Unicorn valuations are notoriously inaccurate and well-documented in the finance literature. Silicon Valley’s dirty little secret is that a company can achieve a unicorn valuation by providing extensive downside protections to late-stage investors. Employees of these large, privately held companies do not have access to fair market valuation or financial statements and, in many cases, […]
In two recent decisions, both issued on February 4, 2022, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “CAFC”) erased two huge patent damages awards because the.
Explosive growth of antibody technology and therapeutics over the past three decades has driven development of antibody-centric patent case law across several fronts.
The Fifth Circuit recently ratified the right of holders of standard essential patents ("SEP") to choose where in the supply chain to license SEPs and dealt a blow to the "hold up"