Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc. By Suzanne Van Arsdale – Edited by Sounghun Lee Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc., No. 2011-1555 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 15, 2012) (Transocean II) Slip opinion The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Southern District of Texas’s ruling that U.S. Patent Nos. 6,047,781, 6,085,851, and 6,068,069 held by plaintiff Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. (“Transocean”) were invalid for obviousness and lack of enablement, ... Read More...

United States v. Kolon Indus., Inc. By Suzanne Van Arsdale – Edited by Sounghun Lee United States v. Kolon Indus., Inc., No. 3:12-Cr-137 (E.D. Va. Aug. 21, 2012) Indictment hosted by legaltimes.typepad.com The Department of Justice brought a criminal indictment against South Korea-based Kolon Industries Inc. (“Kolon”) and five of its executives in the Eastern District of Virginia on one count of conspiracy to convert trade secrets, four counts of theft of trade secrets, and one count of obstruction of ... Read More...