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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 »
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 »
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 »
In Homeland Housewares, LLC v. Whirlpool Corp., [2016-1511] (August 4, 2017), the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s determination that Whirlpool’s U.S... 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 Appeal from the District of Connecticut (nonprecedential).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 »
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 »
Assignor Estoppel Not an Exception to 311(a)
The Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) has designated the following decision as precedential: Athena Automation... 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 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 »
USPTO Explains Intervenor Standing
Some weeks back in Knowles Electronics v. Matal, the Federal Circuit, sua sponte, asked the following of the parties (order... Read More »
Written by Mark E. Davis and Benjamin Anger
On remand from the Federal Circuit, the PTAB granted Veritas’s Supplemental Motion to Amend for one substitute... Read More »
Written by Peter Law and Kerry Taylor, Ph.D.
The PTAB has again addressed sovereign immunity in the context of an IPR. Reactive Surfaces, LTD. petitioned... Read More »
Written by Scott Siera, Ph.D. and Michael L. Fuller
Stanford University v. The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Federal Circuit Appeal No. 2015-2011. Decided June ... Read More »
Previous posts (e.g., here, here and here) discussed the patent enforcement activity of Celgard, a North Carolina company that manufactures specialty membranes and... Read More »
In the first half of 2017, we saw a continued decline in patent litigation. District court litigation was down 14 percent to 2,039, compared to 2,482 in the first... Read More »