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Saul Ewing LLP

What Intellectual Property Owners Need to Know Today About Obviousness-Type Double Patenting

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What You Need to Know: • Instead of filing multiple applications claiming different aspects of an invention but not sharing a single priority chain, patentees should strive to file highly comprehensive applications that...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

IP Hot Topic: Federal Circuit Affirms Small U.S. Investments Can Satisfy Domestic Industry Requirement

A domestic industry may never be too small so long as the commercial product is 100% American-made according to the latest Federal Circuit opinion. In Wuhan Healthgen Biotech v. ITC, the Federal Circuit affirmed the...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

AI IP Year in Review - Five Key Takeaways from the 2024 House Judiciary Hearing on AI-Assisted Inventions and Creative Works

As companies—and more recently, courts—have struggled to address the role of artificial intelligence (AI) in innovation, legislators are embroiled in a struggle of their own. Over the past two years, the Senate and House have...more

A&O Shearman

Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Decision Regarding DNA Sampling Patent

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On January 6, 2025, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“CAFC”) affirmed the decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) rejecting a challenge to U.S. Patent No. 7,332,277 (“the ‘277...more

Lathrop GPM

How Commercial General Liability Policies’ ‘Coverage B’ Can Help Mitigate IP Losses

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In recent years, intellectual property (IP) claims have been on the rise—patent disputes, infringement claims, unlicensed use of social media content—all often lead to expensive IP litigation. Originally published in...more

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Federal Circuit Provides Guidance On Rule 12(b)(6) Stage Claim Construction

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On October 18, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued a precedential decision addressing claim construction at the Rule 12(b)(6) stage. In UTTO Inc. v. Metrotech Corp., No. 2023-145 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 18,...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Industry Reactions to In re Cellect Decision

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An August 2023 decision from the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals highlighted potential new fragilities in the patent portfolios of many industry giants, especially those in the pharmaceutical industry....more

Kilpatrick

Partial Waiver of District Court Invalidity Challenges not Sufficient to Prevent Denial of IPR Institution

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The PTAB’s precedential Fintiv decision (Apple v. Fintiv, Inc, IPR2020-00019) held that the PTAB could deny institution of an IPR, even within the one year statutory bar, if (1) district court litigation has progressed...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

No Dice for Gaming Patent Under 35 U.S.C. § 101

Over the years, patents have issued on numerous games, including iconic favorites such as Monopoly® (1935), Battleship® (1935), Rubik’s Cube® (1983), Rock'em Sock'em Robots® (1966), Twister® (1969), and Simon® (1979)....more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Intellectual Property Litigation Financing

IP litigation is expensive and risky. A patent owner relies on costly experts and attorneys, and confronts the possibility that the entire case could be dismissed at any point during a lengthy litigation process (likely...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

IP Newsflash - September 2015 #3

DISTRICT COURT CASES - Northern District of California Orders Plaintiff to Pay $1.19 Million in Attorneys' Fees in "Objectively Baseless" IP Case - On Friday, September 11, 2015, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria...more

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