Articles In This Issue: 1. The Fundamentals of Intellectual Property 2. Circuit Split Narrowed in Favor of Employees With Disabilities Regarding Whether ADA Reassignment Requires Preferential Treatment 3. The Superior Court’s Decision in Patton v. Worthington Sounds Death Knell for Statutory Employer Defense and Elevates Construction Costs Throughout the Commonwealth 4. Pennsylvania Product Liability Law Remains Unsettled… Read more »
Articles In This Issue: 1. Yours, Mine & Ours – Who Owns Social Media Information 2. When Does a University Own Rights to an Invention? 3. Mission “Impossible”: Recovering from Generic Prescription-Drug Manufacturers in the Wake of PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing Related Information: Firm Newsletter, Summer 2012
The America Invents Act, which was signed into law on Sept. 16, 2011, made the most significant changes to United States patent law in decades. For example, on March 16, 2013, the AIA will transform the U.S. patent system from a “first-to-invent” system to a “first-inventor-to-file” system, in which the first inventor to file a… Read more »
On March 20, 2012, in a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court held that a method for optimizing therapeutic efficacy merely recites a law of nature and, thus, is not patentable. In Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. (U.S., Case No. 10-1150, slip op.), a case of particular interest to the medical diagnostics community, the Court upheld… Read more »
$4,683,653.03. That’s the total amount of the bill that the Federal Circuit stamped “due and payable” by MarcTec, a medical device maker, in MarcTec, LLC v. Johnson & Johnson and Cordis Corporation, 664 F.3d 907, in a decision handed down on January 3, 2012. $3,873,865.01 of this amount was for attorneys fees awarded under the “exceptional… Read more »
Jonathan C. Parks has joined the firm as an attorney in the Intellectual Property Practice Group and the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. Mr. Parks is experienced in handling all facets of patent, copyright, trademark and technology transfer counseling and protection issues. Mr. Parks also has considerable experience in patent, copyright and trademark litigation and intellectual property… Read more »
Articles In This Issue: 1. America Invents Act Provides Sweeping Patent Reform 2. Class Actions Limited: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Betty Dukes, Et Al., The Supreme Court Steps In to Rein In Class Action Litigation 3. The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: Can Your Company Survive The Wave? Related Information: Firm Newsletter, Winter 2011
Pittsburgh’s Federal District Court was recently named, among a handful of other federal courts across the country, as a Patent Pilot Program court. In a June 2011 press release, Chief Judge Gary L. Lancaster of the Western District of Pennsylvania announced: The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts has selected the United States District Court… Read more »
Articles In This Issue: 1. Defining Disabilities: What DoesThe Future Hold For Employers? 2. Proposed SEC Rules Undermine Dodd-Frank’s Whistleblower Incentives 3. Why An Understanding Of Copyright Law Is Vital For Architects Related Information: Firm Newsletter, Spring 2011
Articles In This Issue: 1. What’s Happening To United States Patents? 2. The Legal And Practical Implications Of Doing Business In China 3. Subguard Insurance – A General Contractor’s Risk Management Option For Defaults By Subcontractors 4. Everything You Wanted To Know About Pennsylvania’s New Right-To-Know Law (But Were To Afraid To Ask) 5. The… Read more »