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June 29, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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David Hricik
Professor, Mercer University School of Law
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Raising Venue Post TC Heartland

June 28, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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Texas Supreme Court to Hear Arguments on Patent Agent Privilege

June 17, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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PTAB Grants Permission to File Motion to Disqualify Expert

June 15, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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Issue Preclusion and Disqualification

June 13, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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Tech Transfer Reports on AIA Drafting Flaw Affecting Thousands of Patents

June 12, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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Discovery Ethics: 30(b)(6)

June 11, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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Augmented Patent Drafting and Ethics

June 8, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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PTAB Judges and the Lack of an Applicable Ethics Code

June 3, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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New Patent Assertion Entity Flying Above the Radar: Blackbird

May 24, 2017EthicsEthics, paidDavid

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Nova Chemicals v. Dow Chemical: Does 285 Apply to Independent Actions to Set Aside Judgments and Does the CAFC Have Subject Matter Jurisdiction?

May 23, 2017EthicsEthics, paidDavid

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The Jenner & Block Contingent Fee Case Heads to SCOTUS… the Client Hopes

May 9, 2017EthicsContingency-Fee, Ethics, paidDavid

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Alleged Unethical Payments to Experts Who “Volunteered” to Testify

May 5, 2017EthicsEthics, Expert Testimony, paidDavid

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IP Firm Sues Former Lawyer for Improperly Soliciting Clients Before Departure

April 26, 2017EthicsEthics, paidDavid

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Supreme Court Affirms Causal Requirement for Sanctions under Inherent Power

April 19, 2017Ethics, PatentEthics, paid, Supreme CourtDavid

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Employee’s use of Employer’s Email Server Waives Privilege

April 18, 2017EthicsEthics, paidDavid

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Pleading Infringement, Pre-Suit Investigation, and a New Ruling

February 24, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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My Amicus Brief in In re Silver: Texas Should Defer to Federal Circuit Law on Existence of Patent Agent-Client Privilege

February 21, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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Nice post on ethics of docketing software

February 21, 2017EthicspaidDavid

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Another Case Implying Joint-Attorney-Client Relationships in Prosecution

February 9, 2017EthicsLicenses, paidDavid

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