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Federal Circuit Denies Mandamus in Heartland Over Patent Venue

On Friday, April 29, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Federal Circuit”) denied a petition for writ of mandamus by TC Heartland, LLC (“Heartland”) to dismiss or transfer an action for lack of personal jurisdiction, holding that would not alter its precedent concerning venue and jurisdiction. Background Kraft Foods, Inc. […]

Only ‘Expenses’ Not ‘Attorney Fees’ Should Be Awarded Under Section 21(b) of the Lanham Act

On December 1, 2015, the New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed an amicus brief in support of the petition for a writ of certiorari in Shammas v. Hirshfeld, No. 15-563. Dorothy Auth, President of the NYIPLA, Charles R. Macedo and David Goldberg of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP, Charles E. Miller of Eaton & […]