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Even Judges Have a Boss: PTAB Must Sufficiently Articulate its Obviousness Reasoning

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Addressing the sufficiency of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board’s (PTAB) justification of its inter partes review (IPR) determination, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s obviousness...more

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Last Week in the Federal Circuit (July 19-23): Considering Secondary Considerations

As expected, the Senate has voted to confirm Tiffany Cunningham as the Federal Circuit’s newest judge. This makes history, giving the Federal Circuit its first ever Black judge and bringing the Court to gender parity for the...more

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“Blocking Patent” Deterrence Effect May Discount Secondary Considerations for Follow-On Patents

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The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s obviousness determination, finding that a patentee’s exclusive, in-licensed “blocking” patent limited the weight of secondary factors favoring...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Updates - September 2018

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Hyatt v. Pato (No. 2017-1722, 9/24/18) (Reyna, Wallach, Hughes) - Hughes, J. Reversing dismissal for lack of subject matter description stating, “the exclusive jurisdiction of this court and the Eastern Virginia district...more

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