Year: 2020
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Bereskin & Parr will be offering a presentation entitled "Primed for AI – the basics of artificial intelligence and machine learning" on May 13, 2020 from 12:00 to 1:00 pm (EDT). Paul Horbal and Paul Blizzard of Bereskin & Parr will discuss the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies using only…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Last week, the Federal Circuit "grappled," as the opinion put it, with the equitable doctrine of assignor estoppel in Hologic, Inc. v. Minerva Surgical, Inc. The case arose in an infringement suit over U.S. Patent Nos. 6,782,183 and 9,095,348. The patents were directed to "procedures and devices for endometrial ablation." …
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By Michael Borella — Uniloc, owner of U.S. Patent No. 6,993,049, brought an action for infringement of that patent against LG in the Northern District of California. The District Court granted LG's motion to dismiss on the pleadings, agreeing with LG that the claims were directed to patent-ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. …
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Federal Circuit continued its explication of the standing issue for unsuccessful petitioners in inter partes review (see "Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2020)") in Pfizer Inc. v. Chugai Pharmaceuticals Co. The case arose over IPRs initiated by Pfizer against Chugai's U.S. Patent Nos. 7,332,289 and…
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Claims Directed to Selecting Fishing Hooks for Use Are Not Patentable By Joseph Herndon — Christopher John Rudy, represented pro se, appealed from a decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("Board") affirming the rejection of claims 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, and 45–49 of U.S. Patent Application No. 07/425,360 ("the '360 application") as…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — Last week, the Federal Circuit had the occasion to address anew the requirements for standing to appeal an adverse decision of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review proceeding under Article III of the Constitution, in Argentum Pharmaceuticals LLC v. Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. The appeal arose…
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May 5, 2020 – "How to develop and maintain a world-class patent portfolio" (LexisNexis, PatentSight, and iam) – 10:00 am (EDT) May 6, 2020 – "Managing Trade Secrets During the Pandemic — Widespread Working From Home and Economic Meltdown" (Intellectual Property Owners Association) – 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET) May 6, 2020 – "Marketing and…
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Highlights from the Field: Current IP developments in China" on May 7, 2020 from 9:00 to 10:30 am (ET). Michael Mangelson, senior counsel for China IP, USPTO Office of Policy and International Affairs and former IP attaché at the U.S. Consulate, Shanghai; Duncan…
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The Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a remote program entitled "Patents in the Time of COVID-19: How the Crisis is Shaping IP, Innovation, and Access to Medicine Now, and for the Future" on May 7, 2020 from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm (EST). Ute Kilger of Boehmert & Boehmert will moderate a…
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The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "Defining the PTAB: Click to Call and Windy City" on May 7, 2020 at 1:00 pm (CDT). Gregory Castanias of Jones Day, Dennis Crouch of the University of Missouri School of Law, and Scott McKeown of Ropes & Gray LLP will untangle the…
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