2019
B&I Secures Dismissal of California Privacy Class Action Complaint
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn May 1, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed a putative class action filed against Brann & Isaacson client, NaviStone, Inc., and New Moosejaw, LLC. NaviStone, represented by David Bertoni, David Swetnam-Burland, and Eamonn Hart, had moved to dismiss the complaint based on the plaintiff’s lack of standing and...
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Patent News Grab–Bag
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsSome news of note for this Valentine’s Day week: N.D. Cal. Orders Early Damages Disclosures: The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has amended its local patent rules to require the parties to (1) provide the court with a good–faith (non–binding) estimate of the damages range expected for the case at the...
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Eastern District of Texas Stands Alone As Venue For Patent Lawsuits
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsIt is no secret that patent litigation has been concentrated in less than a handful of the 90–plus federal judicial districts in the United States for a number of years. In 2012—after the America Invents Act put in place the current rule that a plaintiff cannot sue unrelated defendants for infringing the same patent in...
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