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Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

A Look Ahead: Key Intellectual Property Legal Topics in 2024

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What should in-house counsel be on the lookout for in 2024? As we begin a new year, our attorneys look ahead at intellectual property topics they expect will be trending in 2024. They cover areas including life sciences,...more

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Medical Device Patentee Petitions Supreme Court Regarding On-Sale Bar and Price Quotes

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A medical device patentee has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to save his design patent, related to an introducer sheath handle, from invalidity based on application of the “on-sale” bar, which prohibits patenting an invention...more

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Response to Request for Quote Held Commercial Offer for Sale, and Invention Invalid

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In Junker v. Medical Components, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that a catheter insertion design patent was invalid because the claimed design was offered for sale more than a year before the design patent application was...more

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Article Design Limited to Item Recited in Design Patent Claim

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In In re SurgiSil, LLP, the Federal Circuit held that a claimed design is limited to the particular article of manufacture identified in the claim. In this case, the court held that a design of an earlier tool did not...more

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Federal Circuit Reverses District Court’s Decision Based on On-Sale Bar (Junker v. Medical Components, Inc.)

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On February 10, 2022, in Junker v. Medical Components, Inc., the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Eastern District of Pennsylvania’s grant of summary judgment of no invalidity under the “on-sale bar”...more

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Preliminary Negotiation or Commercial Offer for Sale?

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LARRY G. JUNKER V. MEDICAL COMPONENTS, INC. Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Summary: A letter containing specific delivery conditions,...more

Quarles & Brady LLP

Junker v. Medical Components, Inc.: Pre-filing Offers for Sale Trigger Patent “On-Sale Bar”

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A recent Federal Circuit decision, Junker v. Med. Components, Inc., No. 2021-1649 (Feb. 10, 2022), serves as a warning to prospective filers that making pre-filing offers for sale, or engaging in discussions for future sales,...more

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China Promulgates Fourth Amendment to Patent Law

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On October 17, 2020, the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in China promulgated the fourth amended Patent Law of the People’s Republic of China, which came into force in its original form in 1985, with...more

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MBHB Snippets: A review of developments in Intellectual Property Law - Volume 16, Issue 3

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Avoiding Common IP Pitfalls: What Every Startup Needs to Know - Startup companies often face significant risk and liability with respect to Intellectual Property (IP) on their path to success. The failure to adequately...more

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Federal Circuit Review - December 2013

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Apple Awarded Permanent Injunction - In Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Appeal No. 13-1129, the Federal Circuit vacated denial of a permanent injunction with respect to Apple’s utility patents and affirmed denial...more

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