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Month: December 2015
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Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Patent Litigation and Motions to Stay in Light of IPRs, PRGs and CBMs — Leveraging Stays, Understanding Court Treatment, Navigating the Interface of Hatch-Waxman Litigation" on December 10, 2015 from 1:00 to 2:30 pm (EST). Erika H. Arner, Linda J. Thayer, and Jeffrey C. Totten of Finnegan Henderson…
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MCM Portfolio LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Co. (Fed. Cir. 2015) By Andrew Williams — In a decision that likely came as no surprise to anyone, the Federal Circuit upheld the constitutionality of IPR proceedings as provided for by the America Invents Act. With an analysis of two pre-1900 Supreme Court cases (as well as citations to…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Federal Circuit declined to rehear en banc the panel decision in Ariosa v. Sequenom. This decision was not surprising but what may be surprising was that only three judges wrote opinions, one in dissent (Judge Newman) and two concurring with the denial. The first of these was by Judge…
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By Donald Zuhn –- Yesterday, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) sent a letter to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary expressing "strong support" for the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2015 (S. 1890), which was introduced in the Senate in July. A corresponding bill (H.R. 3326) was introduced…
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