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USPTO’s Proposed Terminal Disclaimer Practice: What Happened and What Comes Next?

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On May 10, 2024, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) published a new proposed rule that would require when a patent applicant submits a terminal disclaimer to obviate non statutory double patenting that...more

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Federal Circuit Emphasizes Role of Filing Dates, Reversing Obviousness-Type Double Patenting Invalidation

In Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., No. 2024-1061 (Fed. Cir. August 13, 2024), the Federal Circuit reversed the District Court of Delaware’s invalidity determination of certain claims of U.S. Patent No....more

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Federal Circuit Limits the Application of Obviousness-Type Double Patenting for Patents in the Same Family

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On August 13, 2024, a three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a decision, authored by Judge Lourie, in Allergan USA, Inc. v. MSN Laboratories Private Ltd., No. 24-1061, which limits the...more

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Are Your Granted Patents in Danger of a Post-Grant Double Patenting Challenge?

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Patent owners need to be wary of the pitfalls when attempting to procure follow on patents to an existing technology. It could turn out your own patents could be used against others in the portfolio to render them invalid or...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Updates - January 2018

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Core Wireless Licensing v. LG Electronics, Inc. (No. 2016-2684, 2017-1922, 1/25/18) (Moore, O'Malley, Wallach) - Moore, J. Affirming judgment that patent claims directed to improved display interfaces for electronic...more

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