Fortress Investment Group: Bad Actor, Bad Timing, or Both?

Fortress Investment Group: Bad Actor, Bad Timing, or Both?

Fortress Investment Group, a patent aggregator/investment firm, owns patents allegedly infringed by bioMérieux SA (among others) over the previous six years. In a lawsuit filed on March 9, 2020, Fortress, though its wholly-owned entity Labrador Diagnostics, is claiming bioMériux’s testing process is infringing U.S. Patents.

Dark Horse Copyright Case

Katy Perry Escapes Dark Horse Copyright Verdict

I am unashamed to admit that Katy Perry is, without a doubt, my favorite pop singer. I don’t really know why. 

Market Intelligence and Brand Management

Market Intelligence and Brand Management

We at Neugeboren O’Dowd are always telling our clients that the branding piece of their business is something that they should be thinking about early in their development.

New Injunction Policy Boosts Power Of Essential Patents

New Injunction Policy Boosts Power Of Essential Patents

In mid-December 2019, a policy statement was issued by the USPTO, NIST, and DOJ to clearly state injunctive relief (among other remedies) is available to holders of standard-essential patents (SEPs.)