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Written by Scott Siera, Ph.D. and Michael L. Fuller
Obtaining issued patents in the biotechnology space can be a challenge. Here is a list of ten patent... Read More »
The last few weeks, our Data Science Team analyzed the most active petitioners in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) cases. Now we have turned our attention towards the patent ... Read More »
In Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp. [14-1538] (February 22, 2017), the Supreme Court reversed a Federal Circuit decision that supplying a single component of... Read More »
The real news this past week is not from the Circuit but from the Supreme Court’s reversal of the Life Technologies v. Promega case. There, the Supreme Court... Read More »
Written by Caleb A. Bates, Ph.D. and Agnes Juang, Ph.D.
On January 12, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion affirming the... Read More »
In Secure Access, LLC v. PNC BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, [2016-1353] (February 21, 2017), the Federal Circuit vacated the Board’s decision in CBM2014-00100 on... Read More »
This week, our Data Science Team continued reviewing Apple’s IPR cases with a focus on patent owners. We wanted to learn which entities had their patents... Read More »
Written by Daniel K. Yarbrough, Ph.D. and Jing Liu, Ph.D.
Once considered parasites, free riders, or “opportunistic pathogens,” in recent years the... Read More »
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
In Metalcraft, the Circuit affirms a preliminary injunction based largely on the patentee’s... Read More »
Written by Loni Morrow and Jason J. Jardine
Edited by Catherine Holland
It is well known among patent attorneys that design patents are an under-utilized form ... Read More »
In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., [2016-1174] (February 14, 2017), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s claim construction but vacated the... Read More »
Written by Daniel K. Yarbrough, Ph.D. and Nathanael R. Luman, Ph.D.
The PTAB denied institution of an IPR based on patent owner’s challenge to the prior art ... Read More »
LED technology continues to dominate green patent litigation, with at least 18 new lawsuits filed in November and December of 2016. Solar mounting systems and... Read More »
Recalibration of Venue Could Change Face of Patent Litigation
As most are well aware, the patent venue statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1400(b), provides that patent... Read More »
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt
In Shire, the panel rejects defendant’s attempt to read “consisting of” as though... Read More »
Written by Scott Forbes and Jeremy Carney
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) recently held in Ex parte Itagaki and Nishiara (PTAB... Read More »
Written by Rose M. Pilpa, Ph.D. and Jason J. Jardine
Edited by Catherine Holland
In 2011, Apple sued Samsung alleging among other things that various portions ... Read More »
In last couple of weeks we reported that Apple, with 267 IPR challenges filed since 2012, has been at the top, responsible for almost 5 percent of all challenges... Read More »
Written by Julianna Simon and Jeff van Hoosear
On January 18, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments regarding whether the Lanham Act’s provision... Read More »
Written by Nicole R. Townes and Robert Roby
What is a design patent?
Although trademarks and copyrights most frequently come to mind when considering the... Read More »