Shearman & Sterling’s IP litigation team has published its quarterly newsletter. The newsletter covers a wide range of current IP topics: the Supreme Court’s TC Heartland patent-venue decision, the constitutionality of inter...more
6/22/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
America Invents Act ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Disparagement ,
Estoppel ,
First Amendment ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group ,
On-Sale Bar ,
Patent Expiration ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods
Shearman & Sterling’s IP litigation team has published its quarterly newsletter. The newsletter covers a wide range of current IP topics: updated predictions on patent policy under the Trump administration; recent happenings...more
3/13/2017
/ Apple v Samsung ,
Certiorari ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Design Patent ,
Estoppel ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Review ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Trump Administration
On March 23, 2016, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the estoppel provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 315 do not extend to grounds rejected by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) in a decision...more
On March 18, 2016, Judge Lefkow of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois held that the estoppel provision of 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2) does not extend to prior art that was not reasonably available during...more