Insights
October 9, 2024 USPTO Will Terminate the AFCP 2.0 Program Marshall Gerstein Alert
November 13, 2023 “Federal Circuit Imperils Term-Adjusted Patents” ALM’s IP Strategist Sandip H. Patel
August 20, 2020 Federal Circuit Grants Licensees More Control Over Infringement Litigation Marshall Gerstein Alert Robert Gerstein
June 17, 2019 State University Patents Are Not Immune from Inter Partes Review Marshall Gerstein Alert Julie M. Watson
April 2, 2019 Japan Patent Office Relaxes Reduced-Fee Requirements Marshall Gerstein Alert Jeremy D. Protas
May 3, 2018 "The everything machine: Push the button for toys, guns, car parts, earrings, jawbones — and your clients' intellectual property" (featured quotes) Chicago Lawyer Magazine Meggan Duffy
May 2, 2018 – Presentation 3D Printing Roundtable Daniel Chavka, Meggan Duffy, and Julianne Hartzell
November 16, 2017 "Federal Circuit Confirms TC Heartland Changed the Law" (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Thomas L. Duston
November 15, 2017 "Federal Circuit Sends Muddy Message on 'TC Heartland' Venue Waivers" (featured quotes) The National Law Journal Thomas L. Duston
June 27, 2017 “Lessons From This Year's High Court IP Rulings: Part 1” (featured quotes) Law360 Thomas L. Duston
May 30, 2017 “SC Ruling Signals New Era for Software Patent Enforcement” (featured quotes) TechNewsWorld Thomas L. Duston
May 25, 2017 “Where to File Patent Complaints After High Court Venue Ruling?” (featured quotes) Bloomberg BNA Thomas L. Duston
May 23, 2017 “Supreme Court Upends Thirty Years of Patent Litigation, Declaring for Venue Purposes That Corporate Defendants ‘Reside’ Only Where Incorporated” Marshall Gerstein Alert Thomas L. Duston
May 22, 2017 “High Court Rocks 25 Years of Patent-Venue Precedent” (featured quotes) Courthouse News Service Thomas L. Duston
May 22, 2017 “Industry Reaction to SCOTUS Patent Venue Decision in TC Heartland v. Kraft Food Group” (featured quotes) IPWatchdog Thomas L. Duston
May 17, 2017 – Presentation “Fee Shifting in Patent Litigation” IP Defense Summit–Chicago Thomas L. Duston
March 22, 2017 “SCOTUS Laches Ruling Won't Have ‘Monumental’ Impact, Says Lawyers” (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Thomas L. Duston
March 22, 2017 “Patent Owners Can Wait to Sue, Get Six Years Damages” (featured quotes) Bloomberg BNA Thomas L. Duston
March 22, 2017 “SCOTUS Weakens Laches as a Defence” (featured quotes) IPPro Patents Thomas L. Duston
March 21, 2017 “Justices’ Laches Decision Could Be Boon For Patent Owners” (featured quotes) Law360 Thomas L. Duston
February 21, 2017 “Groupon Succeeds in Fed Circuit Patent Fight” (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Thomas L. Duston
February 20, 2017 “Evolutionary Intelligence Patents Dismissed” (featured quotes) IPPro Patents Thomas Duston
February 17, 2017 “Apple, Tech Giants Win Data Patent Dispute At Fed. Circ.” (featured quotes) Law360 Thomas L. Duston
December 21, 2016 “Supreme Court Might End Texas’ Preferred Patent Venue Status, Attorneys Say” (featured quotes) Thomson Reuters Legal Solutions Blog Thomas Duston
December 16, 2016 “Forum shopping decision could reduce patent lawsuits” (featured quotes) IPPro The Internet Thomas Duston
December 15, 2016 “Justices Could Deal Blow To East Texas Patent Docket” (featured quotes) Law360 Thomas Duston
December 15, 2016 “TC Heartland Has Potential to ‘Shake-Up’ Patent Litigation” (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Thomas Duston
December 15, 2016 “SCOTUS to Hear TC Heartland Case on Patent Venue” (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Thomas Duston
December 9, 2016 “Attorneys Weigh in on High Court ‘Substantial Portion’ Patent Debate (U.S.)” (featured quotes) Westlaw Journal, Intellectual Property Thomas Duston
December 8, 2016 “U.S. High Court Hears Patent Case With Global Trade Implications” (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Watch Thomas Duston
December 7, 2016 “Analysing Life Tech v. Promega Arguments At The US Supreme Court” (featured quotes) Managing Intellectual Property Thomas Duston
December 6, 2016 “Life Tech Litigation Clashes with ‘America First’ Trade Policy” (featured quotes) Intellectual Property Magazine Thomas Duston
December 5, 2016 “Promega IP Case May Portend More Liability for Exporting Cos.” (featured quotes) Law360 Thomas Duston
August 17, 2016 “When a Tech Patent is Neither” (featured quotes) Bloomberg Businessweek Thomas Duston
April 25, 2016 “Cuozzo at SCOTUS: Day One Arguments and ‘Tectonic Shift’ Calls” (featured quotes) World Intellectual Property Review Thomas Duston
August 13, 2015 “En Banc Federal Circuit Extends Law on Divided Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
May 27, 2015 “Supreme Court Holds that an Accused Infringer’s Belief Regarding Patent Validity is Not a Defense to Induced Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Sandip H. Patel
March 2015 “Encouraging Growth and Advancement of Women in Intellectual Property Professions” ManagingIP.com Lilian Y. Ficht
June 19, 2014 “Lawyers Weigh In On High Court's Software Patent Ruling” (featured quotes) Law360 Thomas L. Duston
June 2, 2014 “Supreme Court Clarifies Requirements for Proving Inducement of Infringement” Marshall Gerstein Alert Michael Weiner
December 19, 2012 “2012: A Year of Patents, Mobile Fights, and One Big IPO” (featured quotes) CNET News Thomas L. Duston
August 30, 2011 Tom Ross Interviewed By Crain's Chicago Business on IP Enforcement in China Crain's Chicago Business Thomas I. Ross
August 3, 2011 “Financial Independence For The Patent Office” IPLaw360 Robert Gerstein
February 2011 “Chicago Patent Litigator Offers Advice on How E-Tailers Can Stave Off Costly Infringement Suits” Intellectual Property Lawcast Thomas L. Duston
January 2011 “Defusing the Patent Bomb” (featured quotes) Internet Retailer Thomas L. Duston
December 3, 2010 “The Growing Problem of Trademark Registration and Domain Name Scams” IPToday Gregory Chinlund
July 28, 2010 “HSN Receives Two E-Commerce Patents” (featured quotes) Internet Retailer Thomas L. Duston