This post summarizes some of the significant developments in the Northern District of Texas and the Eastern District of Texas for the month of August 2020....more
Honeywell owns U.S. Patent 9,157,017, which claims automotive air-conditioning systems. The application to the ’017 patent had originally described and recited claims for flouroalkane compounds for use in refrigeration...more
Following on Judge Newman’s dissent in Sanofi-Aventis Deutschland GmbH v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., parties are seeking to preserve their rights by challenging the Federal Circuit’s holding that a party’s failure to raise...more
Addressing limitations on the role of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit explained that the PTAB erred in rejecting a patent owner’s request to file a request for a...more
In a case decided yesterday, the Federal Circuit found that the Board abused its discretion by denying Honeywell’s request to file a motion for leave to file a certificate of correction. Honeywell International Inc. v. Arkema...more
In a recent order, ALJ Cheney granted leave for Complainant to personally serve certain foreign Respondents because the ITC was unable to successfully serve those Respondents. See In re Certain Child Carriers and Components...more
Coda Development S.R.O. v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Appeal No. 2018-1028 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 22, 2019) In an appeal from a district court dismissal of a case seeking correction of inventorship, the Federal Circuit reversed...more
By Memorandum Opinion entered by U.S. Magistrate Judge Sherry R. Fallon in Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.V. v. Sirus XM Radio Inc., Civil Action 17-184-JFB-SRF (D.Del. July 20, 2018),...more
A Northern District of California court recently held a plaintiff could amend its complaint to add a Defend Trade Secrets Act (“DTSA”) claim when discovery showed continued misappropriation after the enactment of the DTSA on...more
Janssen seeks leave to appeal to SCC regarding FCA decision upholding Minister of Health’s decisions relating to administrative drug submissions - As reported previously, on October 12, 2016, the Federal Court of Appeal...more
In a ruling recently designated as informative, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s (PTO’s) Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB or Board) rejected a patent owner’s argument that the petitions were time-barred, finding the...more