2021
B&I Partner on Harvard Panel Concerning Amicus Briefs
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsBrann & Isaacson partner Peter Brann will be a panelist at Harvard Law School on October 27, 2021, speaking about the role and importance of amicus briefs in advocacy before the Supreme Court and elsewhere. Brann is also a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Harvard co-teaching a class entitled The Role of State Attorneys General....
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Brann & Isaacson Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Patent Case
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsOn December 1, 2020, B&I partners, Peter J. Brann, David Swetnam-Burland, and Stacy O. Stitham, filed an amicus curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court on behalf of two leading golf equipment manufacturers, Acushnet and Roger Cleveland Golf Company, in United States v. Arthrex. The case presents the question whether administrative law judges of the...
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32 Internet Companies, Retailers, and Associations File Supreme Court Amicus Brief on Patent Venue
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsPerhaps only in the sphere of patent litigation can the issue of venue—in what court a case can be filed—take on mammoth significance, and draw the attention of interested observers. Why does venue matter? Well, under the current relaxed regime, over 40% of all patent cases in 2015 were filed in the Eastern District of...
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Supreme Court To Decide If You Have To Know You Are Inducing Patent Infringement To Knowingly Induce Patent Infringement
David Swetnam-Burland / 0 CommentsAt the end of this month, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in its next big patent case, Commil v. Cisco. The question for decision relates to induced patent infringement, and whether an accused infringer who believes in good faith that the patent asserted against it is invalid can rely on that belief to...
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