Commil v. Cisco: Whether a good-faith belief of invalidity negates the intent requirement for induced infringement
Commil v. Cisco: Whether a good-faith belief of invalidity negates the intent requirement for induced infringement On December 5, 2014, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Commil USA v. Cisco Systems to decide whether a defendant’s good-faith belief of patent...
Promega v. Life Technologies: A Higher Enablement Standard for “Comprising” Not within the Preamble of the Claim
Promega v. Life Technologies: A Higher Enablement Standard for “Comprising” Not within the Preamble of the Claim On December 15, 2014, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Promega Corp. v. Life Technologies Corp.,” reversed the district court’s...
NON-U.S. RESIDENTS REPRESENT ROUGHLY 50% OF USPTO APPLICANTS
NON-U.S. RESIDENTS REPRESENT ROUGHLY 50% OF USPTO APPLICANTS The United States Patent and Trademark Office released its FY 2014 Performance and Accountability Report and reported that 50.9% of the patent applications filed at the office in 2014 came from non-U.S....
Teva v. Sandoz: The New Standard of Review In Claim Construction
Teva v. Sandoz: The New Standard of Review In Claim Construction In Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., the Supreme Court addressed the question of what the standard of review should be for patent claim construction. In its decision on January 20, 2015,...
In the First Ever Inter Partes Review Appeal, The Federal Circuit Sides with the PTAB & USPTO
In the First Ever Inter Partes Review Appeal, The Federal Circuit Sides with the PTAB & USPTO On February 4, 2015, the United States Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit issued its decision in the first appeal of a final decision by the Patent Trial and Appeal...
Effective Patent Litigation Reform Could Enhance Patent System
Effective Patent Litigation Reform Could Enhance Patent System Fifty-One prominent intellectual property thought leaders delivered the following letter to the United States Congress today in which they urged Congress to address the failings of the current patent...
The Senate Introduces Pro-Patentee Legislation with the STRONG Patents Act
The Senate Introduces Pro-Patentee Legislation with the STRONG Patents Act On March 3, 2015, Senators Chris Coons (D-DE), Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mazie Hirono (D-HI) submitted The Support Technology and Research for Our Nations Growth Patents Act (“STRONG Patents...
Professors Pen Letter to Congress Expressing Concern Over Patent Reform
Professors Pen Letter to Congress Expressing Concern Over Patent Reform On March 10, 2015, 40 law professors and economists wrote to congress urging caution over the data behind recent patent reform. Primarily, the scholars expressed “deep concerns with the many...
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