Here are three recent notable cases out of the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals:
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Groupon Inc. is enjoying a victory in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals this week. The online coupon company’s patent lawsuit against Mobgob LLC and Cy Technology was successful, reports Bloomberg Businessweek.
Last week, we reported on a patent malpractice case that was brought in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals. The Federal Circuit, while the proper court for patent infringement cases, can also be the proper court to bring an action for malpractice in patent law.
The law firm of Gibbons P.C. was sued in the Federal Circuit by Herman Minkin and H&M Aeronaut Tool Company, Inc. The plantiffs’ alleged that the law firm committed legal malpractice in prosecuting the patent application for a hand tool called “extended reach pliers.”
Attention patent lawyers: Botch your patent application and you could be sued for malpractice in federal court.
That’s what the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has to say about a patent malpractice case involving large law firm, Morgan, Lewis & Brockius.
When it comes to filing a lawsuit, it's a problem if you can't construct a claim properly.
The attorneys for plaintiff MarcTec LLC conducted such egregious "litigation misconduct" in a medical patent suit that the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court's decision to award defendants Johnson & Johnson and Cordis $4 million in attorney fees and costs because the case was "exceptional..
