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Before Lourie, Chen, and Hughes.
Summary: Unrebutted evidence of non-enablement is sufficient to overcome an invalidity challenge based on a standalone... Read More »
The first quarter of 2021 just ended but several recent trials in Waco, Texas including the famous VLSI Technology vs. Intel, which resulted in a $2.18B verdict... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Wi-LAN Inc. v. Sharp Electronics Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2020-1041, -1043 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 6, 2021)
In this week’s Case of the Week... Read More »
The United Nations considered intellectual property rights to be “like any other property right.” In fact, Article 27 of the Universal Declaration of... Read More »
As of 2021, more than twice the number of data breaches are now being reported than 6 years ago and three times the number of data breaches that occurred in 2010... Read More »
APPLE, INC. v. QUALCOMM, INC.
Before Moore, Reyna, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Apple lacked standing to appeal an IPR... Read More »
It is extremely important not to publicly disclose your invention, for example by including details on your website, before you’ve filed a patent application... Read More »
WI-LAN INC. v. SHARP ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Before Dyk, Taranto, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware... Read More »
Wise words! Innovation is the greatest thing humanity has achieved but if we don’t protect it, there will be less innovation and less people interested in it... Read More »
Last month we released our second annual ITC Intelligence Report. This popular report evaluated and ranked all stakeholders in ITC investigations including attorneys, ... Read More »
Are Continuation Patents Still Viable After a Parent is Cancelled?
Patent families are formed of multiple continuation/divisional filings stemming from the same... Read More »
Joinder Estoppel Revisited
A few weeks back, the federal Circuit handed down a decision in Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc, capping off a complicated procedural... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
In Re: Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Appeal No. 2020-1288 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 25, 2021)
The Federal Circuit issued... Read More »
IN RE: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
Before Prost, Lourie, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board... Read More »
On February 26, 2021, Judge James Donato of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California granted final approval of a proposed $650 million... Read More »
APA Challenge Strikes a Chord
I’ve read a number of articles over the past few days that argue since the mandamus on Fintiv failed in Mylan Laboratories... Read More »
Tomorrow we are releasing our second annual ITC Intelligence Report. This popular report, reviews 335 ITC investigations filed between January 1, 2015 and December... Read More »
DEPUY SYNTHES PRODUCTS, INC. v. VETERINARY ORTHOPEDIC IMPLANT, INC.
Before Prost, Clevenger, and Dyk. Appeal from the Middle District of Florida. ... Read More »
CASE OF THE WEEK
Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Facebook Inc., Appeal Nos. 2019-1688, -1689 (Fed. Cir. Mar. 9, 2021)
In this week’s Case of the Week, Uniloc... Read More »
MYLAN LABS. LTD. v. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, N.V.
Before Newman, Moore, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: The Federal... Read More »