denial in post-grant proceedings and other issues. The Notice ...
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USITC Commissioner Series: The Court’s FRAND Dance May Soon Reach its Finale | Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP
This is part five of our USITC Commissioner Series. Read part one here, part two here, part three here and part four here. In prior ...