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The Chicken Sandwich Wars: A Sampling of Intellectual Property Law in the Fast Food Industry

LexBlog IP

With all these various fast food restaurants entering the fray, why did Chick-fil-A or other early players in the chicken sandwich game not block these upstarts with copyright or patent infringement injunctions? A 2015 court case and trade secret law help shed some light on this question.

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Taxation of Intellectual Property: A Comparative Note

Kashishipr

Today, companies are increasingly placing a huge amount of enterprise value on Intellectual Property (IP). Depending on the patent box regime, income derived from IP can include royalties, licensing fees, gains on the sale of IP, sales of goods and services incorporating IP, and Patent Infringement damage awards.

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Pharmaceutical Companies Have Rights if the Federal Government Seized their Patents

Intellectual Property Law Blog

Drug companies who may be at risk of having their patents seized should be aware that they have the right to sue the government for patent infringement in such an event. 1498, the government has the right to “take” privately held patents. the current, established royalty rates under the patent at issue; 2.

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Historic $130m+ Patent Infringement Award Against the United States of America

Intellectual Property Law Blog

A Sheppard Mullin trial team led by partners Brad Graveline and Laura Burson obtained one of the largest patent infringement damages awards against the United States of America for client SecurityPoint Holdings, Inc (SecurityPoint). SecurityPoint brought its claim for patent infringement against the United States under 28 U.S.C.

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Protection and Infringement of IPR by Artificial Intelligence: A Double Edged Sword?

Intepat

In the contemporary era, AI plays a significant role in Intellectual Property Rights, becoming increasingly integral during a period where numerous tasks are executed by artificial intelligence. Consequently, it is imperative to recognize that the use of AI itself has become a component of Intellectual Property.

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Axonics v. Medtronic

Intellectual Property Law Blog

The Federal Circuit vacated and remanded two Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) decisions because the PTAB erred in its obviousness analysis and found that Axonics failed to show a motivation to combine as to Medtronic’s ‘314 and ‘756 patents. Background Medtronic sued Axonics for patent infringement. Patent Nos.

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[Guest post] Closing the patent loophole across borders

The IPKat

Patents set themselves apart from other IP rights as inventions are often composed of multiple physical components or steps in a method, which does not necessarily have to exist or be performed at the same time and place. has written about this in an article that was recently published in the UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law.

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