B&I Defeats Preliminary Injunction Motion in Maine Patent Case

On August 6, Chief Judge Jon Levy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine sided with Brann & Isaacson client, Armaid, and denied a motion for preliminary injunction filed by the plaintiff, Range of Motion Products. After briefing and oral argument from partner Peter Brann, Judge Levy issued a comprehensive, 31-page ruling...

Plain Meaning: Conservative Judges Reining In the FTC?

In recent decisions analyzing the plain meaning of the FTC Act, two federal district courts have held that the FTC cannot file suit under § 53(b) of the Act where the alleged misconduct has ceased.  If upheld on appeal, the impact of these cases could be extraordinary.

What Happens In East Texas Definitely Doesn’t Stay There

This week has witnessed once again the oversized impact the Eastern District of Texas has in patent litigation—after all, that district was home to 44.2% of all patent cases filed in 2015 and 35.4% of all patent cases filed in 2016, with Judge Rodney Gilstrap presiding over an astounding one–quarter of all patent cases filed...