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—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Law360 article entitled "Top IP Verdicts of 2014--and the Law Firms That Won Them." The article notes that "[t]he largest intellectual property verdicts of 2014 so far include…
—Today marks the one-year anniversary of the launching of Professor Thomas Cotter's blog, ComparativePatentRemedies.com. The blog functions both as an ongoing supplement to his book, Comparative Patent Remedies: A…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Winona Daily News article entitled "Emails Show Winona County Employee Passed Along Info on Disputed Solar Project." Cotter stated that a trade secret "can be…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Star Tribune article about a pair of U.S. Supreme Court cases that will make it easier for the prevailing party in a patent infringement to recover its attorneys'…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Law360 article about the Federal Circuit's recent decision in the Apple-Motorola smartphone patent dispute affirming a district court ruling that Motorola cannot obtain an…
—Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Law360 article on the Supreme Court's decision to grant cert in a case addressing whether the Federal Circuit should defer to factual determinations made by district court judges…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Minnesota Lawyer article on job prospects for IP lawyers. Cotter notes that "the number of annual patent applications has increased 60 percent since 2003," while "the…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in the April/May issue of Make-Up Artist Magazine in an article by Chris Koseluk on intellectual property rights in make-up designs and tattoos. Cotter, who coauthored a…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Law360 article following Judge Lucy Koh's denial of a permanent injunction in favor of Apple in one of the hotly-contested Apple v. Samsung smartphone patent…
—Professor Tom Cotter participated in a podcast by The Federalist Society entitled "Patent Re-Reform in Congress," with Jim Copeland of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research and New York University School of…
—Professor Tom Cotter was quoted in a Reuters News Service article that discusses an ongoing patent damages dispute between Intellectual Ventures (IV) and two defendants, Symantec and TrendMicro. At issue is…
—Professor Thomas Cotter was quoted in a Minnesota Lawyer article entitled "Attorney Takes on Alleged Copyright Trolls." The article discusses a recent series of lawsuits in which entities acquire…