The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently decided that a Philips patent on dimmable LED technology is valid despite a challenge from a competitor. That decision was later affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. The patent at issue has been well-litigated, with Philips asserting the ... read more

The manner in which small businesses can easily solicit orders and sell merchandise over the internet may soon end. In its place, the Supreme Court may require a more regimented and costly scheme that may force many small businesses to go out of business or limit their sales to certain ... read more

A video replay of the webinar “Cannabis 104: Marijuana in the Workplace – What Employers Need to Know” is available to view. ... read more

What is “real” and what is “fake” in terms of online content we review? This has become a major, if not dominant, concern with respect to the reliability of what we see on the internet. Are suggested “facts” really true? Do we really know the actual source of material posted ... read more

The latest hurricane season, which left millions without power for substantial periods of time, was yet another reminder of the urgent need to make America’s electrical grid more resilient. The increasing frequency and intensity of such storms is exposing the vulnerabilities of the aging electrical grid, i.e., the network of ... read more

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently ruled that a state law, establishing confidentiality for medical provider peer review proceedings, did not apply to a contractor staffing a hospital’s emergency department.   The hospital, the contractor and the physician face a lawsuit from the patient and her husband, alleging that the physician failed ... read more

On March 23, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ordered a patent licensee to withdraw petitions to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) seeking to invalidate a licensor’s patents. The Court held that the forum selection clause of the patent license between the parties ... read more

VIETNAM ENERGIE STROMSEKTOR – Aktuelle Probleme und Lösungen im Hinblick auf Investments sowie ein Ausblick auf die wichtigsten Handelsabkommen TPP 11 und EUVNFTA A. Überblick Vietnam bietet großes Potential im Bereich der Erneuerbaren Energien. Es gehört zu den Ländern mit den meisten Sonnenstunden im Jahr und bietet eine 3000km lange ... read more

Authored by Robert Prince, Ph.D, https://www.duanemorris.com/attorneys/robertwprince.html On Thursday April 18, 2018, at 8:00AM-12:30PM EST, an FDA advisory panel will consider whether to recommend or not recommend approval of GW Pharmaceutical’s cannabis-based drug Epidiolex ® for use in treating two rare types of epilepsy in children- Dravet syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. ... read more

Vietnam’s southern province of Ninh Thuan continues to see growth in its renewable energy resources, with Spain’s Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) winning in its bid for the second phase of the existing 39MW Dam Nai wind farm.   According to the plan, the company will supply 12 turbines by ... read more