by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | PATENT INFRINGEMENT, Uncategorized
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...
by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | ENABLEMENT, Uncategorized
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...
by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | PATENT, PATENT PROSECUTION, Uncategorized
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....
by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | PATENT, PATENT INFRINGEMENT, PATENT LITIGATION, Uncategorized
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,...
by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | PATENT, PATENT LITIGATION, PATENT PROSECUTION, Uncategorized
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...
by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | LEGISLATION, Uncategorized
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...
