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Patent Poetry: Definitions in Patent Incorporated by Reference Don’t Invalidate Patent

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The Federal Circuit has ruled that the definition of a claim term in a patent incorporated by reference into the patent at issue doesn’t limit the claims in the patent at issue. In Finjan LLC v. ESET, LLC, Finjan sued...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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Federal Circuit Review - October 2019

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The PTAB Cannot Approve or Deny Certificates of Correction - In Honeywell International, Inc. v. Arkema Inc., Arkema France, Appeal Nos. 2018-1151, -1153, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“Board”) does not have the...more

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Louisiana Federal Court Rules Information in Patent Application Remains Actionable Trade Secret Under DTSA

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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana recently held that, under the Defend Trade Secrets Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1836, et seq., information included in a patent application remains an actionable...more

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Incomplete Hybridization: Lack of Enablement Found Where Claims Encompass Thousands of Possibilities

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Finding that the number of possible embodiments that could fit within the limitations of the asserted claims numbered in the “tens of thousands,” the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the claims were not...more

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A Patent Application Does Not Bar a DTSA Claim Update

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In Cajun Services Unlimited, LLC v. Benton Energy Service Company, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana denied a motion for summary judgment and held that material in a patent application can remain...more

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Summary Judgment Motions Regarding Written Description And Enablement Are Denied

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Plaintiff filed this action to review the final decision and judgment of the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences. Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment that its priority date with respect to the count is no later...more

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Patent Term Adjustment of Parent Application Does Not Extend to Continuation Applications - Hossein Mohsenzadeh v. Michelle K. Lee

Addressing for the first time whether a patent term adjustment in a parent application is applicable to continuing applications, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court’s summary judgment...more

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