Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Over the last couple of weeks, we have reported the top five firms in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) from the perspectives of volume and performance during the period from 2012 to 2016. This week, we are moving one step further into law firms to identify the…
Last week, we reported on the top five market leaders who represented petitioners and patent owners in Inter-Partes Review (IPR) from 2012 through the end of 2016. While volume offers key measure for activity, another important metric is the quality or…
Written by Peter E. Heuser, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. The Supreme Court’s ruling in Impression Products v. Lexmark will force patentees to get what ‎they can in their initial sale or licensing of patented products in both the U.S. and…
There were many new green patent complaints filed in March and April in the areas of advanced batteries, fuel efficiency, green cleaning solvents, LEDs, smart grid, and solar power. Advanced Batteries Somaltus LLC v. Johnson Outdoors, Inc. On March 14,…
Monday, in a unanimous opinion (Goresuch did not participate), the Supreme Court interpreted the patent venue statute (28 USC s. 1400(b)) to require that the phrase “where the defendant resides” be limited to the defendant’s state of…
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. The big news this week (and it is particularly big news in Tyler and Marshall, Texas) is that the ‎Supreme Court rules that a defendant “resides” for purposes of the patent venue…
Between February and May of this year, IPO , AIPLA and the ABA IP Section have released proposals for amendments to 35 U.S.C. s. 101 to void the Mayo/Alice Rule and to clarify the definition of an “abstract idea” as it relates to…
A new report by the Brookings Institution notes a troubling recent reversal in U.S. green patenting activity. Specifically, the report found that the total number of clean tech patents granted by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office between 2014 and 2016…
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt In Nichia the Circuit affirms the denial of a permanent injunction because Nichia failed to prove irreparable injury. In RecogniCorp the panel throws out as not being directed to patentable subject matter…
Written by Patrick Muffo & Kevin Mahoney , Seyfarth Shaw Every day, companies unknowingly give up intellectual property and trade secrets which they could have otherwise protected with simple processes. Poor R&D policies may not capture patent rights on a…
In a continuing battle between NPE Core Wireless and Apple (in December, Core Wireless won a $7 ‎million verdict in the Northern District of California), the panel affirms a judgment of non-infringement ‎from the E. D. of Texas, where Apple’s…
Last week Docket Navigator delivered a troubling headline regarding a recent District Court decision – “ Invalidity Opinion Delivered After Product Launch No Defense to Willful Infringement. ” As a practitioner who regularly drafts…
