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Guest Post: Third-Party Litigation Funding: Disclosure to Courts, Congress, and the Executive

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Stroud is General Counsel at Unified Patents – an organization often adverse to litigation-funded entities. [1] Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2] 2] Virtually nonexistent in the patent space in the U.S. Patent assertion finance today is a multibillion-dollar business. [2]

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Let’s Put this Myth to Bed: The Eastern District of Texas is Not Plaintiff-Friendly

IP Watchdog

Over the last several days, the Wall Street Journal has reported on numerous federal district court judges that it says have violated the Code of Judicial Conduct by not recusing themselves in cases where they, or their spouse, held a pecuniary interest.

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Fish Attorneys Named Finalists for San Diego Business Journal “Leaders in Law” Award

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

San Diego Business Journal (SDBJ) recently named Fish & Richardson Principal Michael Amon and Associate Crystal Culhane, Ph.D. , Michael Amon has devoted his career to helping clients resolve their highest-stakes patent infringement disputes. as finalists for the publication’s 2021 “Leaders in Law” award.

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NPE Showcase: NPE Litigation in 2023 – What to Expect

LexBlog IP

This is the latest in the series titled “NPE Showcase,” where we discuss high-volume non-practicing entities (or as some call them, “patent trolls”). This installment will focus on NPE litigation as a whole, and what to expect in 2023. 6] Why is patent litigation so tied to the capital markets?

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Attorneys Kenneth Darby and Casey Kraning Author Westlaw Journal IP Article “Prior Art Stipulations, a Petitioner’s Tool for Addressing Fintiv Denials”

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Masimo Corporation ,¹ a decision instituting inter partes review (IPR) despite arguments from the patent owner that proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) would be inefficient given the overlapping prior art issues litigated concurrently in the co-pending district court case. Sotera Wireless, Inc. Fintiv, Inc.

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

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Recent Headlines in the IP World: Carmel Wroth and Joe Palca: Moderna Suing Pfizer, BioNTech for Patent Infringement in Development of COVID-19 Vaccine (Source: NPR). Sean Silcoff: BlackBerry’s US$600-Million Patent Sale in Doubt as Canadian-Led Lending Syndicate Bails (Source: The Globe and Mail). Source: Forbes.

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

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Daniel Davies: Supreme Court of Canada Affirms Record-Setting $645M Patent Infringement Award in Dow v Nova (Source: JD Supra). Alessandro Mascellino: Apple Patent Application Hints at Identifying People Like Puzzle Pieces (Source: BiometricUpdate.com). Commentary and Journal Articles: Dr. Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman (HFZ).

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