This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Court of Justice of the European Union rules that criminal sentencing for trademark infringement cannot be disproportionate to the offense committed; the Federal Circuit affirms several Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) decisions invalidating VirnetX patent claims; and more.
Tech companies including Google, Facebook, Amazon, and Dell EMC won rulings at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on Thursday allowing them to escape patent disputes with non-practicing entity PersonalWeb Technologies.
5 Key Bid Protest Decisions Of 2020
USA December 23 2020
In 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Government Accountability Office issued five decisions worthy of particular note:
Inserso Corp. v. U.S.[1]
Teledyne Brown Engineering Inc.[2]
Kiewit Infrastructure West Co. v. U.S.[3]
LAX Electronics Inc. v. U.S.[4]
Centerra Integrated Facilities Services LLC.[5]
This article provides a brief overview of these five cases and discusses how they might shape the bid protest landscape going forward.[6]
Inserso
The Facts
In March 2016, the Defense Information Systems Agency posted the Encore III solicitation for indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts for IT services. The competition was divided into two suites: one for full and open competition and the other restricted to small businesses.