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Claims May Bend But Are Not Broken: Judge Locke Rejects Indefiniteness Arguments in Fiber Optic Cables Case

In a patent-infringement case involving fiber-optic-cable assemblies, Magistrate Judge Steven I. Locke (E.D.N.Y.) recently rejected defendants’ arguments that two terms in the patent claims were indefinite under 35 U.S.C. §...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Jury Returns...Returns

Happy New Year! 2021 begins as 2020 ended: mostly without jury trials. Some are determined to change that, however, which brings us to the latest in the saga of Judge Alan Albright’s US District Court for the Western District...more

McDermott Will & Emery

The Latest on Judge Albright’s January Trial

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Readers will recall our coverage of Judge Alan Albright’s re-transfer of an Austin patent case to Waco so that the court could hold a jury trial in January as scheduled. In that case, the defendant has sought mandamus from...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Guest Post -- Reconsidered: The Federal Circuit's Enfish Interpretation of Mayo-Alice

The esteemed authors of Patent Docs have written of the need to reconsider the Federal Circuit's approach to section 101 eligibility, given the court's latest expansion and en-banc vote on subject-matter eligibility in AAM v....more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Is It Time for Federal Circuit to Rethink Its Subject Matter Eligibility Jurisprudence? 

The Federal Circuit's inchoate attempts to fashion a consistent, rational application of the Supreme Court's recent subject matter eligibility jurisprudence, while understandably Herculean in view of the difficulties inherent...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

In Defense of the Federal Circuit: A Response to Judge Wood

The Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, Diane Wood, recently delivered a speech provocatively titled "Is It Time to Abolish the Federal Circuit's Exclusive Jurisdiction in Patent Cases?" While...more

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