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Expert Witness Patents Summary Judgment

Smart & Biggar

Federal Court continues recent trend of granting summary judgment in appropriate patent proceedings

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In a recent decision, Flatwork Technologies LLC v Brierley (2020 FC 997), the Federal Court granted summary judgment in favour of the Plaintiff, Flatwork Technologies, LLC (Flatwork), in respect of its patent impeachment...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

HVLPO2, LLC v. Oxygen Frog, LLC (Fed. Cir. 2020)

Expert witness testimony is a frequent (almost ubiquitous) feature of patent litigation, if only because questions of the state of the art or the understanding of one having ordinary skill in the art are almost always at...more

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District Court deference to PTAB regarding priority claim? Not necessarily.

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In instituting IPR of a particular patent, the PTAB found that the patent was not entitled to its priority claim, thus opening it up to invalidity attacks. However, because the PTAB’s decision was not being challenged in the...more

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Judge Forrest authorizes depositions of declarants to support defendant’s motion for summary judgment

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Following defendant Monster’s filing of a motion for summary judgment, the patentee provided declarations by two expert witnesses in opposition. Monster noticed depositions of these experts, but the patentee moved for a...more

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Don't Rely On Your Expert's Speculation To Save You From Summary Judgment

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Just because an expert says something is so doesn't mean that it is. That's the lesson of Judge Gale's ruling last week in Carter v. Clements Walker. He rejected the evidentiary value of an expert's report stating that...more

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Experts In Patent Cases: Getting The Most Out Of Your Star Witness

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In This Issue: - Introduction - Selecting the Right Expert(s) ..The Testifying Expert ..Non-Testifying “Supporting” Experts - Fed. R. Civ. 26 Rules Governing Interactions Between Counsel and Experts ...more

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