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Shutting Down the PTAB with Forum Selection Clauses

CAFC Upholds Injunction to Shut Down PTAB The AIA statutes provide that a person who is not the owner of a patent, can challenge the patent at the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB). Pursuant to the bright lines drawn … Continue reading

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Forum Non Conveniens – US Court Declines Jurisdiction

In Eldeeb v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 2018 WL 6435739, the District Court of Minnesota recently granted a motion to dismiss (on the basis of forum non conveniens) an action brought pursuant to the Montreal Convention.  Forum non conveniens is … Continue reading

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2019 Skoll World Forum – Day Four

Pat Mitchell (President, Pat Mitchell Media) asked the audience about the impossible dreams they imagined before breakfast. She noted this is the community that believes in change and taking the impossible and making it possible every day. Stories well told … Continue reading

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2019 Skoll World Forum – Day Two

Accelerating Systems Change: Making Possibility Real Sally Osberg (Founding President, Skoll Foundation) moderated this panel focused on systems change. She set the tone early by stating that to change anything, you have to understand it. And it takes time. Safeena … Continue reading

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Consent to Jurisdiction Implied by Adoption of Forum Selection Bylaw

A recent Delaware Court of Chancery decision is noteworthy for its finding that the adoption of a forum selection bylaw implied consent to jurisdiction to the extent that it required lawsuits by stockholders against the company to be filed in … Continue reading

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