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Webinar offered to help educate patent attorneys on demand letters
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - One of the nation’s leading continuing education providers is offering a webinar to better educate attorneys on how to handle patent infringement letters.
Republican state senator to run for N.C. AG
RALEIGH, N.C. (Legal Newsline) - GOP state Sen. Buck Newton announced Monday he is running for North Carolina attorney general in 2016.
Calif. farmers: Innovation Act could deter investment in research
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Count California’s farmers among those against House-introduced patent reform legislation.
Prolific patent lawsuit filer already has filed 100 infringement lawsuits against retailers
PLANO, Texas (Legal Newsline) - A Texas-based company that was tagged the most prolific patent “troll” in 2014 filed an additional 40 infringement lawsuits in May -- and all over the same patent.
Proposed class action alleges Etsy misled investors
BROOKLYN, N.Y. (Legal Newsline) - A proposed class action lawsuit has been filed in New York federal court against popular e-commerce website Etsy.
Preferred Care defendants respond to N.M. AG’s lawsuit, argue it was filed at urging of Cohen Milstein law firm
SANTA FE (Legal Newsline) - Defendants in a lawsuit renewed last month by New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas over alleged lacking nursing services are pushing back, calling Balderas’ claims “unsubstantiated” and the result of outside counsel looking to cash in.
Groups want review procedure bolstered in Senate patent reform legislation
SAN FRANCISCO (Legal Newsline) - The Electronic Frontier Foundation and three other public interest groups are urging members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee to strengthen inter partes review as part of a Senate-introduced patent reform bill.
Markup of House patent reform bill delayed
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The markup of one of the more aggressive pieces of patent reform legislation has been delayed.
Federal judge certifies class action against J.C. Penney over alleged fake sale prices
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Last week, a California federal judge certified a class action lawsuit alleging retailer J.C. Penney Corp. purposely marked up its original prices to trick shoppers into believing they were getting discounts when the items later were put on sale.
U.S. SC rules against Cisco in patent infringement lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out a ruling by a federal appeals court in favor of Cisco Systems Inc.
New study shows first decline in patent litigation in five years
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - The number of patent lawsuits filed in 2014 decreased by almost 13 percent, according to a new study.
Former Mass. AG to join Boston law firm
BOSTON (Legal Newsline) - Former Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley will begin her new job with a Boston area law firm this week.
Federal judge allows new Wis. SC chief justice to serve
MADISON, Wis. (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge has rejected a request by Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Shirley Abrahamson to temporarily block her fellow justices from replacing her as chief justice.
State senator to face governor’s son in Kentucky AG race
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Legal Newsline) - GOP state Sen. Whitney Westerfield will face Democrat Andy Beshear in November for Kentucky attorney general.
Previously sealed Garlock bankruptcy record now available online
CHICAGO (Legal Newsline) - The entire catalogue of evidence that led to a judge's landmark ruling and scathing judgment of asbestos plaintiffs attorneys in the Garlock Sealing Technologies bankruptcy now can be found and accessed on Legal Newsline’s website.
U.S. SC will not hear ‘John Doe’ lawsuit
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear a lawsuit seeking to quash a secret, or “John Doe,” investigation into Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s 2012 recall campaign.
Texas security company files patent infringement lawsuit against federal government
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - A Plano, Texas, security company last week sued the federal government for patent infringement.
Inmate technology company continues to challenge competitor’s patent portfolio, files 10 new petitions with PTAB
RESTON, Va. (Legal Newsline) - A company that describes itself as the “one-stop source” for integrated technology for correctional facilities has filed 10 more petitions at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board as part of its expanding effort to invalidate a competitor’s patent portfolio.
CEO argues patent litigation reform bills wouldn’t be needed if standards were followed
DALLAS (Legal Newsline) - The head of a Dallas-based patent licensing company says there is very much a need for a set of established licensing practices.
Calif. business owner suing Chase Bank for role in former employee’s fraud
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - It’s been a year since Larry Miceli sued one of the four largest banks in the United States for allegedly allowing his former bookkeeper to funnel more than $1 million in checks into an account she opened fraudulently, and he says he’s still angry.