Robert Matthews, Jr. – Matthews Patent-Law Consulting

With the explosion of patent false marking suits filed in 2010, courts must face many issues of first impression. One such issue is what to do when two or more plaintiffs bring different qui tam false marking suits for the same…more

The April 2010 edition of Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the months of January through March…more

This article describes the impact in the willful infringement analysis of a failure of an accused infringer to obtain an opinion of counsel under post-Seagate cases. Although the Federal Circuit held in Seagate that there no…more

With the much anticipated opinion of Wyeth v. Kappos, No. 2009-1120, 2010 WL 27184 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 7, 2010), the Federal Circuit overturned one aspect of the PTO’s methodology of calculating the amount of a patent term…more

The January 2010 edition of Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the month of December, 2009. …more

The Federal Circuit's opinion in Forest Group dramatically alters the way in which the district courts must assess the penalty under Section 292 for defendants found guilty of falsely marking an unpatented article as if it were…more

In a case of first impression, Eastern District of Texas applies on going royalty to an accused infringer's product redesigned after the jury verdict finding infringement by the original patent. Court borrows from the law of…more

The December 2009 edition of Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the month of November, 2009. …more

The November 2009 edition of Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the month of October, 2009. …more

The October 2009 edition of Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the month of September, 2009. …more

The September 2009 edition of Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the month of August, 2009. …more

This Special Report of the newsletter Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents an analysis of Exergen Corp. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.: the opinion the Federal Circuit handed down on Aug…more

The August 2009 edition of Patent Happenings, written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the month of July, 2009. Developments…more

The June 2009 edition of Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the month of May, 2009. Developments…more

The May 2009 edition of Patent Happenings,® written by the author of the Annotated Patent Digest, presents concise summaries of important developments in U.S. patent law occurring during the month of April, 2009. …more