Last week, in Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc., District Judge Richard G. Andrews of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted a Motion for Estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2)...more
Last month, in Colas Solutions, Inc. v. Blacklidge Emulsions, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed determinations by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board in two inter partes reviews that certain...more
Last week, in In re Ikeda Food Research Co., the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board affirming the Examiner's rejection in an ex parte reexamination of...more
Last June, the Supreme Court determined that $93.4 million in lost foreign profits awarded to WesternGeco L.L.C. for infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) was a permissible domestic application of 35 U.S.C. § 284, and the...more
Last week, in Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu, the Federal Circuit reversed the entry of summary judgment by the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, which concluded that the U.S. Patent and Trademark...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 12th annual list of top patent stories. For 2018, we identified fifteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 12th annual list of top patent stories. For 2018, we identified fifteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 12th annual list of top patent stories. For 2018, we identified fifteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
District Court Refuses to Limit Application of In re Cray to Factual Circumstances Where Physical Products Are Involved -
Last month, in VoIP-Pal.com, Inc. v. Twitter, Inc., District Judge Richard F. Boulware, II of the...more
Last week, in Otonomy, Inc. v. Auris Medical, AG, the Federal Circuit reversed the decision by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board according to Auris Medical, AG the benefit of priority to its...more
In a decision issued in May, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reversed the final rejection of claims 35-48 in U.S. Application No. 13/512,585. The claims at issue had been rejected by...more
On Monday, May 14, 2018, the Federal Circuit affirmed the determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review that claim 6 of U.S. Patent No. 7,582,621 is...more
In an interesting decision issued last year, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board reversed the final rejection of claims 1-5 and 9 in U.S. Application No. 12/959,017. The claims at issue had been rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 101...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 11th annual list of top patent stories. For 2017, we identified nineteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
1/11/2018
/ Damages ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Laches ,
Patent Act ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Post-Grant Review ,
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v First Quality Baby Products ,
SCOTUS ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
Statute of Limitations ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 11th annual list of top patent stories. For 2017, we identified nineteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its 11th annual list of top patent stories. For 2017, we identified nineteen stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
Magistrate Recommends Narrow Interpretation of Inter Partes Review Estoppel Provision -
Earlier this month, in Biscotti Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern...more
Last month, in In re Depomed, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board that two instituted grounds in an inter partes review rendered claims 1,...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its tenth annual list of top patent stories. For 2016, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
1/9/2017
/ America Invents Act ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Patent Applications ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Sequenom ,
USPTO
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its tenth annual list of top patent stories. For 2016, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
PTAB Introduces New Patent Review Processing System -
In a post on the USPTO's "Director's Forum" blog, the Chief Judge for the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), David P. Ruschke, announced that the PTAB was...more
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its ninth annual list of top patent stories. For 2015, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
1/9/2016
/ Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Cisco v CommilUSA ,
Claim Construction ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Cuozzo Speed Technologies ,
Electronics ,
Honest Belief Defense ,
Induced Infringement ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Term Adjustment ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
SCOTUS ,
Teva v Sandoz ,
USPTO
After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its ninth annual list of top patent stories. For 2015, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe...more
1/4/2016
/ Actavis Inc. ,
AMP v Myriad ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Endo Pharmaceuticals ,
HTC ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Myriad ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
SCOTUS ,
Trans-Pacific Partnership ,
USPTO ,
USPTO Pilot Program
Last month, in Ariosa Diagnostics v. Verinata Health, Inc., the Federal Circuit vacated the decisions of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board concluding that Appellant Ariosa Diagnostics had not met its burden of proving that...more
Last month, more than 90 national and state advocacy organizations sent a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, urging Congress to enact legislative reforms that will maintain a strong and...more