The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a “final rule” to fee adjustments for patent applications and appeals, effective January 19, 2025. These changes represent some of the most significant changes to the...more
For many product manufacturers, post-sale repair and maintenance of their products is a significant source of revenue, and manufacturers use various incentives to entice their customers to return to them for post-sale...more
On November 4, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Amgen’s petition to review the “enablement requirement” of Section 112 of the Patent Act. See generally Amgen Inc., v. Sanofi, No. 21-757 (U.S. 2022). The Court’s decision will...more
Please join Troutman Pepper's Intellectual Property and Health Sciences Practice Group for the sixth installment of the podcast series focused on strategy, trends, and other happenings at the PTAB.
In this episode, Maia...more
Please join Troutman Pepper’s Intellectual Property and Health Sciences practice groups for the fourth installment of their podcast series on strategy, trends, and other happenings at the PTAB.
Moderated by Troutman Pepper...more
Please join Troutman Pepper’s Intellectual Property and Health Sciences Groups for the first installment of its podcast series on strategy, trends, and other happenings at the PTAB.
Moderated by Troutman Pepper Partner Maia...more
296-1. Federal Circuit Finds Pre-Invention Ideas Not Covered Under Employment IP Assignment Agreement -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a ruling by the United States...more
294-1. Federal Circuit Finds a 1987 NASA Article Describing “Futuristic” Technologies to Be a Non-Enabling Prior Art Reference
The Federal Circuit recently reversed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (Board) decision,...more
293-1. Federal Circuit Upholds Finding that Unauthenticated Source Code Printout Is Inadmissible as Evidence of Infringement -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed two district...more
291-1. Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Decision and Does Not Apply IPR Joinder Estoppel -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently affirmed a decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board finding...more
286-1. Federal Circuit Overturns PTAB’s Nonobviousness Ruling Finding the Subject Matter Claimed was Obvious in Light of the Combined Teachings of the Prior Art -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit...more
286-1. Federal Circuit Upholds PTAB’s Printed Publication Prior Art Analysis but Vacates Claim Invalidation Based on Unasserted Anticipation Theory -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently...more
285-1. Federal Circuit Reverses District Court’s Construction of Preamble of Claim and Holds Non-Infringement by Hong Kong-based Mobile Technology Company The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently...more
284-1. The Federal Circuit Finds Standing for Appeal Based on Risk of Infringement; Vacates Board Determination that Raytheon Claims are Nonobvious -
The Federal Circuit recently vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and...more
282-1 Federal Circuit Opines on Printed Matter Doctrine and Reverses District Court Decision Holding Medical Device Patent Invalid and Noninfringed -
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently...more
278-1. Federal Circuit Remands Patent Infringement Case to Answer Patent Ownership and License to Practice Questions -
The Federal Circuit recently vacated a grant of summary judgment of non-infringement of a patent,...more
10/20/2020
/ Article III ,
Federal Rule 12(b)(6) ,
Joinder ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
License Agreements ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Standing ,
State Law Claims ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Vacated
277-1 Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Claim Construction in Foundation Pile Patent Infringement Dispute -
The United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit recently upheld the Central District of...more
274-1 Federal Circuit Revisits American Axle & Manufacturing; Case Remanded to Determine if One of the “Hooke’s Law” Claims is Ineligible under Other Theories of Eligibility -
The Federal Circuit recently issued a modified...more
8/13/2020
/ Abstract Ideas ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Inventive Concept Test ,
Mayo v. Prometheus ,
Motivation to Combine ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Prior Art ,
Remand ,
Vacated
273-1 Federal Circuit Holds University of Texas is Immune from Involuntary Joiner, Holds Case against Potential Infringer may Proceed in School’s Absence -
The Federal Circuit recently affirmed-in-part, reversed-in-part,...more
8/4/2020
/ Bright-Line Rule ,
Eleventh Amendment ,
FRCP 19(a) ,
IP License ,
Joinder ,
License Agreements ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Sovereign Immunity ,
State Universities ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction
272-1 Federal Circuit Holds a New Invalidity Challenge at the ITC is not a Change in Condition that Enables the ITC to review the Validity of a Patent or Rescind an Exclusion Order -
The Federal Circuit (Court) recently...more
8/4/2020
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Affirmative Defenses ,
Article III ,
Claim Construction ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Injury-in-Fact ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Judgment As A Matter Of Law ,
Method Claims ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Pre-Suit Damages ,
Section 101 ,
Section 337 ,
Standing
270-1. Federal Circuit Affirms Two PTAB Decisions Finding Illuminated Shoe Patents Obvious -
The Federal Circuit recently affirmed two decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board (the...more
269-1. Federal Circuit Confirms Amazon’s Customers are Protected from Lawsuit via the Kessler Doctrine, Despite the Previous Case being Voluntarily Dismissed with Prejudice.
...more
7/2/2020
/ Amazon Marketplace ,
Claim Preclusion ,
Data Storage ,
Data Storage Providers ,
Dismissal With Prejudice ,
Issue Preclusion ,
Kessler Doctrine ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Popular