Webinar: A SCOTUS Review of IP Cases in the Recent 2020 Term and its Implications for Constitutional Jurisprudence in Other Areas of Law

As has been the case in several of the past terms, the U.S. Supreme Court has rendered decisions involving intellectual property law issues that have broader implications which also touch upon other areas of law. So too, in this most recent term, with the Court’s opinions in United States v. Arthrex, Inc. et al., 141 S.Ct. 1970 (2021) (Constitutionality of APJs under the Appointments Clause); Google LLC v. Oracle America, Inc., 141 S.Ct. 1183 (2021) (Copyright fair use and application programming interface software (“API”)); and Minerva Surgical, Inc. v. Hologic, Inc., et al. 141 S.Ct. 2298 (2021) (assignor estoppel). This webinar will discuss these Supreme Court decisions within the IP law context as well as the potential impact of the decisions on other areas of law.

The webinar will also take a forward look at the next term for a case that, although it was not decided in the current term, and the petition for certiorari is still pending, the Court has invited the Solicitor General to weigh in on at the petition stage. The American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. v. Neapco Holdings LLC, et al., No. 20-891, U.S. Sup. Ct. (March 1, 2021), has generated a considerable amount of attention since it concerns a highly controversial issue of patent eligibility that continues to stymie congressional patent law reform efforts, and which has a direct impact on U.S. economic and national security interests as well as innovators, investors, and entrepreneurs across the entire spectrum of industries from Pharma to Big Tech.

Presented by the Intellectual Property Section

About the Presenter

Robert J. Rando, Partner, Greenspoon Marder LLP

Robert Rando is a partner with the Greenspoon Marder’s Intellectual Property Department. Mr. Rando focuses his practice on patent and other intellectual property infringement disputes and counseling. He is experienced in a wide range of current and emerging technologies, including computer hardware and software, silicon chip manufacturing, biotechnology products, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, chemical compounds, food additives, alternative energy products, consumer electronics, communications, security, Internet, and e-commerce.

Mr. Rando has more than 30 years of federal civil litigation experience and has litigated disputes in the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), the Eastern District of New York (“EDNY”), and several other United States District Courts across the country. In addition to intellectual property matters, Mr. Rando has also handled litigation matters involving antitrust, civil rights, complex commercial disputes, class action product liability, employment discrimination and other employment disputes, and ERISA cases.  Mr. Rando also has extensive appellate court experience, including having served as counsel of record or co-counsel on numerous Amicus brief filings before the United States Supreme Court and Federal Circuit on various intellectual property, constitutional and administrative law issues from 2006 to the present.

Mr. Rando began his legal career as an Associate with Skadden Arps, later moving to Kenyon & Kenyon. Prior to joining Greenspoon Marder, Mr. Rando founded and led his own firm for nearly 25 years. Before attending law school, he served as a Systems Analysis Engineer at Sperry Corporation, now a part of Lockheed Martin. In this role, Mr. Rando helped design, develop, implement, and analyze computer software that could use advanced mathematics as part of nuclear submarine navigation and weapons systems under a government required security clearance.

Mr. Rando is a published author and frequent lecturer at law schools, bar associations, CLE programs and trade groups on constitutional law, administrative law, patent law and other IP law issues.

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