By: Ira L. Herman , Thompson & Knight LLP The price of crude oil, like the price of virtually all commodities, moves up in times of high demand and down in times of excess capacity. When a mismatch exists between supply and demand, the markets are...

By: Ethan Horwitz , Carlton Fields. TODAY, BOTH PATENT OWNERS AND ACCUSED INFRINGERS have multiple choices of venues in which to litigate the validity of a patent. There is the historic option of a patent infringement case in the federal courts. Increasingly...

By: Janet Marvel Pattishall, Mcauliffe, Newbury, Hilliard & Geraldson LLP The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is commencing random audits of trademark registrations in which Declarations of Use have been filed to verify that the registered...

By: Michael Furrow , DLA Piper, and Whitney Meier , Venable LLP The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) provides an abbreviated pathway for companies to bring biologic drugs to market that are biosimilar to previously approved branded...

By: Ronald J. Hedges, Esq. (FORMER U.S. MAGISTRATE JUDGE (D.N.J.)), RONALD J. HEDGES LLC This article provides a judge’s insights into the use of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) in civil litigation and covers topics such as potential...