The Potential Unintended Consequences of Fee Shifting after the Supreme Court Decisions in Octane Fitness and Highmark

POSTED BY Andrew Beckerman-Rodau | Professor of Law & Co-Director of the Suffolk University Law School IP Concentration, e-mail: arodau@suffolk.edu), website: www.lawprofessor.org Yesterday (April 29, 2014) the U.S. Supreme Court handed down two unanimous decisions in the Octane Fitness case and the Highmark case. Both cases addressed the standard for awarding attorney fees in patent… Read More The Potential Unintended Consequences of Fee Shifting after the Supreme Court Decisions in Octane Fitness and Highmark

What’s Left for Nokia? Patents, Patents, Patents!

POSTED BY Bridget Sarpu Earlier this month Microsoft and Nokia struck a deal unlike any other.  Microsoft will obtain Nokia’s devices and services unit and license the company’s mapping services in a deal worth $7.2 billion.  Specifically, the two-part transaction included Microsoft spending $5 billion on Nokia’s mobile phones unit, in hopes to compete with… Read More What’s Left for Nokia? Patents, Patents, Patents!