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Patexia Insight 100: Patents Down in 2020 and the downtrend May Continue
Last year we wrote about the impact of the pandemic on the US patent activity and the patent prosecution practice (Patexia Insight 79). We estimated a drop of 2 to 4 percent in the...
Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases
CASE OF THE WEEK John Bean Technologies Corporation v. Morris & Associates, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1090, -1148 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2021) Our Case of the Week this week focuses on ...
You Missed a Spot: The PTAB Should Consider All Presented Arguments and Evidence in Obviousness Determinations
CANFIELD SCIENTIFIC, INC. v. MELANOSCAN, LLC Before Newman, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: The PTAB’s refusal to consider...
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CASE OF THE WEEK
John Bean Technologies Corporation v. Morris & Associates, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2020-1090, -1148 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 19, 2021)
Our Case of the... Read More »
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Amgen Inc. v. Sanofi, Appeal No. 2020-1074 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 11, 2021)
In this week’s Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit affirmed a... Read More »
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M & K Holdings, Inc. v. Samsung Elect. Co., Ltd., Appeal No. 2020-1160 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 1, 2021)
In only its third precedential patent... Read More »
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General Electric Co. v. Raytheon Techs. Corp., Appeal No. 2019-1319 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 23, 2020)
In one of two precedential opinions this week... Read More »
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In re: Nitro Fluids L.L.C., Appeal No. 2020-142 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 28, 2020)
In the Court’s only precedential patent opinion this week... Read More »
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Immunex Corp. v. Sandoz Inc., Appeal No. 2020-1037 (Fed. Cir. July 1, 2020)
In this Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act case, the... Read More »
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In re Ron Maatita, Appeal No. 2017-2037 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 20, 2018)
In an appeal from an examiner’s rejection, the Federal Circuit... Read More »
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Click-to-Call Technologies, LP v. Ingenio, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1242 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 16, 2018)
In an appeal of an inter partes review... Read More »
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Aatrix Software, Inc. v. Green Shades Software, Inc., Appeal No. 2017-1452 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 2018)
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Berkheimer v. HP Inc., Appeal ... Read More »
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Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 2016-1249 (Fed. Cir. Feb. 20, 2018)
In Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Google LLC, the Federal Circuit upheld... Read More »
