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If a Case Was Baseless, It Would Have Ended Sooner

Written by: Matthew Pham & Daniel P. Hughes OneSubsea IP UK Limited v. FMC Technologies, Inc. Before Clevenger, Moore, and Dyk.  Appeal from the United States District...

Low-Bar for Corroboration

Written by: Matthew Friedrichs & Daniel P. Hughes MEDTRONIC, INC. v. TELEFLEX INNOVATIONS S.A.R.L. Before Moore, Lourie, and Dyk. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal...

Trademark Monitoring and Enforcement in the Digital Era: Tools and Techniques

In today's digital landscape, protecting your trademarks has become more challenging than ever before. With the rise of e-commerce platforms, social media, and online marketplaces, ...

Exploring the Use of Machine Learning in Prior Art Search: Advancing Patent Examination Efficiency

In the realm of patent examination, the search for prior art plays a critical role in determining the novelty and inventiveness of an invention. Traditionally, patent examiners...

Recessions and Patent Applications: Navigating the Ups and Downs of the Innovation Economy

Written by: Sophia Petrichenko & Jason J. Jardine As predictions of an economic recession in the United States loom, 2023 has started with extensive layoffs throughout the...

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Standing to Appeal in IPR Remains Even After Divesting Accused Products
Knobbe Martens May 6, 2020
Written by: Jeremiah S. Helm, Ph.D. & Mark Kachner GRIT ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LLC v. OREN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC Before Prost, Newman, Wallach.  On appeal... Read More »
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Do Not Bank on a Bank Not Being a “Person” Under the AIA
Knobbe Martens Apr 17, 2020
BOZEMAN FINANCIAL LLC V. FEDERAL RESERVE BANK Before Lourie, Dyk, and Moore.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Banks that are... Read More »
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USPTO Issues Guidance on Impact of SAS on AIA Trial Proceedings
Knobbe Martens May 1, 2018
On April 26, 2018, the USPTO issued a one-page guidance document on the impact of the Supreme Court’s recent decision, SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, on AIA trial ... Read More »
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Judicial Independence & The PTAB
Scott Mckeown Dec 12, 2017
The Tension Between Judicial Independence & Agency Consistency As I have pointed out previously, the Board struggles to issue precedential decisions. This is... Read More »
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First AIA Trial Extended Beyond 12 Months for Good Cause
Scott Mckeown Oct 19, 2017
Aqua Products Decision Deemed “Good Cause” Earlier this month the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) determined, for the first time, that good... Read More »
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Fresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit
Peter Heuser Aug 12, 2017
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 »
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USPTO Intervenor Standing in PTAB Appeals
Scott Mckeown Aug 2, 2017
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 »
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Fresh From the Bench: Precenential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit
Peter Heuser May 12, 2017
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt Our report includes discussions of six of the precedential cases decided in the past week and will... Read More »
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In Helsinn Healthcare, the Federal Circuit Offers Guidance on the On-Sale Bar under the AIA
Knobbe Martens May 5, 2017
Written by Scott Siera, Ph.D. and Eric Furman, Ph.D. The sale of a product prior to filing a patent application, or “on-sale bar,” has long been a... Read More »
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Fed. Cir. in Helsinn v. Teva Declines Limiting the Requirements of the “On Sale” Bar
Warren Woessner May 5, 2017
In Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, 525 US 55 (1988), the Supreme Court attempted to focus the factors invoking the on-sale bar of s . 102, by holding that the claimed... Read More »
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ITC Shows Interest in PTAB Record
Scott Mckeown Apr 12, 2017
Technical Findings of PTAB Increasingly Leveraged in Parallel Court Proceedings Patent challenge proceedings of the USPTO's Patent Trial & Appeal Board... Read More »
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Fresh from the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases from the Federal Circuit
Peter Heuser Feb 27, 2017
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 »
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Is In re Packard the Correct Standard for AIA Trials?
Scott Mckeown Feb 23, 2017
In re Packard Inextricably Linked to Patent Examination Practices? Back in 2014, the Federal Circuit determined the standard for a USPTO indefiniteness analysis... Read More »
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Covered Business Method Patent: You Keep Using Those Words … We do not Think They Mean What You Think They Means
Bryan Wheelock Feb 22, 2017
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 »
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First to file; rules to note
Justin Paulsen Sep 5, 2012
March 16th, 2013 will see the US embrace a more internationally standard patenting system: first to file (America Invents Act, or AIA). In fact literally every other... Read More »
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