Identity of issue, and Full and fair opportunity to contest the issue. Important to the attorney defending a malpractice claim, the argument that it is unfair to apply an earlier judgment in a ...

This morning the Supreme Court reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit’s decision in Lucky Brand Dungarees, Inc. v. Marcel Fashions Group, Inc., holding that Lucky Brand is not ...

In a 5-4 decision authored by Justice Neil Gorsuch, the Supreme Court upheld the Virginia state courts’ conclusion that a defendant’s agreement to statutory severance of a felon-in-possession count ...

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The Delaware Supreme Court declined to adopt a new standard governing issue preclusion of derivative actions, creating a tension with Delaware courts’ forceful encouragement that stockholders fully ...

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The US Supreme Court last month held that TTAB litigants are not entitled to a second bite at the apple in subsequent Federal Court infringement litigation – unless it is a materially different apple.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) in a precedential decision today upheld two district court judgments for Apple, Inc. that found Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) had ...

Supreme Court issues decision in Lucky Brand Dungarees v Marcel Fashion Group SCOTUS reverses Second Circuit’s dismissal of Lucky Brand’s motion to dismiss Legal experts identify learnings and ...

“Under the status quo, neither the patentee nor the public is able to rely on judicial determination of an issue that might later be taken to the PTAB.” The majority opinion prompted a strong dissent ...