David R. Bauer

On March 27, the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s finding that Google’s use of Java APIs in its Android operating system was fair use, resurrecting Oracle’s multibillio...

Davis Polk is pleased to provide you with the next installment of its Intellectual Property and Tech Transactions Update, a quarterly newsletter that features summaries and analysis of re...

Davis Polk is pleased to announce the launch of its Intellectual Property and Tech Transactions Update, a quarterly newsletter that will feature summaries and analysis of recent developme...

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) recently held that a former owner and the co-inventor of a patent may challenge the validity of the patent in an inter partes review after assigni...

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board recently held that a former owner and the co-inventor of a patent may challenge the validity of the patent in an inter partes review after assigning the ...

Notable Developments Federal Circuit Rules that District Courts May Consider New Claim Construction in a Motion for Reconsideration Second Circuit Rules DMCA Safe Harbors Protect Pre-197...

Technology companies routinely conduct patent sales, whether through high-profile auctions like the one recently proposed by Yahoo, or as part of ordinary-course asset divestitures. There...

Following a recent line of high-profile and notable decisions that have sought to protect the rights of trademark licensees in a trademark licensor’s bankruptcy, the United States Bankr...

Following a recent line of high profile and notable decisions that have sought to protect the rights of trademark licensees in a trademark licensor’s bankruptcy, the U.S. Bankruptcy Cou...

On July 9, 2012, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued a significant decision holding that a trademark licensee could continue to use a licensed trademark notw...