President-elect Donald Trump has made several recent statements concerning his intention to exercise his authority as President to raise tariffs unilaterally on goods from China, from Mexico and Canada (Washinton Post,...more
In Sawstop Holding LLC v. Vidal the Federal Circuit confirmed what many practitioners suspected— the Patent and Trademark Office will only award a patent term adjustment to offset a delay caused by appellate review of a...more
GILBERT P. HYATT v. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE - Before Moore, Prost, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - Summary: For a patent application filed but not yet...more
A Post-URAA Patent that Issues After but Expires Before a Related Pre-URAA Patent Is Not a Double-Patenting Reference Against the Pre-URAA Patent - In Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Breckenridge Pharmaceutical Inc.,...more
Case Name: Novartis Pharms. Corp v. Breckenridge Pharm. Inc., No. 2017-2173, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 34462 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 7, 2018) (Circuit Judges Prost, Wallach, and Chen; Opinion by Chen, J.) (Appeal from D. Del., Andrews,...more
Federal Circuit Summary - Before Moore, Chen, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Obviousness-type double patenting does not invalidate an otherwise validly...more