by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
United States Pharmaceutical Product Liability: Current Trends and Risk Management The life sciences industry is operating in a more litigious and aggressive environment than ever before. With increasing numbers of high profile product liability cases and the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
Supreme Court Rules That a Licensed Patent May Be Challenged Without Breaching the License On January 9, 2007, the United States Supreme Court ruled that a patent licensee is not required to breach its license in order to have standing to challenge the validity of the...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On June 9, 2008, the United States Supreme Court ruled in Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. that the doctrine of patent exhaustion applies to method patents as well as product and composition of matter patents. Patent exhaustion provides that an authorized...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
A new Connecticut data privacy law, Public Act No. 08-167 titled An Act Concerning the Confidentiality of Social Security Numbers, became effective on October 1, 2008. The new law requires people and businesses to protect personal data and imposes both requirements...
by Wiggin and Dana LLP | Sep 15, 2019
On March 24, 2009, the Connecticut Supreme Court issued a landmark property tax decision in St. Joseph's Living Center, Inc. v. Town of Windham — a case litigated on behalf of St. Joseph's by Wiggin and Dana. The decision provides a detailed analysis of...
