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[Webinar] Strategic Use of the ITC as a Complainant - September 13th, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT

Directors Daniel E. Yonan, Uma N. Everett, and Josephine Kim will present the webinar "Strategic Use of the ITC as a Complainant" on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at 1:00 PM (EDT). During the webinar, our presenters will...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights Newsletter - May 2023: Kyocera and the Brewing Debate Over Expert Qualifications at the PTAB

Technical experts play a key role in patent litigation, including in PTAB litigation. Indeed, experts are often the only witnesses to provide testimony in PTAB proceedings, and final written decisions often hinge on which...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2022 Decisions

As part of the recovery from the global COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit took steps to return to normal operations. It began requiring live oral arguments in August 2022 and, by November,...more

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2021 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Love it or hate it, ignore the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at your peril. The introduction of the PTAB as part of the America Invents Act over ten years ago has forever changed...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2021 Decisions

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Last year, the continued global COVID-19 pandemic forced American courts to largely continue the procedures set in place in 2020. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was no...more

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Proposed SECRETS Act of 2021: What To Know

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There has been a recent increase in the volume of complaints filed with the International Trade Commission – to be specific, in complaints alleging misappropriation of trade secrets and their unauthorized use in imports to...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2021: What Court Stipulations Persuade the PTAB in Petitioners’ and Patent Owners’ Favor on...

Petitioners and Patent Owners alike have started filing stipulations in district court and at the International Trade Commission to leverage the Fintiv factors in their favor on the issue of discretionary denial at the Patent...more

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PTAB Strategies and Insights - July 2021

[co-author: Jay Bober, Summer Associate] The PTAB Strategies and Insights newsletter provides timely updates and insights into how best to handle proceedings at the USPTO. It is designed to increase return on investment for...more

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Federal Circuit Appeals from the PTAB and ITC: Summaries of Key 2020 Decisions

[co-author: Kathleen Wills] Last year, the global COVID-19 pandemic created unprecedented challenges for American courts. By making several changes, however, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit was able to...more

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ITC 337 Quarterly Insider Q2 2020

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Goodwin’s 337 Quarterly Insider remains the premiere publicly available source for keeping up to date on all meaningful decisions coming out of the Commission. Please find below Goodwin’s insights on the months of April, May,...more

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ALJ Cites to Ground Rules and Requires Parties to Focus Case Theories

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In a recently issued order, ALJ McNamara relied on her Ground Rules to require the parties to limit their cases and focus on their best theories. Certain Rotating 3-D Lidar Devices, Components Thereof and Sensing Systems...more

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International Trade Commission ALJ Holds that Relying on Pre-Suit Testing Waives Privilege Protection

A recent order from International Trade Commission Administrative Law Judge Elliott provides helpful guidance regarding a common ITC discovery dispute: whether a party may withhold from discovery as work product pre-suit test...more

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ITC’s Trademark Decisions May Have Preclusive Effect, After All

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The Federal Circuit recently vacated part of its decision from three months ago, which held that “the Commission’s trademark decisions, like its patent decisions, do not have preclusive effect.” We reported on that decision....more

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ITC Excludes Expert Testimony for Violation of Ground Rules

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In a recently issued order, ALJ Lord granted-in-part and denied-in-part Respondents’ motion in limine to exclude certain testimony of Complainants’ expert. Certain Radio Frequency Microneedle Dermatological Treatment Devices...more

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ITC Does Not Strictly Enforce the Daubert Standard for Expert Testimony

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In a recently issued pair of orders, ALJ Lord denied both Respondents’ and Complainants’ motions in limine to exclude certain expert testimony. Certain Radio Frequency Microneedle Dermatological Treatment Devices and...more

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ITC Refuses to Include in Exhibits An Email Not Timely Produced During Discovery

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On April 8, 2019, ALJ Cheney issued an order denying the addition of an email to the exhibit list at the eve of the evidentiary hearing. Certain Strontium-Rubidium Radioisotope Infusion Systems, and Components Thereof...more

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ITC Permits Addition of Invalidity Defense Previously Raised By Terminated Respondent

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Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) McNamara’s recent order suggests that respondents may be permitted to add defenses if another respondent makes the complainant aware of the defense during discovery. See In the Matter of...more

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Disputed Material Facts Snap Complainant’s Motion for Summary Determination of Economic Prong of Domestic Industry

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In a recent order, ALJ McNamara denied Complainant SnapPower’s motion for summary determination that it satisfies the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement of 19 U.S.C. § 1337(a)(3). In re Certain Powered Cover...more

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An Important Reminder: Failure To Strictly Follow Ground Rules In ITC Can Have Harsh Consequences

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Citing gamesmanship and a failure to follow the Ground Rules, Chief Administrative Law Judge (“ALJ”) Bullock recently issued an opinion striking portions of Complainant’s expert report. Certain Blow-Molded Bag-In-Container...more

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Commission Cleans Up Remedies for Robotic Vacuum Cleaners

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While it is well understood that the ITC can issue an exclusion order to stop the importation of articles found to infringe a patent, it is not as well known that such orders can also prevent certain domestic activities. A...more

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Federal Circuit Affirms Trade Conference Catalog Qualifies As Prior Art

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On September 13, 2018, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) that the claims in U.S. Patent 8,714,977 (the ‘977 patent) are unpatentable as...more

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Federal Circuit Upholds Trade Show Catalog As Prior Art in Nobel Biocare Servs. AG v. Instradent USA, Inc.

Recently in Nobel Biocare Services AG v. Instradent USA, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the Board”) in an inter partes review (“IPR”)...more

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Diebold Nixdorf, Inc. v. ITC

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Federal Circuit Summary - Before Prost, Bryson, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”). Summary: Evidence intrinsic to a patent may be sufficient to overcome the presumption...more

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Establishing Domestic Industry Based on Future Products

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In a recent order, ALJ Bullock indicated that it is unsettled whether evidence related to unreleased products can be used to establish that a domestic industry exists. As a result, he denied respondent’s motion to strike...more

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Instructional Materials Not Always Sufficient to Show Induced Infringement

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In a recent Initial Determination, Administrative Law Judge Shaw concluded that the Complainant’s reliance on marketing and instructional materials was not sufficient to prove inducement of infringement of a claimed method....more

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