Addressing whether third parties have the right to challenge a patent revival ruling by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal...more
5/6/2015
/ Administrative Procedure Act ,
France ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Cooperation Treaty ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Standing ,
Statute of Limitations ,
USPTO
In an order regarding deposition times for expert witnesses in three related inter partes reviews (IPRs), the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) ruled that total deposition time...more
STC.UNM v. Intel Corp. -
In a divided opinion addressing whether a patent co-owner has a substantive right not to join in an infringement suit, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit denied a petition for...more
Organik Kimya AS v. Rohm and Haas Co. -
In an order regarding allowable communications between counsel and witness, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) held that counsel may confer with a witness between the end...more
St. Jude Med., Cardiology Div., Inc. v. The Bd. of Regents of the Univ. of Mich. -
In the final written decision of an inter partes review, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) canceled all claims at issue on...more
St. Jude Med., Cardiology Div., Inc. v. Volcano Corp.; In re Dominion Dealer Solutions, LLC; In re The Procter & Gamble Co. -
In three opinions, each addressing a slightly different issue regarding the reviewability of...more
No Case or Controversy in DJ Against Patentee Who Sued Manufacturer’s Customers: Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Alberta Telecommunications Research Center -
In a non-precedential opinion addressing declaratory judgment...more
11/1/2013
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Claim Construction ,
Copyright ,
FRAND ,
Offsets ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Telecommunications ,
Trademark Policing ,
Trademarks
Patents / Patent Eligible Subject Matter -
Supreme Court to Myriad: Isolated DNA Sequences Are Not Patent-Eligible Subject Matter --
AMP et al. v. Myriad Genetics, Inc.:
In a 9–0 decision the Supreme...more
6/27/2013
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
AMP v Myriad ,
Burden of Proof ,
Copyright ,
Damages ,
DNA ,
False Advertising ,
First Amendment ,
Human Genes ,
Infringement ,
Lanham Act ,
Myriad ,
Oprah Winfrey ,
Patent Terms ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
SCOTUS ,
Time Warner ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO ,
Willful Infringement
Obviousness-Type Double Patenting May Exist When There Is Neither Common Ownership nor Common Inventorship -
Addressing an obviousness-type double patenting rejection, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...more
4/30/2013
/ Affidavits ,
Claim Construction ,
Copyright ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Discovery ,
DMCA ,
Infringement ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Safe Harbors ,
Trademarks ,
USPTO