Appellate Law

Appellate Law

Lukas Sosnicki | Dykema Gossett PLLC

Introduction In February 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Clapper v. Amnesty Int’l USA, et al.,[1] that attorneys and human rights, labor, legal, and media organizations whose work required them to correspond with likely targets of federal surveillance lacked Article III standing to...

Appellate Law

Jonathan Bloom | Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP

Introduction Prior to the U.S. Supreme Court’s May 19, 2014 decision in Petrella v. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.[1] the chances of being able to successfully sue Jimmy Page for stealing the opening acoustic guitar line of the classic 1970 song “Stairway to Heaven” would seem...

Appellate Law

David W. Long | Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

Editor: Provide a brief description of your practice. Long: I started out as an engineer rocket scientist before going into law. My 20-year patent practice focuses primarily on litigation in district and appellate courts, as well as proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“...