December 1, 2020 will mark the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abrogation of Form 18—the model complaint that provided the minimum requirements for stating a claim of direct infringement.

The Situation: Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 84, which permitted U.S. patent-infringement lawsuits to proceed on very general allegations, was withdrawn three years ago. Subsequent court decisions ...

Managing IP held our US Patent Forum in Washington DC last month. Here are some of the most interesting facts, quotes and views from the sessions Michael Sandonato of Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto ...

Before we look too deeply into our crystal ball we should take a step back to see why anybody even cared about Form 18. Since 1938, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (specifically rule 84 and the ...

The Federal Circuit has vacated an $85 million Eastern District of Texas award to SimpleAir for Google infringing its patents through its Cloud Messenger services, reports Ars Technica. The Federal ...