It is well-established that the availability of a prior art reference is dependent on the “effective filing date” of a patent or patent application. Any practitioner seeking to invalidate a patent knows that the ideal...more
Since serving as a Federal Circuit clerk, Michael Hawes has monitored that court's precedential opinions and prepares a deeply outlined index by subject matter (invalidity, infringement, claim construction, etc.) of relevant...more
10/7/2024
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Claim Construction ,
Collateral Estoppel ,
Discovery ,
Expert Testimony ,
Intrinsic Evidence ,
Inventions ,
Irreparable Harm ,
Kessler Doctrine ,
Machine-or-Transformation Test ,
Obviousness-Type Double Patenting (ODP) ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reliability Standards ,
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