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Category: Federal Circuit
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Despite Amendments during Reexamination, Intervening Rights Not Found By Joseph Herndon — On February 10, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in a case captioned Convolve, Inc., and Massachusetts Institute of Technology v. Compaq Computer Corp., Seagate Technology, Inc., and Seagate Technology, LLC. This case has been before the Federal Circuit previously, and returns…
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By Donald Zuhn — Last month, in Pfizer, Inc. v. Lee, the Federal Circuit determined that the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on the issue of whether the USPTO properly calculated the Patent Term Adjustment for…
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By Joseph Herndon — On February 10, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued a nonprecedential opinion in a case captioned Driessen v. Sony Music Entertainment, Best Buy Stores, Fye, & Target Corp. addressing issues related to means-plus-function claims and written description. While the decision is nonprecedential, it serves as a reminder to provide detailed descriptions of…
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Lesson for Defendant-Appellee's: Provide Responsive Arguments on Appeal By Joseph Herndon — On January 29, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued an Opinion in Avid Technology, Inc. v. Harmonic, Inc. in which the judgment of the District Court was vacated, and the case was remanded for a new trial on infringement. Avid asserted two patents against…
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By Kevin E. Noonan — The Federal Circuit affirmed a decision of obviousness, and that a patentee not be able to amend claims in an inter partes review proceeding, in an opinion handed down January 29th in Illumina Cambridge Ltd. v. Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. The opinion (or rather the description of the Board's procedures and…
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By Andrew Williams — Back in January 2002, when this author was near the beginning of his patent law career, the Federal Circuit handed down the In re Sang-Su Lee case. Among other things, this case provided patent practitioners with support for challenging examiners that failed to identify the evidence on which they were relying. …
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Financial Services Patent Claims Invalid By Joseph Herndon — On January 20, 2016, the Federal Circuit issued an opinion in the case captioned Mortgage Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Services Inc., NYLX, Inc. This case involves patent claims directed to systems and methods for assisting borrowers to obtain loans. Mortgage Grader appealed the District…
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The PTAB at the Federal Circuit — Supplemental Evidence Edition By Andrew Williams — On New Year's Eve, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB's denial of a motion to submit supplemental evidence pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.123(a), notwithstanding the fact that the motion was timely filed and relevant. In Redline Detection, LLC v. Star…
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By Donald Zuhn — After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its ninth annual list of top patent stories. For 2015, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) the greatest impact on patent practitioners and…
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By Donald Zuhn — After reflecting upon the events of the past twelve months, Patent Docs presents its ninth annual list of top patent stories. For 2015, we identified twenty stories that were covered on Patent Docs last year that we believe had (or are likely to have) the greatest impact on patent practitioners and…
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