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Government Investigations Team Insights - July 2024

AGG’s Government Investigations Team Insights provides periodic updates covering legal and regulatory topics. Our team, which includes former federal prosecutors, SEC enforcement attorneys, and federal agency attorneys, has...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions: Kyocera Senco Indus. Tools v. Int’l Trade Comm’n,...

The patent holder, Kyocera, filed a complaint in the International Trade Commission against Koki in Certain Gas Spring Nailer Prods. & Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-1082, 2020 WL 2093834 (Apr. 28, 2020). Kyocera’s...more

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Federal Circuit: Narrow Definition of Skill in the Art Dooms Expert’s Testimony

In Kyocera Senco Industrial Tools Inc. v. International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit held that an expert who did not possess the specific defined level of ordinary skill in the art could not testify about...more

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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

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One Last look at Patent Cases in January

Last week wrapped up a busy January for the Federal Circuit. Oral arguments returned to a telephonic format, and arguments next month will be by video (although still audio-only for the public). As the month is now in the...more

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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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ITC 337 Quarterly Insider Q2 2020

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Goodwin’s 337 Quarterly Insider remains the premiere publicly available source for keeping up to date on all meaningful decisions coming out of the Commission. Please find below Goodwin’s insights on the months of April, May,...more

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Live Testimony Remains Important in ITC Investigations

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When parties jointly stipulate to witness statements rather than live direct and cross examination, one might expect the ITC to be receptive to their agreement—after all, such stipulations may save time and resources for...more

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ITC Excludes Expert Testimony for Violation of Ground Rules

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In a recently issued order, ALJ Lord granted-in-part and denied-in-part Respondents’ motion in limine to exclude certain testimony of Complainants’ expert. Certain Radio Frequency Microneedle Dermatological Treatment Devices...more

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ITC Does Not Strictly Enforce the Daubert Standard for Expert Testimony

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In a recently issued pair of orders, ALJ Lord denied both Respondents’ and Complainants’ motions in limine to exclude certain expert testimony. Certain Radio Frequency Microneedle Dermatological Treatment Devices and...more

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Ground Rules Preclude New Rebuttal Expert Opinions

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Shortly before the evidentiary hearing, ALJ Lord granted Complainant’s motion in limine and excluded certain testimony in the witness statement of Respondents’ expert as precluded by her ground rules governing expert...more

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The Supreme Court - April 1, 2019

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The Supreme Court of the United States issued two decisions this morning: Biestek v. Berryhill, No. 17-1184: Petitioner Michael Biestek, a former construction laborer, applied for social security disability benefits...more

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Journal Article by an Expert Is Excluded As Improper Expert Testimony or Declaration

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In a recent Order, ALJ Bullock granted Respondents’ motion in limine to exclude a published article written by a former district court judge who previously served as Complainant’s economic expert. In re Certain Memory Modules...more

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Even Unrebutted Experts Need To Do More Than Make Conclusory Assertions

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In Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. v. ITC, the Federal Circuit reversed the ITC’s finding of a Section 337 violation based on the ITC’s reliance on unrebutted expert testimony. Diebold, No. 17-2553 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 15, 2018). The case...more

Mintz - Consumer Product Safety Viewpoints

CPSC’s Zen Magnets Mandatory Recall Reversed: A Mixed District Court Decision Gives Zen Magnets a New Life and the CPSC Favorable...

The consumer product safety community is rarely provided guidance by federal court decisions. On Tuesday, however, Judge R. Brooke Jackson of the Federal District Court for the District of Colorado issued an opinion in the...more

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ITC Updates Its Rules of Practice and Procedure To Increase Speed and Efficiency

On Tuesday, May 8, 2018, the International Trade Commission (“ITC” or the “Commission”) published the final changes to its rules of practice and procedure. The Commission stated that the changes are intended to both...more

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Diagrams Not Considered Source Code Under Modified Protective Order

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In a recent Order, ALJ McNamara clarified that while diagrams drawn by an expert depicting the interplay and hierarchy of relevant code modules, inputs, and outputs of source code are to be treated as confidential business...more

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ITC Section 337 Update - March 2015

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Commission Files Brief In 833 Investigation Appeal Regarding Digital Models Qualifying As “Articles” – On February 18, 2015, the International Trade Commission filed its brief in an appeal to the Federal Circuit of the...more

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