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After Years of Appeals, Bowers Learns the Meaning of Res Judicata
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
You only get one shot. There is no second bite at the apple. Whatever your idiomatic cliché of choice is, the principles of res judicata and claim preclusion...
Affirmed: Postal Worker Fired for Using Gift Card
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Stealing gift cards from undeliverable mail seems like something that Newman would have done on "Seinfeld." Except Newman never stooped so low. Instead, Warren...
5 Things to Know About Federal Circuit Judge Richard Taranto
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
Here at FindLaw, we understand the pressures of being a legal professional - most of us are recovering lawyers - so we want to help by tossing you that...
AIA Increases Need for Patent Attorneys, But Not Patent Litigators
By Robyn Hagan Cain | Last updated on
The common refrain these days is that going to law school is a terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad idea. There just aren’t any jobs. Perhaps the real issue...
Adult Diaper Patent Claim Barred by Laches, Not Equitable Estoppel
By Mark Wilson, Esq. | Last updated on
SCA Hygiene Products (SCA) holds a patent on "adult incontinence products" -- that is, adult diapers. The company sued First Quality Baby Products for...
2 Very Different Fed. Cir. Cases on SCOTUS' Docket
By William Peacock, Esq. | Last updated on
The Federal Circuit is weird. It hears patent cases, of course, but it also hears a whole lot of other random federal appeals: Court of Federal Claims appeals,...