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Dismissal of Defamation and False Light Claim under Tennessee Public Participation Act partially reversed.

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M2021-00878-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 4490980 (Tenn. 28, 2022), plaintiff was a real estate professional involved in some capacity with Durham Farms, which was a large residential community. Here, the first issue was whether the TPPA applied to the facts of this case. In Charles v. McQueen , No. The TPPA, Tenn. Code Ann. §

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Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

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When a litigant has filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to the Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA), that motion should be analyzed under the provisions of the TPPA rather than under the traditional Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12 analysis. E2021-01513-COA-R3-CV, 2022 WL 16559447 (Tenn. The Court of Appeals quoted Tenn.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

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by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is set to consider several significant patent law petitions addressing a range of issues from the application of obviousness standards, challenges to PTAB procedures, interpretation of joinder time limits IPR, to the proper scope patent eligibility doctrine. More detail on each case below: MacNeil v.

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Jury Instructions and Objective Indicia of Nonobviousness: Federal Circuit Grants New Trial in Inline Plastics v. Lacerta

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In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit vacated a judgment of invalidity and remanded for a new trial, holding that the district court’s jury instruction on objective indicia of nonobviousness constituted prejudicial legal error. The case, Inline Plastics Corp. 2022-1954 (Fed. Lacerta Group, LLC , No. See Graham v.

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New rules on service outside Australia for the Federal Court of Australia

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The Federal Court Legislation Amendment Rules 2022 (Cth) (‘Amendment Rules’) came into force on 13 January 2023. Among other things, they amend the Federal Court Rules 2011 (Cth) (‘FCR’) by repealing division 10.4, The previous approach to service outside Australia in the Federal Court.

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Denial of Natural Justice as a Defence to Enforcement of a Chinese Judgment in Australia

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In Yin v Wu [2023] VSCA 130 , the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Victoria set aside a judgment [1] which had affirmed the enforcement a Chinese judgment by an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. [2] On 13 October 2017, Wu commenced a proceeding against Yin in the Ningbo People’s Court.

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Obviousness and Pharmaceutical Method of Treatment Claims

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by Dennis Crouch In April 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision vacating a district court’s judgment that Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ dosing regimen patent claims were nonobvious. 2022-1258 (Fed. The case involved Janson’s U.S. Overall, this is a bad case for pharmaceutical formulary patents.