Tumultuous Alice Landscape Justifies Denying Fees under § 285

Jason Bourgeois IP Portfolio Manager Contact: [email protected] Two District Court Judges in the past 7 days have declined to award attorney fees following successful  § 101 validity challenges. Both Judges cited the “unsettled and rapidly evolving” post-Alice landscape of patent eligibility under  § 101 as reason to deny the  § 285 motion for fees. In […]

The Amazon Counterfeit Flood Expands

Adam Baumli IP Portfolio Manager [email protected] Today in an article, CNBC essentially restated much of what I wrote here about Amazon ruining America’s small businesses through their counterfeit smuggling ring. Highlights from CNBC’s article: On the Amazon Counterfeiters: “The prices are lower, the theft seems uncontrollable and consumers who don’t know any better think they’re […]

The Amazon River of Counterfeit Products

Adam Baumli IP Portfolio Manager Contact: [email protected] This article is a start of a series to explore the current landscape of Intellectual Property Law and how it is enforced with respect to the e-commerce marketplace.  This article highlights one specific case to be decided by the Federal Circuit and expands on the damage the current […]