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| 1 | USPTO Changes To Patent Rules Suspended
Michael J. Bell; Howrey LLP; April 22, 2008, previously published on October 31, 2007 As you may be aware, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office instituted new patent rules which were to take effect November 1, 2007. We have just received word that implementation of these new rules was suspended due to the grant of a preliminary injunction in GlaxoSmithKline v. USPTO. Therefore, the... |
| 2 | Client Update on the Sunrise Period for .ASIA to Start on October 9, 2007 Howrey LLP; October 18, 2007, previously published on October 8, 2007 DotAsia, a not-for-profit organization, will soon launch the new top level domain (TLD) .ASIA, being the second cross border TLD after .EU. |
| 3 | Akzo-Nobel v. Commission: European Court of First Instance Refuses to Extend Privilege to Legal Advice by In-House Counsel Howrey LLP; October 18, 2007, previously published on September 18, 2007 In a long awaited judgment handed down on Monday 17 September1 relating to the European Commission's investigation powers in suspected competition law infringements, the European Union's Court of First Instance (CFI) has refused to extend the protection of legal professional privilege or... |
| 4 | Schneider v. Commission - Court of First Instance Holds The Commission Liable for Damages Caused By Illegal Decision to Prohibit Merger Howrey LLP; July 31, 2007, previously published on July 13, 2007 On July 11, 2007, the European Communities Court of First Instance ("the CFI") issued a landmark decision finding that the European Commission ("the Commission") was liable for damages incurred as a result of its unlawful prohibition of a notified merger. |
| 5 | Power Buyer Free to Outbid Rivals Howrey LLP; May 7, 2008, previously published on February 21, 2007 The Supreme Court's decision in Weyerhaeuser Co. v. Ross-Simmons Hardwood Lumber Co., handed down on February 20, 2007, did not bring about a sea change in Sherman Act Section 2 law. The opinion is notable, nevertheless, because it suggests that monopolists are not only free to compete, but are... |
| 6 | Changes in HSR Premerger Notification Reporting Requirements Howrey LLP; May 7, 2008, previously published on January 24, 2007 On January 22, 2007, the Federal Trade Commission published in the Federal Register the annual indexing of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act ("HSR") jurisdictional thresholds that will increase the original 2002 HSR dollar thresholds by approximately 19.6 percent, and thereby . . . |
| 7 | Leegin Creative Leather Products, Inc. v. PSKS, Inc. -- Resale Price Maintenance No Longer Illegal Per Se Howrey LLP; May 7, 2008, previously published on June 29, 2007 On June 28, 2007, the United States Supreme Court overruled a 96-year-old case (known as Dr. Miles) and held that minimum resale price maintenance ("RPM") agreements between a supplier and its customers are no longer "per se" unlawful under Sherman Act Section 1. Instead, like... |
| 8 | Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly: Complaint Dismissed for Failure to Allege Facts Sufficient to Suggest Conspiracy Howrey LLP; May 7, 2008, previously published on May 22, 2007 On May 21, 2007, the U.S. Supreme Court in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly1 reversed the Second Circuit's construction of notice pleading in an antitrust conspiracy case, and held that plaintiff must allege facts that tend to exclude the possibility of independent action and set forth "a... |
| 9 | Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC v. Billing: Supreme Court Upholds Broad Antitrust Immunity for Conduct within the Securities Laws Howrey LLP; May 7, 2008, previously published on June 19, 2007 On June 18, 2007, the Supreme Court held that federal securities laws implicitly precluded the application of antitrust laws with respect to certain conduct by a syndicate of underwriters (investment banks) in the course of an initial public offering (IPO). The decision reflects a concern for... |
