Estoppel certification in reexamination prevents relitigation of resolved issues. Estoppel’s “reasonably could have raised” standard requires exhaustive prior art searching and strategic planning. As ...

When a law firm or lawyer faces such inconsistency in an action brought against them, the doctrine of judicial estoppel emerges as a potentially helpful defense. This doctrine prevents litigants from ...

March 20, 2025 - In February 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clarified when collateral estoppel might apply in a district court case following an invalidity determination by ...

July 10, 2025 - Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) post-grant validity challenges — for example, inter partes review — are frequent components of a patent litigation strategy for defendants.

Commercial Landlord-Tenant—Prevailing Party Legal Fees—Court Granted $992,248.48 In Attorney Fees, Costs and Expenses—“Complex Engineering and Architectural Issues”—Litigation Lasted More Than 3 Yrs.

The 2024 election is inevitably headed to the Supreme Court. The Trump legal team plans to appeal the Colorado Supreme Court’s judgment this week that Donald Trump is not a constitutionally valid ...

Schrödinger’s cat, famously, alive and dead at the same time, would have felt at home in the Department of Government Efficiency. Depending on the legal issue at hand, DOGE claims to be both part of ...

The District Court for the Northern District of California recently granted a defendant’s motion to bifurcate, ordering that issues related to ...

THE concept of separate legal personality of corporations is foundational in corporate law. A company, upon proper incorporation, acquires a juridical personality distinct from its stockholders and ...