On November 21, 2025, United States Magistrate Judge Valerie Figueredo recommended that the Court conclude that Plaintiff Sholem Weisner’s conduct in “reviving the ’165 patent constituted inequitable conduct” because, inter...more
As mentioned in last month’s IP Practice Tips, reissue applications are subject to additional legal doctrines founded in requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 251. One doctrine that has been operative since the first reissue statute...more
In Forum v Flow Valve, decided June 17, 2019, the Federal Circuit held Flow Valve’s reissue claims were invalid for failing to comply with 35 U.S.C. 251(a): “for broadening reissue claims, the specification of the original...more