By: Franklin M. Smith and John S. Artz John S. Artz (Member, Troy) and Franklin M. Smith (Associate, Troy) recently won a motion for summary judgment establishing that Dickinson Wright’s client, IdeaVillage Products Corp....
Read MoreBy: Russell Franks and Franklin Smith The Supreme Court’s recent opinion in TC Heartland, LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands, LLC, overturns almost three decades of Federal Circuit jurisprudence on the issue of where a...
Read MoreBy John S. Artz, Franklin Smith and Russell Franks Sunday marked 10 years since the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., rejecting the test that was used by the U.S. Patent and...
Read MoreBy: Bryan Schomer and Frank Smith On April 26, 2017, Dickinson Wright attorneys Bryan Schomer and Frank Smith successfully obtained a stay on behalf of their client, Detroit Edge Tool Co. (DETCO), in a...
Read MoreBy: Franklin M.Smith and Brandon L. Debus In the recently decided case of Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp., 580 U.S. __ (2017), the Supreme Court evaluated when a party that provides some part – but not all – of a...
Read MoreBy: John S. Artz,Franklin M. Smithand Brandon L. DebusOn Dec. 6, 2016, the United States Supreme Court, hearing its first design patent case in over 120 years, unanimously threw away a $400 million award that Apple won...
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