Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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In the sole precedential patent case decided this week, Flexuspine v. Globus , the Circuit affirms rulings of the district court relating to verdict forms where the verdict form included a “stop” instruction in the event the jury found there to…
The Federal Circuit recently faced a patent marking issue in Arctic Cat Inc. v. Bombardier Recreational Products Inc., [2017-1475] (December 8, 2017). In that case, the patent owner Arctic Cat had previously licensed the patents in suit to Honda. The…
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…
In 2012, Chinese inventors filed more patent applications than those in any other country--including the United States. In a recent Booz & Company report (Ed: now Strategy&) , the authors surveyed many major Chinese and multinational companies to explore…
Patents exist to promote innovation. By granting a federally recognized documents to inventors with a new idea, the government is able to make these ideas public while at the same time protecting the rights of the inventor. This free exchange of…
Is claim construction an issue of law to be decided de novo on appeal, or are there relevant issues of fact, justifying that deference be given to the decisions and opinions of trial courts? The CAFC has recently denied a petition for en banc rehearing of…
The America Invents Act (AIA) has significantly changed the processes available for prosecuting and challenging a patent. In this final section, I will outline these changes. I’ll start by describing electronic filing and prioritized examination.…
This is the middle article of a set of three on the effect of the America Invents Act. The first article discussed the First-Inventor-to-File system changes, the status of an Internet "publication" and the new "micro-entity" for…
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (P.L. 112-29) has changed the patent law landscape more thoroughly than any legislation since the Patent Act of 1952. The First-Inventor-to-File (FITF) provisions of the AIA have received the greatest attention. However,…
