This case addresses how Patent Term Adjustment (PTA) interacts with obviousness-type double patenting (ODP).
Background -
Cellect sued Samsung Electronics, Co. for infringement of four patents. Subsequently, Samsung...more
This case concerns determining the prior art status of certain references in an inter partes review. The Federal Circuit considered whether the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the “Board”) was correct in declining to consider...more
We are excited to share Sheppard Mullin’s inaugural quarterly report on key Federal Circuit decisions. The Spring 2023 Quarterly Report provides summaries of most key patent law-related decisions from January 1, 2023 to March...more
4/25/2023
/ Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Indefiniteness ,
Innovative Technology ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Interference Proceeding ,
Laches ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Section 101 ,
Section 103 ,
Section 112 ,
Summary Judgment ,
Summary Proceedings ,
Technology ,
Transfer of Venue ,
USPTO
In its recent decision in Caltech v. Broadcom Limited, et al, the Federal Circuit expanded the scope of Inter Partes Review (“IPR”) estoppel “to all claims and grounds… which reasonably could have been included in [an IPR]...more