Trade secret litigation after the Defend Trade Secrets Act
Connecticut Collections: How to get paid if you are owed money? Part 2: Prejudgment Remedy ("PJR")
A US Patent & Trademark Office (PTO) appeals review panel decided that a means-plus-function (M+F) claim element supported by the disclosure of only a single species is not invalid for indefiniteness or lack of written...more
IPR Petitioners Must Be Permitted to Respond to Claim Constructions First Proposed in Patent Owner Response - In Axonics, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc., Appeal No. 22-1532, the Federal Circuit held that where a patent owner in...more
IN RE CELLECT, LLC - Before Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Obviousness-type double patenting analyses for patents with Patent Term Adjustments are based on the...more
Ever since the Supreme Court's decision in Dickerson v. Zurko, decisions from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (whether in ex parte examination or any of the many varieties of actions before the Patent Trial and Appeal...more
In a September 15, 2015 Federal Register Notice, the USPTO announced a pilot program that will permit certain Small or Micro Entities to expedite a pending ex parte appeal. According to the Notice, the USPTO aims to decide...more
In Ohio Willow Wood Co. v. Alps South, LLC, No. 2012-1642 (Nov. 15, 2013) the Federal Circuit reversed a district court’s summary judgment ruling of no inequitable conduct and suggested in its decision that the patentee...more