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Claim Preclusion Across Infringement Types

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At the time of the lawsuit, ABS was just entering the market both in terms of selling straws and also licensing its technology so that others could make the straws. Now, ST is suing again, this time arguing that ABS is liable for inducing infringement by licensing/transferring its technology to others who are then making the straws.

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DISCO Licenses vLex Library In Move To Combine Legal Analysis with Factual Analysis within Its Platform

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primary law library of cases, statutes, regulations, court rules and constitutions. This is an important milestone in the execution of our long-term strategic vision and brings DISCO one step closer towards a truly end-to-end technology platform that effectively handles the most important aspects of complex litigation work,” DeBord said.

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Supreme Court Clarifies When Public Officials Can Be held Liable for Social Media Activity

Constitutional Law Reporter

Supreme Court ruled that public officials may be held liable for their social media activity in certain circumstances. The District Court found that because Freed managed his Facebook page in his private capacity, and because only state action can give rise to liability under §1983, Lindke’s claim failed. In Lindke v.

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Justices to review standing requirements for suits based on misleading securities registration statements

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Share Monday’s arguments in Slack Technologies v. Although Slack Technologies is pretty simple as securities cases go, a bit of background is useful. The lower court said yes, holding that the statute applies whether the specific shares in question were registered or not.

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District Court Finds Use of a Method to Manufacture a Product Does Not Indirectly Infringe a Patented Method to Design A Product

The IP Law Blog

Omnivision Technologies, Inc. , Kronstadt), the Court granted the Defendant’s motion to dismiss Plaintiff’s indirect patent infringement claims for failure to sufficiently allege Defendant “made” the accused product. However, in contrast, the Court also found the allegations do not meet the standard for pleading indirect infringement.

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Akin Gump Loses Bid To Dismiss Legal Tech Company’s Counterclaims In Suit Over Ownership Of Bill-Drafting Software

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The law firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld has lost its bid to dismiss four of five counterclaims filed by the legal technology company Xcential Legislative Technologies in a lawsuit over ownership rights to legislation-drafting software that each side says was its idea. Superior Court Judge Juliet J. McKenna disagreed.

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Lawsuit By Former Legal Tech Exec Says She is Owed Over $1M In Stock and Was Sexually Harassed

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In a lawsuit filed this week in federal court in Manhattan, the former chief operating office of a legal technology company claims she was fired after attempting to exercise stock options valued at over $1 million.

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