Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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On July 5, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion vacating the summary judgment of invalidity of U.S. Patent No. 7,604,929 (“the ’929 Patent”) and sent the case back to the District Court for the…
Taylor Swift, a pop star with sufficient power to move mountains, succeeded in moving an equally resolute object last year: Apple Music’s position on paying royalties to recording artists. A year later it is unclear if was the musicians, Apple, or…
Summary Voters in the U.K. recently passed a referendum paving the way for the U.K. to leave the European Union (EU). In response, British Prime Minister David Cameron resigned on Wednesday, July 13, 2016, with Theresa May as his successor. These events…
In an en banc decision on July 12, 2016 in The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc ., the Federal Circuit established the circumstances under which a product manufactured according to product-by-process claims is invalid under the “on sale” bar of 35…
Obvious Combinations Do Not Need to Be Physically Combinable In Allied Erecting and Dismantling Co., Inc. v. Genesis Attachments, LLC , Appeal No. 2015-1533, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s invalidity finding based on obviousness. Genesis…
Patentees suing alleged infringers have learned from a long history of federal district court and Federal Circuit rulings that (paraphrasing the Miranda warning given to criminal suspects) “anything you say [in the patent or during the process of…
Since the America Invents Act (AIA) became effective on September 16, 2012, the Inter-Partes Review (IPR) has drawn significant attention. Additionally, discussion has focused on how the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has become the “patent…
Last week we reported the 2016 top 25 law firms ranked by the number of patent practitioners. This week, our Data Science Team looked at the same raw data for registered patent attorneys and agents to identify the top 25 IP-intensive companies in the U.S.,…
With approximately 50 percent of all US (first or second) marriages ending in divorce, the proper identification and allocation of all marital assets is critical to the post-divorce well being of both spouses. Tangible assets, like bank accounts and real…
This week at Patexia, we analyzed information for all registered patent practitioners in the US. As of July 2016, we found 44,424 registered patent practitioners, of which approximately 25% are registered as patent agents and 75% as patent attorneys. We…
This week, the Patexia Data Science Team analyzed the recent patent litigation data obtained from PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) to understand any trends and identify any anomalies in the data. Although many have suggested that patent…
This Thursday there will be another Patexia IP Matters webinar, this time by Mr. Manny Schecter, Chief patent Counsel of IBM who is going to focus on Alice Case. Mr Schecter's webinar will focus on the aftermath of the Supreme Court decision in the…
