David M. Maiorana

Fourteen Federal District Courts Selected for Pilot Project Designed to Enhance Patent Expertise
Hilda C. Galvan,Calvin P. Griffith,Tharan Gregory Lanier,David M. Maiorana,Brian M. Poissant, June 10, 2011
On June 7, 2011, the federal Judiciary announced the selection of the following 14 federal district courts to participate in a 10-year pilot project designed to improve the level of expertise among district court judges who oversee resolution of patent disputes in federal court:

In re BP Lubricants: False Patent Marking Claims Must Be Pled with Particularity, and Conclusory Allegations of False Marking are Insufficient
John C. Evans,Susan M. Gerber,David M. Maiorana, March 18, 2011
On March 15, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") issued its long-awaited decision regarding a request for mandamus relief brought by BP Lubricants USA, Inc. ("BP"). In that case, BP was sued for alleged false marking violations...

U.S. Federal Trade Commission Issues Report on the Evolving Intellectual Property Marketplace
David M. Maiorana,Geoffrey D. Oliver, March 15, 2011
This week the Federal Trade Commission issued its long-anticipated report, "The Evolving IP Marketplace: Aligning Patent Notice and Remedies With Competition." The report is seen by the FTC as continuing the "policy engagement with the patent system" that it launched in its...