The ABA Business Law Section Backgrounder may be accessed HERE. 1UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTNORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMANORTHEASTERN DIVISIONNATIONAL SMALL BUSINESS )UNITED, d/b/a the NATIONAL )SMALL BUSINESS )ASSOCIATION, et al., ))Plaintiffs, ))v. ) Case No. 5:22-cv-1448-LCB)JANET YELLEN, in her official )capacity as Secretary of the )Treasury, et al., ))Defendants. )MEMORANDUM OPINIONThe late Justice Antonin Scalia once remarked that federal… [read post]

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You can separately subscribe to the IP Thinktank Global week in Review at the Subscribe page: [duncanbucknell.com]   Highlights this week included: ACTA continues to be discussed and debated: (Michael Geist), (Intellectual Property Watch), (Public Knowledge),  (Techdirt), (Managing Intellectual Property), (Public Knowledge), (Public Knowledge), (Public Knowledge), Apotex challenge to Acular LS patent barred by res judicata: Roche Palo Alto & Allergan v Apotex:… [read post]