Petitioner Markman was the owner of the patent to a system that tracked clothing through the dry-cleaning process using a keyboard and data processor to generate transaction records, including a bar code readable by optical detectors. According to the...

By: Eric S. Yoon , K&L Gates LLP This article covers Sections 23A and 23B of the Federal Reserve Act (FRA), which establish certain quantitative limits and other prudential requirements for loans, purchases of assets, and certain other transactions...

By: Genevieve Ng A few hundred people demonstrated at Michigan State University (MSU) on April 20, 2018, calling on the Michigan State University Board of Trustees to resign. They were joined in the call by the editorial board of the Michigan State...

By: George M. Sepsakos and Michael P. Kreps , Groom Law Group, Chartered This article discusses the implications of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals’ vacatur of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Fiduciary Rule 1 and related amendments to...

Appellant sold liquor during a particularly difficult time in that market and thought about selling its business when only two distributors remained to supply liquor to appellant. Appellant negotiated with a potential purchaser and at the same time sought...

Plaintiff purchasers brought an action against defendant sellers for rescission of a contract of sale for real property on the ground of unilateral mistake in believing that a home was suitable for year-round living. The trial court entered judgment for...

Appellant injured minor and his parents sought review from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania), which granted appellee minor and parents' motion for summary judgment because it presumed appellee, a five-year-old...

By: Lori Zyskowski GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP The voting recommendations of proxy advisory firms—including, most notably, Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) and Glass Lewis & Co. (Glass Lewis)—continue to influence the voting...

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MEMC Elec. Materials, Inc. v. Mitsubishi Materials Silicon Corp. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit August 22, 2005, Decided 04-1396, 04-1513 Opinion  [***1277]   [*1371]  SCHALL, Circuit Judge . MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. ("MEMC"...