On August 28, 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision regarding issue preclusion in Wisc. Alumni Research Found. v. Apple Inc., Nos. 2022-1884, 2022-1886. For issue preclusion to apply, “the issue actually...more
5 On July 16, 2024, the Federal Circuit affirmed both the sua sponte order issued by the District of Delaware requiring Lori LaPray, the purported owner of all of the plaintiff LLCs created by the patent monetization firm, IP...more
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On May 10, 2024, the USPTO posted a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) soliciting comments regarding a proposed change concerning terminal disclaimers used to overcome non-statutory double patenting. The proposed change...more