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Supreme Court on Patent Law for October 2022

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A quick recap: Despite dozens of interesting and important cases, the Supreme Court denied all petitions for writ of certiorari for the 2021-2022 term. The most anticipated case last year was the 101 eligibility petition regarding automobile drive shaft manufacturing process.

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An Opinion on Chief Judge Moore’s Reported Unprecedented Effort to Remove Judge Newman

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by David Hricik, Mercer Law School As has been reported by Dennis on the main page, by Gene Quinn on IP Watchdog ( here ), and by various media I am seeing, Chief Judge Moore reportedly threatened Judge Newman with a petition to remove Judge Newman as incompetent to carry out her duties unless Judge Newman agreed to take senior status.

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Rethinking enablement: Court grants cert in Amgen v. Sanofi

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On Friday, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on two petitions raising intellectual property issues, including the closely-watched enablement case Amgen v. Amgen petitioned the Supreme Court for review, extensively citing the Karshtedt/Seymore/Lemley article. . By Jason Rantanen. The other case is a Abitron Austria GmbH v.

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Patent Eligibility Jurisprudence

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The following comes from the Notice: Since 2017, the Federal Circuit has issued numerous decisions applying the Supreme Court’s legal framework in a variety of contexts, and many petitions for writ of certiorari have been filed. In particular, the Government highlighted the then-pending certiorari petition in Athena Diagnostics, Inc.

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PTAB Updates and Expands the Director Review Process and Offers Transparency in Ex parte Appeals

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The Delegated Rehearing Panel (DRP) will review Board institution and final written decisions in AIA trials. The memo includes a discussion of the following topics, among others: Instances where the Board will not decide all appealed issues. After the Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Arthrex, Inc. ,

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2021 Post-Grant Report

Fish & Richardson Trademark & Copyright Thoughts

The Director’s de novo review yields no deference to the panel’s decision, a stark contrast to the rehearing procedure, which is limited to issues “the Board misapprehended or overlooked,” 37 C.F.R. Unlike rehearing, Director review is not available for non-final decisions or institution decisions. Download a PDF. Table of Contents.

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Fish Principals Author Law360 Article, “USPTO Director Review Is A Rare Remedy After Arthrex“

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The director’s de novo review yields no deference to the board’s decision, a notable distinction from the rehearing procedure, which is limited to issues “the Board misapprehended or overlooked.”[5]. Likewise, as with rehearing, the interim procedures do not reserve briefing for the nonrequesting party.

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