Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
Federal Circuit Summary Before Reyna, Clevenger, and Wallach . Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Colorado Summary : Even in a simple mechanical case, a narrow disclosure in the specification of a priority application may not…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Prost, Newman, and Lourie . Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTAB) Summary : A limitation that merely claims information by incorporating that information into a mental step or process is not…
In vitro gametogenesis (IVG) is a recent development in reproductive technology, and has been used for creating mouse embryos in vitro. IVG includes obtaining cells from a donor (such as skin cells), and differentiating the cells in a laboratory culture…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Taranto . Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Summary : Claims may be determined patent ineligible on the pleadings where no facts are asserted from…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Reyna, Linn , and Hughes. Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Summary : A corporation incorporated in a state having multiple judicial districts “resides” for…
Federal Circuit Summaries Before Reyna, Bryson , and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : A petitioner in an Inter Partes Review may introduce new evidence not included in its petition if: 1) the evidence is a reply to evidence…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Reyna, Linn , and Hughes. On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the Eastern District of Texas. Summary : Under Federal Circuit law, the plaintiff bears the burden of showing that venue is proper. Further, an arms-length…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Hughes , Reyna, Stoll. Appeal from the District of Minnesota. Summary : Specific personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation is proper when the foreign corporation allegedly commits acts that infringe a U.S. patent on a…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Wallach , O’Malley, and Schall. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : PGR petitioner has standing to appeal PTAB decision, where petitioner intended to file an ANDA for the patented product as soon as…
C AS E OF THE WEEK WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp ., Appeal Nos. 2016-2099, -2100, -2101, -2332, -2333, -2334 (Fed. Cir. May 7, 2018) In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s unpatentability…
Federal Circuit Summary Before NEWMAN , DYK, and STOLL. Appeal from the Northern District of California. Summary : A consumer of a patented product has no standing under the Declaratory Judgment Act to challenge the validity of patents. AIDS…
On April 19, the USPTO released a Memorandum from Robert Bahr, The Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, that summarized the support required for a finding if a claim directed to a judicial exception to s. 101 eligibility under Step 2A of the…
