THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE (USPTO) With the enactment of the America Invents Act in 2011, the PTAB was charged with conducting proceedings to address challenges to existing patents. Those proceedings “have significantly changed the patent...
By: Mark Haut , Lexis Practice Advisor THIS ARTICLE ANALYZES THE SMALL BUSINESS Reorganization Act of 2019 (SBRA) 1 and the revisions to the SBRA contained in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act). 2 The SBRA was enacted into law...
By: Evan Hudson , Jeffrey S. Lowenthal , Jeffrey D. Uffner , and Michelle M. , Jewett Stroock & Stroock & Lavan The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, then markets continued a steep decline, as the coronavirus morphed from a public...
By: Theodore K. Cheng, Esq. , ADR Office of Theo Cheng This article discusses the complex issue of whether and how an arbitrator can compel parties to participate in remote arbitration hearings amid the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. ONE IMPACT OF THE...