Patent Law Weblog
Month: July 2014
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By Michael Borella — On April 12, 2013, Segin Software sued Stewart Title and several other parties for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,165,939. The defendants filed a petition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office requesting post-grant review of claims 1-10 of the '939 patent under the Office's transitional program for covered business method…
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By Andrew Williams — Late last month, while many of us were getting ready to attend the BIO International Convention in San Diego, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") issued four related inter partes review opinions, marking what many have called the first set of opinions related to the Pharmaceutical industry. These cases, which…
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By Donald Zuhn — Earlier this month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice in the Federal Register (79 Fed. Reg. 38854) requesting comments from the public regarding optimal patent first action and total pendency target levels. The Office noted that the current targets for first action and total pendency, which were established…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last week, the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA), a trade association representing the U.S. venture capital industry, released the results of its MoneyTree Report on venture funding for the second quarter of 2014. The report, which is prepared by the NVCA and PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP using data from Thomson Reuters, indicates that…
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July 20-22, 2014 – 2014 Annual Meeting & Conference (National Association of Patent Practitioners) – Alexandria, Virginia July 22, 2014 – "America Invents Act: Patent Strategies and Reforms Counsel Needs to Know" (Commercial Law WebAdvisor) – 1:00 to 2:30 pm (Eastern) July 23, 2014 – "Inter Partes Reviews of Pharmaceutical Patents: Understanding How IPRs are…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Inter Partes Reviews of Pharmaceutical Patents: Understanding How IPRs are Changing the Landscape of Innovator/Generic Litigation" on July 23, 2014 beginning at 2:00 pm (ET). Paul Golian of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. will moderate a panel consisting of Aaron Barkoff of McAndrews, Held &…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will be holding its 42nd Annual Meeting on September 7-9, 2014 in Vancouver, Canada. Among the presentations being offered at the annual meeting are: • Recent U.S. Supreme Court Patent Case Law Update• America Invents Act (AIA) Trial Proceedings• Intellectual Property Valuation — A Case Study• Implementation of Section…
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By Andrew Williams — U.S. Representative Lee Terry (R-NE) opened a recent subcommittee meeting by quoting Thomas Edison: "The most certain way to succeed is to try one more time." The occasion was the meeting of the House's Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, for which Rep. Terry is the Chair. …
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By Donald Zuhn — Last month, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register (79 Fed. Reg. 34681) discussing changes to the rules of practice to implement the Federal Circuit's decision in Novartis AG v. Lee. In Novartis, the Federal Circuit agreed with the USPTO that "no…
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By Andrew Williams — In a post from yesterday entitled "Help Improve our AIA Trial Proceedings," Michelle Lee, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, announced on the Director's Forum blog that the USPTO is seeking feedback on Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)…
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