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Be Careful Not to Unintentionally Bargain Away the Right to File IPRs

The IP Law Blog

law relating to patent infringement or invalidity , and filed within two (2) years of the end of the Covenant Term, shall be filed in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware …. emphasis added). That same day, Sarepta filed seven petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) of Nippon Shinyaku patents at the PTAB.

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To Beat Twitter, Musk Must Scale Del.'s Contract Law Mountain

Law 360

Elon Musk must scale a mountain of "contractarian" jurisprudence in Delaware to escape his $44 billion commitment to buy Twitter Inc., experts say, as only one case has ever had a party successfully claim that conduct, fraud or disclosure failures justified a "material adverse effect" walkaway.

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Patently-O Bits and Bytes by Juvan Bonni

Patently O

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Blake Brittain: Tesla, GM, Ford Supplier Beats Display Patent Claims in Delaware Trial (Source: Reuters). Curt Dodd: Interpreting, Performing and Discharging the ETSI Licensing Declaration’s Obligation for Patent Holders Under French and California Contract Law (Source: SSRN).