Federal Circuit Finds License Negotiations Discoverable
By: Joseph R. Carnicella, IP Associate with Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. In In Re MSTG, Inc., Misc. Doc. No. 996, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 7092 (Fed. Cir. April 9, 2012), the Federal Circuit...
View ArticleSupreme Court to Hear Argument on Patent Licensee’s Burden of Proof
By: Joe Carnicella, intellectual property attorney with Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. On May 20, 2013, the United States Supreme Court granted cert. to hear argument on whether, in a...
View ArticleNinth Circuit Holds Royalty Agreement Unenforceable
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) A recent decision from the Ninth Circuit in Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises Inc., No....
View ArticleSupreme Court Holds That Patentee Bears Burden of Persuasion on Infringement...
By: Joe Carnicella, intellectual property attorney with Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. We posted about this case in May 2013, and on January 22, 2014, the Supreme Court decided this matter....
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds Brulotte Rule Preventing Post-Expiration Patent Royalties
by: Robert Wagner, intellectual property attorney at the Pittsburgh law firm of Picadio Sneath Miller & Norton, P.C. (Robert Wagner on G+) In a 6-3 decision authored by Justice Kagan, the United...
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