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Texas Issues Several New Ethics Opinions

September 28, 2016EthicsLicenses, paidDavid

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Professor, Mercer University School of Law
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Update: If Alice was always the law, why did you get so many “invalid” patents for your clients?

September 26, 2016EthicsAIA Trials, Claim Construction, Damages, obviousness, paid, PGRDavid

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Judgmental Immunity in Patent Malpractice Cases

September 19, 2016Ethicsobviousness, paidDavid

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Lawyer who copied and filed substantial portion of draft brief of co-party on appeal held to have violated copyright laws

September 15, 2016Ethics, PatentCopyright, Oil States, paidDavid

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Report: Examiner Billing Fraud at the USPTO

August 31, 2016EthicspaidDavid

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Texas Appellate Court Lets Trial Court Ruling of no Patent-Agent-Client Privilege Stand

August 24, 2016EthicsClaim Construction, Inequitable Conduct, paid, Supreme CourtDavid

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How not to Bring a Rule 11 Motion in a Frivolous Patent Suit

August 16, 2016EthicspaidDavid

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Octane: Malpractice Claims by Clients Forced to Pay the Other Side’s Fees?

July 14, 2016EthicspaidDavid

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Choice of Law Compared to Subject Matter Jurisdiction

July 13, 2016EthicsFirst to Invent, inventorship, Licenses, obviousness, paid, USPTO DirectorDavid

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Quick Hit: Massachusetts Case Litigating Spouse’s Interest in Invention.

June 28, 2016EthicspaidDavid

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Halo, Civil Procedure, and Defending On-going Infringement Suits

June 25, 2016Current Affairs, EthicsDamages, Inequitable Conduct, obviousness, paidDavid

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Sexism in Patent Practice

June 24, 2016Current Affairs, EthicspaidDavid

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NY Ethics Opinion: New York Lawyers May Partner With Japanese Benrishi (“Patent Agents”)

June 21, 2016Current Affairs, EthicsLicenses, paidDavid

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Revision to IPR Duty of Candor: Broadening Duty?

April 1, 2016EthicspaidDavid

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Baker Botts Dodges $42 million Verdict in Patent Conflict Case

March 31, 2016EthicsAffirmed Without Opinion, paidDavid

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Cravath’s Been Hacked: Are IP Firms a Major Target?

March 31, 2016Ethicspaid, Trade SecretsDavid

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The Breadth of the Duty of Candor in IPR

March 19, 2016Ethicsobviousness, paidDavid

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Iqbal, Twombly, the Demise of Form 18, and Rule 12 Hell

March 11, 2016EthicspaidDavid

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Federal Circuit Recognizes Patent-Agent Privilege

March 7, 2016EthicspaidDavid

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The Maling Decision from Massachusetts on Subject Matter Conflicts

January 18, 2016EthicsAffirmed Without Opinion, Licenses, obviousness, paidDavid

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Professor, Mercer University School of Law
Of Counsel, Taylor English Duma LLP
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