Does the Presumption of Issue Preclusion Apply to PTAB Decisions? In the patent arena, decisions of the PTAB’s predecessors have been understood to have at least some preclusive effect for more than ...

A recent decision by the Civilian Board of Contract Appeals reminds us that all findings of fact made by a court are not created equal, at least insofar as they are applied in a subsequent proceeding.

Question: The building I live in is being sold and the manager gave me an estoppel agreement to sign. What is it for? Should I sign it? Answer: An estoppel agreement is a document that details a host ...

In his Patent and Trademark Law column, Rob Maier discusses the recent Supreme Court case 'Minerva Surgical v. Hologic,' and writes that "while the court rejuvenated the aging doctrine, it also ...

The 2024 election is inevitably headed to the Supreme Court. The Trump legal team plans to appeal the Colorado Supreme Court’s judgment this week that Donald Trump is not a constitutionally valid ...

The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued its opinion in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic Inc. The case sought to abolish the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel, which prohibits an inventor from ...

Editor's note: David G. Muller is an attorney with the law firm of Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., which represents community associations throughout Florida, with offices in Naples, Fort Myers and 11 other ...

With props to Rodney Dangerfield, some legal documents just don’t get no respect—or at least are not regarded with the importance deserved. That innocuous looking two-page form that the landlord just ...

Question: I have a question regarding estoppel letters. Recently, a prospective buyer of a unit in our condominium requested a letter from the association certifying whether there were any delinquent ...