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Written by Daniel Kiang and Marko R. Zoretic
Editors: Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind
Patent Judgments and Awards
On July 26, 2017, after eight years of ... Read More »
Written by Jordan M. Cox and Nathanael Luman, Ph.D.
The Federal Circuit determined that Article III standing was not necessary for an appellee to participate in a ... Read More »
In Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil, Inc., [2016-1115, 2016-1116, 2016-1842] (August 9, 2017), the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s... Read More »
Written by Daniel A. Kamkar and Agnes Juang, Ph.D.
On August 2, 2017, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Imbruvica® (ibrutinib) for the ... Read More »
Written by Peter E. Heuser, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
This was a busy week for precedential cases at the Circuit. In AIA v. Avid, the Circuit rules... Read More »
Written by Casey D. Donahoe, Ph.D. and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
Hospira (owned by Pfizer) filed five IPR petitions against Genentech patents that Genentech asserted ... Read More »
Written by Clayton R. Henson and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D.
On July 28, 2017, the PTAB issued a final written decision holding all claims unpatentable in an IPR after ... Read More »
Written by Lesley Kim and Jonathan Hyman
Edited by Catherine Holland
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”), the primary federal agency... Read More »
Patent Judgments and Awards
Written by Baraa Kahf and Kendall Loebbaka
Edited by John Sganga, Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind
The University of Florida ... Read More »
Patent Judgments and Awards
Written by Baraa Kahf and Kendall Loebbaka
Edited by John Sganga, Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind
On July 25, 2017, a ... Read More »
Written by Robert J. Hilton and Eric Furman, Ph.D.
Before Prost, O’Malley, and Wallach. Appeal from the District of Connecticut (nonprecedential).
On... Read More »
What Exactly is the "Thrust of the Rejection?"
Every so often a decision comes out of the USPTO's Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) or the... Read More »
Written by Mark Speegle and Sean Murray
Edited by John Sganga, Joe Cianfrani, and Boris Zelkind
In a final judgment dated July 19, 2017, a Florida federal... Read More »
Written by Stephanie M. Johnson and Paul Stewart
Edited by John Sganga, Joe Cianfrani, and Boris Zelkind
On July 19, 2017, a federal court in Michigan awarded... Read More »
Written by Mark Speegle and Sean Murray
Edited by John Sganga, Joseph Cianfrani, and Boris Zelkind
On July 14, 2017, in a stunning reversal of fortune, a... Read More »
Written by Stephanie M. Johnson and Paul Stewart
Edited by John Sganga, Joseph Cianfrani, and Boris Zelkind
On July 18, 2017, after two years of litigation... Read More »
Written by Diana E. Wade and Jeff Van Hoosear
Edited by Catherine Holland
For many students in the United States, the first day of school is less than a month ... Read More »
Before reading this post, please read my post of July 19, 2017 about Millennium Pharms. v. Sandoz, and you will “get” the title. Judges Lourie and Newman... Read More »
Written by Damien Howard and Nathanael Luman, Ph.D.
The PTAB recently designated as precedential its 2013 decision that assignor estoppel is not a defense for... Read More »
Several new green patent complaints were filed in May and June in the areas of advanced batteries, electroluminescence lighting technology, green cleaning solvents... Read More »