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In April 2014, a US federal court in Delaware granted a defendant’s request to enforce an oral settlement agreement in a patent infringement dispute. The court had issued an order finding in favor of plaintiff Endo Pharmaceuticals on its patent infringement suit against Mylan Pharmaceuticals. Less than an hour later, Mylan filed a letter with…

We previously reported how “Patent Reform Could Affect All Patent Owners.” Responding to pressure from large companies such as Google and Cisco, the US House of Representatives rushed a vote on the “Innovation Act” back in December.  The bill was the House’s attempt to rein in so-called “patent trolls,” but it contained numerous provisions that…

Laws regarding ownership of marital assets vary from country to country and in the US from state to state. In most jurisdictions assets that are acquired during a marriage – including intangible assets, such as patents – are marital assets subject to distribution between the couple in the event of a divorce. If an inventor…

Sometimes even standard “boring” language in a legal contract can become a point of contention in litigation. Every legal contract – whether it’s an intellectual property transaction or a real estate deal – has some contract terms that are subject to extensive negotiation and other terms that are simply standard language that “everyone” uses. Such…