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Employers Must Bolster Their Policies Against Retaliation

Scott E. Gross

Even in the absence of discrimination itself, juries often find employers guilty of retaliation with no more evidence than the short time between the employee's complaint and the alleged retaliatory act. Here's what to do.

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A Creative Screening of Electronically Stored Information May Determine the Victor

Joshua Horn & Beth L. Domenick

Electronically stored information ('ESI') is not an issue that can be put on the back burner and dealt with in a piecemeal fashion after litigation ensues. The painful results of such an approach were the subject of Magistrate Judge Grimm's recent decision in <i>Victor Stanley, Inc. v. Creative Pipe, Inc., et al.</i>

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Practice Tip: The Learned Intermediary Doctrine

Diane E. Lifton & Michelle M. Bufano

The court's refusal in <i>Johnson &amp; Johnson v. Karl</i>, to recognize the learned intermediary doctrine and rejection of it wholesale lacks a sound basis. It is a legal aberration that warrants a prompt legislative response to codify the learned intermediary doctrine in West Virginia.

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Rambus: Clarification of IP Disclosure Rules in Standard Setting

John T. Delacourt & Christopher M. Loeffler

In a case closely watched by intellectual property holders, the D.C. Circuit has provided new guidance on the potential antitrust consequences of the failure to disclose patent rights during a standard setting proceeding.

Quanta: Supreme Court Expands the Scope of Exhaustion; Redefines Licensing Principles

Amber Rovner, Charan Sandhu & Larry Thompson

The Supreme Court's recent unanimous decision in <i>Quanta Computer, Inc., et. al. v. LG Electronics, Inc.</i>, expands the scope of the patent exhaustion doctrine and redefines an area of patent law that had been subject to considerable confusion for decades.

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Compiled by Matthew Berkowitz & Natasha Sardesai

Recent developments you need to know.

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Who's doing what; who's moving where.

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<i>adidas v. Payless</i>

Charles H. Hooker III & Sara M. Vanderhoff

After almost seven years since inception, the lawsuit by adidas against Payless ShoeSource, Inc. ended at the trial level with a jury verdict against Payless in the amount of $305 million. Payless was found guilty of willful federal trademark and trade dress infringement, trademark and trade dress dilution, and state-law unfair and deceptive trade practices as a result of its sale of footwear bearing confusingly similar imitations of adidas's famous Three-Stripe Mark and Superstar Trade Dress.

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ALM Staff & Law Journal Newsletters

The latest news from the franchising world.

Foreign F.O.B. Shipment of Infringing Product Does Not Defeat Federal Subject Matter Jurisdiction

Judith L. Grubner

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has determined that a trial court does not lose subject matter jurisdiction over a patent or copyright infringement case where all sales of accused products to U.S. customers were made f.o.b. in Canada by a Canadian corporation.

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