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Upcoming Supreme Court Oral Arguments in IP & Tech Cases

Patently O

by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court will be handling some significant cases over the next few months that may have a major impact for folks working in IP & Tech fields. Hetronic (Extraterritorial application of US Trademark Law — damages from foreign sales). The following is brief list sorted by the date of oral arguments.

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Amid overdose crisis, court will weigh physician intent in “pill mill” prosecutions and more under the Controlled Substances Act

SCOTUSBlog

Share In the midst of a national opioid crisis that claimed more than 100,000 lives in this country over the past year, the Supreme Court will hear a case on Tuesday about the relevance of doctors’ subjective intentions in criminal prosecutions for unlawful distribution of controlled substances. While on the surface, the case, Ruan v.

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No Walk in the Park: JAMA Editorial Calls for More Park Prosecutions; We Disagree

FDA Law Blog

While the authors did a yeoman’s job of combing through the criminal cases to identify what they view as a “handful” of cases and call for increased use of the Park doctrine, we at the FDA Law Blog respectfully disagree. The editorial conflates a number of distinct but related principles of law and federal prosecution.

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Meeting of the Minds: The Price of Recklessness: Disgorgement of Pro?ts in a Post-Romag World

The IP Law Blog

Supreme Court issued numerous landmark decisions in 2020, among those—for trademark scholars and practitioners— Romag Fasteners, Inc. Summary of the Supreme Court’s Opinions. 3 However, because the district court also found that Fossil had not acted willfully, the district court refused Romag’s request for a profits award.

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Argument analysis: Justices doubt FTC’s authority to compel monetary relief

SCOTUSBlog

The case involves Section 13 of the Federal Trade Commission Act, which allows the FTC to seek an “injunction” against a business that “is violating, or is about to violate, any provision of law enforced by [the FTC].” I read that 100 cases under this provision are in the court, compared with 10 or 12 under the regular [procedures].”

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Detailed Analysis of POCSO Act, 2012

LexForti

Teesha Deb (National Law University, Orissa). The author is associated to the National Law University, Orissa. Before establishment of this statute, there was the absence of any special law which could be entirely designated for the offenses perpetrated against minors. INTRODUCTION. These are all examples of such situations.

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