• Posts by Sarah J. Ring
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    Sarah represents clients in all aspects of commercial litigation specializing in intellectual property and business disputes. She handles complex cases involving technologies in a wide range of industries including oil and gas ...

Clicks, Carts, and Courts: Personal Jurisdiction in IP Cases Arising from Online Marketplace Sales

The explosion of online marketplaces like Amazon, Temu, SHEIN, eBay, Walmart, Shopify storefronts, and innumerable drop-ship models, has forced federal courts to revisit old personal jurisdiction doctrines through a new lens. Plaintiffs suing foreign or out-of-state sellers increasingly argue that sales ...

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Is More Big Change Afoot in the Western District of Texas’ Patent Docket?

In sharp contrast to the extreme fanfare that followed Chief Judge Orlando Garcia’s July 25, 2022, “Order Assigning the Business of the Court as it Relates to Patent Cases” randomly assigning all new patent cases filed in the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas, the patent bar has been relatively ...

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NFTs: The Future of Managing Patent Assets?

What do William Shatner, Snoop Dogg, Mark Cuban, Tom Brady, and patent owners have in common? They are all now minting non-fungible tokens (“NFTs”), turning assets into a token that is represented on the blockchain. 

Patent holders are using NFTs to manage the ownership and licensing of their patents. Built into ...

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