Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Written by Caleb A. Bates, Ph.D. and Agnes Juang, Ph.D. On January 12, 2017, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an opinion affirming the judgement that Eli Lilly’s U.S. Patent No. 7,772,209 (“the ’209 Patent”)…
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt In Metalcraft , the Circuit affirms a preliminary injunction based largely on the patentee’s proof that it ‎would be impossible to quantify damages ‎caused by loss of potentially-lifelong…
I have both been busy since the holiday season and frankly, uninspired by the case law that has appeared on the scene. Who can be enraptured by the fine points of standing when we are all speculating about whether Michelle Lee still has a job – along…
In Intendis v Glenmark , the Federal Circuit affirmed a finding of infringement under the doctrine of equivalents based on statements made by Glenmark to the FDA. The issue was whether isopropyl myristate in Glenmark’s formulation was equivalent to…
The revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure contain changes that may impact patent litigation at the district court level. The revised rules went into effect on December 1, 2015. The revised rules were approved by the United States Supreme Court in April…
A main goal of the patent system is to incentivize innovation within an economy. Investment in the research and development of inventions can be substantial. Without some form of recompense for the time and money spent on research for a particular…
A certain patent-holding company wants to enforce its patent--that is, prevent another company from making and selling the invention described in that patent. That company has a few choices, the first and most obvious being the US district courts. In the…
Nokia, RIM, Motorola, Google, Apple and Samsung. In 2012, they captured our imaginations by pushing the boundaries of mobile technology and our media attention by fighting tooth-and-nail over intellectual property. We’ve finally emerged from the year…
When Google purchased Motorola earlier this year, their intent to monopolize on Motorola's well-established patent portfolio was clear. As a result, Google's August move to file for an injunction with the International Trade Commission against…
Question: what parts of the US government are most concerned with patents? Easy answer: the USPTO. Extra credit if you named the Federal District Courts, the venue for patent disputes. In the past, those might have been the only answers, but you'll now…
Nokia has sold off over 450 patents to Sisvel, a company infamous in tech circles for aggressive action against IP ‘infringers’ -- up to and including getting German police to raid booths at trade shows. Obviously a patent troll of the worst…
On Dec 19, 2011, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled in Apple v HTC. In the original complaint, Apple had claimed that HTC (currently the largest vendor of smartphones in the US market) was infringing 10 Apple patents with their imports of…
