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Federal Circuit Patent Watch: An Expert Need Not Have Acquired the Requisite Skill Level Prior to the Time of the Invention

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Precedential and Key Federal Circuit Opinions - WISCONSIN ALUMNI RESEARCH FOUNDATION v. APPLE INC. [OPINION] (2022-1884, 8/28/2024) (Prost, Taranto, and Chen) - Prost, J. The Court affirmed two final judgments of the...more

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It’s Not Complicated: Make Sure the Technical Expert You Retain to Testify About Infringement Has Credentials That Match the Level...

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In infringement suits, the patentee must show that each element of a patent claim is infringed either literally by an accused product or infringed under the doctrine of equivalents. Literal infringement means the accused...more

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

2021 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Love it or hate it, ignore the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at your peril. The introduction of the PTAB as part of the America Invents Act over ten years ago has forever changed...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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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

Knobbe Martens

The Definition of “Half-Liquid” Is Only Half Baked

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IBSA INSTITUT BIOCHIMIQUE, S.A. V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC. Before Prost, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court of Delaware - Summary: A term may be indefinite when the proposed construction is not...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

HVLPO2, LLC v. Oxygen Frog, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2020)

Expert witness testimony is a frequent (almost ubiquitous) feature of patent litigation, if only because questions of the state of the art or the understanding of one having ordinary skill in the art are almost always at...more

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

PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2018: Working With Your Selected Expert: Our Aglets Case Revisited

You selected your experts – Ms. Boot (an expert for the patent owner, SneakRTech) and Dr. Slipper, PhD (an expert for the Petitioner, BadGuys) - to assist SneakRTech at the PTAB in cases involving aglet patents against...more

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Experts In Patent Cases: Getting The Most Out Of Your Star Witness

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In This Issue: - Introduction - Selecting the Right Expert(s) ..The Testifying Expert ..Non-Testifying “Supporting” Experts - Fed. R. Civ. 26 Rules Governing Interactions Between Counsel and Experts ...more

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Federal Circuit Review - Volume 2 | Issue 12 December 2012

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In This Issue: • Indexing Not Required for Online Prior Art Publication • Claim Indefinite for Not Disclosing Any Structure • Aluminum Not Inherently Disclosed - Excerpt from Claim Indexing Not Required...more

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