The District of Kansas held that documents produced by a Canadian attorney working as in-house counsel on U.S. patent infringement matters qualify for attorney-client privilege in a U.S. patent infringement case. Sudenga Indus., I…
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Is an invention disclosure submitted by an inventor to an in-house attorney for procurement of a patent covered by attorney-client privilege? The Central District of California held in The California Institute of Technology v. Bro…
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Texas now recognizes an independent patent agent privilege in Texas state courts. In re Andrew Silver, No. 16-0682 (Texas 2018). This now aligns with the Federal Circuit, which recognized patent agent privilege a few years ago, an…
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has extended patent agent privilege to Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) proceedings. The PTO has thus resolved an ambiguity resulting from the Federal Circuit’s decision in In re Queen’…
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The District of Massachusetts held that the common interest exception to third-party privilege waiver protected communications disclosed to a licensee and non-attorney expert. Crane Security Technologies, Inc. v. Rolling Optics…
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