• October 3, 2005 | New York Law Journal

    FTC Takes Drug-Patent 'Reverse Payments' to High Court

    In a last ditch effort to outlaw so-called "reverse payments" from an innovator drug company to generic drug manufacturers in a patent litigation settlement, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)

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  • June 25, 2007 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in .S. District Court for the District of Columbia; .S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt division; and

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  • June 6, 2005 | Legal Times

    Civil Actions

    The following selected cases were recently filed in .S. District Court for the District of Columbia; .S. District Court for the District of Maryland, Greenbelt division; and

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  • August 7, 2002 | The Recorder

    Patents -- the Movie

    If jurors had their pick of trials to sit through, it's a pretty sure bet they wouldn't opt for a patent dispute.Unlike murder, assault or even dog-mauling trials, patent cases a

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  • July 3, 2006 | Legal Times

    In the Firms: Movement Amongst the Players

    Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman lost three lawyers in its prized global-outsourcing practice. Partners Trevor Nagel and Lee Van Blerkom as well as senior associate Norman Fry moved to Al

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  • September 27, 2006 | New York Law Journal

    Patent and Trademark Law

    The U.S. Supreme Court has sporadically demonstrated a willingness to issue ground-breaking decisions in the field of intellectual property, notably within the realm of patent law. Fo

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  • September 26, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Patent and Trademark Law

    On Aug. 20, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, ruling on a Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, explicitly over

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  • August 6, 2008 | New York Law Journal

    Patent Exhaustion, Litigation, Licensing After 'Quanta'

    On June 9, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court struck the latest in a series of blows it has dealt to patentees over the past few years. In a target="new" href="http://www.supremecourtus.g

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  • April 20, 2007 | National Law Journal

    Attorneys Brace for Retirement

    After William Bailey Jr. joined his law firm in 1960, he came to favor a mandatory retirement policy as a way to keep fresh blood pumping through the Wilmington, Del., office.Four deca

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  • December 21, 2007 | New York Law Journal

    Federal Courts Consider SEC's Strategy in PIPE Cases

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against a number of traders and hedge funds involved in Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) offerings since 2005, alleging

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