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  • Disk Drive web 5th Cir. Affirms $439 Million Win for HP

    June 11, 2020

    The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on June 5, 2020, affirmed a lower court ruling which held that Quanta Storage Inc., a Taiwanese disk drive maker, must turn over to HP Inc. all of the cash, factories and patents necessary to satisfy a $439 million antitrust judgment from 2019.
  • paul-fiedler-q1QPK60bv1g-unsplash web AIG Evades Trademark Claims From Missouri Insurance Agency

    June 10, 2020

    The US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri on June 4, 2020, held that A.I.G. Agency Inc.’s trademark claims against AIG, the multinational finance and insurance company, were time-barred because it knew of AIG’s use of the mark decades before suing.
  • thisisengineering-raeng-mF6gB6hV5OU-unsplash web Novo Nordisk Can’t Enforce Noncompete Against Briefly Laid Off Employee

    June 9, 2020

    The First Circuit affirmed a district court judgment that prevented pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk Inc. from enforcing a confidentiality and noncompete agreement that it had entered into with a worker who was briefly laid off and rehired before leaving the company for BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.
  • China web USPTO Webinar on Top Trademark and Copyright Cases in China

    June 8, 2020

    Register to attend the latest in a series of USPTO webinars focused on intellectual property (IP) protection and enforcement in China.
  • andrew-robinson-LAtkN1U2v_Q-unsplash web A Letter to Our AIPLA Community

    June 5, 2020

    The continued inequitable treatment of African-Americans and other communities of color is intolerable. We must reflect on how our actions demonstrate a commitment to diversity, equality, and inclusion through discussion, education, and implementation. And we must all find ways to come together, and no longer be torn apart.