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Patent Experts: No Ordinary Skill in the Art at the Time of Invention? No Problem!

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The hypothetical person with ordinary skill in the art will have a certain amount of requisite experience in the subject matter of the patent at the time of the invention of the patent....more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

District Court Precludes Experienced Patent Attorney from Testifying as Expert Based on Lack of Pertinent Technical Expertise

A district court recently precluded a patent attorney from testifying as an expert in a patent infringement lawsuit where the proposed expert lacked the requisite technical expertise to assist the trier of fact in...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights: January 2022 - Federal Circuit Holds that Your Technical Expert Must be a POSA

In Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. v. International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit held in a precedential opinion that expert witnesses must at least have ordinary skill in the art. Because Kyocera’s expert did not...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights: January 2022 - Does the Limit Exist?: Negative Limitations in Novartis v. Accord

In an appeal, Novartis Pharmaceuticals v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., the issue of whether a patent provides sufficient written description of a negative limitation split the panel at the Federal Circuit. Novartis...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

PTAB Strategies and Insights: January 2022

The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for all stakeholders looking at the entire...more

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The PTAB Trial Tracker

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The availability of post-grant proceedings at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has changed the face of patent litigation. This monthly digest is designed to keep you up-to-date by highlighting interesting PTAB,...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Only an Expert Can Offer Opinions on Obviousness

In a precedential decision in HVLPO2, LLC v. Oxygen Frog, LLC, the Federal Circuit held that non-expert testimony on obviousness is inadmissible, further finding that the district court abused its discretion by allowing a lay...more

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Exmark Manufacturing Company v. Briggs & Stratton Power

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Federal Circuit Summaries - Before Wallach, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. Summary: Reexaminations of patents confirming validity are not dispositive of...more

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The Use of Expert Opinions in ‘Reverse-Payment’ Settlement Cases Under Actavis - King Drug Company of Florence, Inc., et al. v....

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Applying its previous rulings in related litigation and interpreting FTC v. Actavis, 570 U.S. 756 (2013), the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was tasked with determining whether to preclude expert...more

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