IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Earlier this year, the European Patent Office (EPO) updated some of its Guidelines for Examination in a way that potentially could affect U.S. patent litigation. Guideline F-IV 4.3 particularly focuses on the form, contents, and clarity of the claims.

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Patent Trademark Blog

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What is a patent application attorney (patent prosecutor) versus a patent litigator? Patent practitioners generally fall under one of two practice areas: 1) patent litigation, or 2) patent prosecution. Are patent litigators required to be registered to practice before the USPTO?

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IP Law 360

APRIL 19, 2024

With the Federal Circuit recently denying a full court review of In re: Cellect, a decision regarding obviousness-type double-patenting, affected patent family holders should evaluate their rights through both patent prosecution and future litigation lenses to minimize risks, say Austin Lorch and Jeff Wolfson at Haynes and Boone.

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JD Supra Law

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Patent practitioners of all stripes should take heed of the recent decision by the U.S. The decision has direct implications for strategies in patent portfolio management, patent prosecution, patent litigation, and transactions involving patent assets. Federal Circuit in In re Cellect.

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LexBlog IP

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Miller provides guidance to legal departments that are responsible for maintaining a global patent portfolio. Summarized in five tips for in-house counsel, Miller looks at ways to maximize patent filings to save time and money. It begins with “universal” patent application disclosures. The firm also ranks No.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 13, 2024

On May 10, 2024, the USPTO issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that proposes major changes to terminal disclaimer practice that could greatly affect both patent prosecution and patent litigation strategies.

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JD Supra Law

MAY 11, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office requires that patent specifications include a written description of the technology that is sought to be patented. Not just a concern for patent prosecution, the written description requirement also impacts litigation strategy.

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The IPKat

SEPTEMBER 23, 2022

The winds of a busy Belgian court term blows through the IPKat's wild ancestor's mane (c) Christopher Stothers 'Tis the season for a look at the cases that were in 2021 from around Europe and what they mean for the IP litigation themes in those jurisdictions now that the dust has settled in 2022. A new prohibition on double patenting?

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Patently-O

AUGUST 8, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Mikey Campbell: Apple Challenges Patent Troll Targeting Maps Navigation (Source: Apple Insider). Blake Brittain: Apple Must Face Apple Watch Patent Claims, Fed Circ. Susan Decker and Matthew Bultman: Apple Sinks ‘Submarine Patent,’ Escapes $308.5 New Job Postings on Patently-O: Lilly.

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Patently-O

MARCH 13, 2022

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Blake Brittain: Patent Judge Leaves U.S. Angus Liu : Roche Settles Lawsuit Claiming AstraZeneca’s Ultomiris Infringes Delivery Patent (Source: Fierce Pharma). Solomon Israel: Court Tosses Canopy Cannabis Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against GW Pharma (Source: MJ Biz Daily). Source: USPTO.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JUNE 14, 2022

Moritz Ammelburg and Peter Fasse examine the patentability requirements and prosecution schemes in the US and Europe and how applicants can prepare applications that will best serve their needs in both jurisdictions. However, different countries have different patentability requirements and prosecution schemes, and these differences.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 22, 2021

and International Patents for the Treatment Of Alcohol and Opioid Use Disorders Using AD04 (Source: Yahoo Finance). Daisuke Wakabayashi: Google Infringed on Patents Owned by Sonos, a Trade Judge Says (Source: The New York Times). Stephen Nellis: Jury Awards Optis $300 Million in Second Patent Trial Against Apple (Source: Reuters).

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JD Supra Law

MARCH 29, 2023

Supreme Court is considering whether an Amgen patent is invalid for not meeting the enablement requirements of Section 112(a). It claims antibodies by functional antigen binding and does not disclose the full range of antibody sequences. By: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 20, 2023

For example, receiving compensation from those who use patented designs without permission often requires patent owners (e.g., inventors) to send cease and desist letters, file complaints in federal district court, and at times endure patent litigation to its completion.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 14, 2023

finding the patentee failed to include plausible allegations of infringement of any claims from the patents-in-suit. Patent Nos. The motion levels a number of accusations against the funder of the litigation campaign (AiPi) and its cofounder Eric Morehouse. 8,327,442 ; 9,438,614; 9,503,470; and 11,171,974.

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IP Watchdog

JUNE 19, 2023

The impact of the long-awaited launch of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) is hard to overstate. While litigators and patent portfolio managers are immediately feeling the impact in Europe, surprisingly, they should also expect an impact on information disclosure statement (IDS) strategy for U.S. patent applications.

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Patently-O

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Blake Brittain: Senators Slam Albright Over ‘Extreme Concentration’ of Patent Cases (Source: Reuters). Smart & Biggar: Supreme Court of Canada Denies Leave Regarding Lisdexamfetamine Patent Decision (Source: JD Supra). New Job Postings on Patently-O: Daikin NA. Source: WIPO.

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The IPKat

DECEMBER 7, 2021

A decade ago, patent trolls were all the rage in the patent world. If there was a rock-star matter in the patent world, it was the debate over trolls. It got this Kat to wonder: has patent trolling become such an ""oh so yesterday" subject? Patent Trolls, ?nd Patent trolling 2021—yes, no, or maybe?

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Patently-O

JULY 23, 2022

Richard Lawler: Supreme Court Rejects Apple’s Bid To Continue Fighting Over Two Qualcomm Patents (Source: The Verge). David Phelan: Apple To Transform Apple Pencil 3 In Huge Upgrade, Patent Reveals (Source: Forbes). New Job Postings on Patently-O: Neustel Law Offices, LTD. Dority & Manning – Patent Attorney or Agent.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

OCTOBER 4, 2022

in the Eastern District of Texas for infringement of six patents generally related to acoustic noise suppression functionalities. [1] Samsung argued that there were potential witnesses from non-party Samsung Research America (“SRA”), three of the five named inventors, prosecution counsel for the patents, and third-party AliphCom in the NDCA.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Discovery in patent cases often requires parties to produce confidential technical, business, and financial information. Can confidential information learned during litigation be used to draft better patent claims? Oftentimes, parties will seek more explicit protections in a patent case.

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Patently-O

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

Recent Headlines in the IP World: Kate O’Flaherty: Apple Patent Hints At Ground-Breaking New AirPods Feature (Source: Forbes). Ben Lovejoy: Ericsson Trying to Ban Reselling in Brazil; Apple Tries to Invalidate Ericsson Patents (Source: 9to5 Mac). Billion Caltech Patent Case (Source: Reuters). Crowell & Moring LLP.

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IP Watchdog

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Specifically, the CAFC said the district court erred by relying heavily on the patent prosecution history statements for a related patent that had been cited in the information disclosure statement (IDS) during supplemental examination of one of the patents-in-suit to inform its construction of the term in question.

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Patently-O

AUGUST 27, 2023

The case sets significant precedent in linking FCA claims to patent prosecution and fraud upon the patent office. However, the FCA also contains a “public disclosure bar” to prevent opportunistic litigation by relators who do not contribute any original information. Allergan, Inc. , 21-15420, — F.4th

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IP Law 360

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Attorneys at Holland & Knight offer tips for patent prosecution professionals and litigators regarding claims of performance criteria and product attributes that can trigger invalidity under the two-step Alice test.

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IP Watchdog

JANUARY 15, 2023

Patent and Trademark Office’s (USPTO’s) new Commissioner for Patents, Vaishali Udupa. She replaces Acting Commissioner for Patents Andrew Faile, who served in that role since January 2021 and who will be retiring from the agency after 33 years upon Udupa’s installation as commissioner.

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Patently-O

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Zachary Silbersher is a NY Patent Attorney. The allegation was that Allergan fraudulently obtained patents covering Alzheimer’s drug treatments with the result of inflated Medicare drug prices. Here, the basis of Silbersher claim stem from the prosecution history files of the Allergan patent applications.

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Patently-O

DECEMBER 5, 2023

by Dennis Crouch I’m excited that my next patent-law event will be the IP CLE Conference, January 7-10, 2024 at the Viewline in Snowmass, Colorado. Judge Stoll will separately join Erika Arner (Finnegan) for what looks to be an interesting discussion on IPR/Infringement litigation interplay.

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IP Law 360

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Daikin, holding that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board disregarded prior art teachings in deciding that claims were obvious, reveals how the teaching-away and commercial-success doctrines provide strong arguments to overcome obviousness during patent prosecution or litigation, say attorneys at BCLP.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JULY 9, 2021

Megan Chacon focuses her practice on complex patent litigation across a wide range of technologies. She currently represents Gilead Sciences, one of the largest and most well-known biotechnology companies in the world, in multiple patent litigation matters. Crystal Culhane draws upon her Ph.D.

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IP Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

for infringement of the ‘197 patent under the Hatch-Waxman Act, but the district court found that the Belcher Chief Science Officer withheld material information from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) during patent prosecution, and the CAFC affirmed. 9,283,197 unenforceable.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2021

The new principals in the firm’s Litigation Group are Matthew Colvin (Dallas); Kelly Allenspach Del Dotto (Delaware); Nitika Gupta Fiorella (Delaware); Conrad A. Matthew Colvin represents clients in complex intellectual property litigation, as well as commercial litigation and Hatch-Waxman matters. Gosen (Twin Cities); Andrew G.

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Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

JANUARY 5, 2022

Newly promoted principals for 2022 are: Michael Ballanco focuses his practice on all aspects of patent infringement matters at the trial and appellate level. and foreign patent prosecution and counseling in the technology areas of bioinformatics, mobile communications, e-commerce, database, and data processing.

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SpicyIP

APRIL 7, 2024

Significantly, the agreement requires India to make substantive changes to its provision obligating a patent applicant to furnish information about their foreign applications corresponding to their application in India. She has been working in the field of access to medicines, patents and IP for more than a decade.

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SpicyIP

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

The nuances of Section 3(d) continue to plague and please litigants, depending on which side of it they end up falling. Patent applications are often filed as soon as a potential invention is noticed, while clinical trials take years to complete.

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Patently-O

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The USPTO is seeking comments on “the state of patent eligibility jurisprudence” and how eligibility law impacts both innovation and investment-in-innovation. and (2) Is patent eligibility a question of law for the court or a question of fact for the jury? The deadline for submissions is October 15, 2021. Berkheimer, No.

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The IP Law Blog

JULY 15, 2021

CLS Bank Int’l , which involve the limits on patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § For example, in Alice, the court stated “[t]he ‘abstract ideas’ category embodies the longstanding rule that an idea of itself is not patentable.” Patent attorneys and inventors are often left to guess whether a particular invention is patent-eligible.

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