Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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Happy New Year! This morning, we released our first ITC Intelligence Report , where we looked at more than 7,000 attorneys, 400 law firms and 1,600 companies, measured their performance and activity over the last six years. In 2020, we plan to expand our…
TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD. v. ITC Before Lourie, Dyk, and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. International Trade Commission. Summary: Consistent description in the specification of a particular embodiment as the inventive aspect solving a problem in the…
A few months ago, we wrote about the importance of the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) Section 337 Investigation, and some of its advantages that can make it an effective battleground compared to district court litigation ( Patexia Insight 65 ).…
GUANGDONG ALISON HI-TECH CO. V. ITC Before Wallach, Hughes, and Stoll . Appeal from United States International Trade Commission. Summary : A term of degree is not indefinite so long as the written description provides objective boundaries. Aspen Aerogels,…
A couple of weeks ago, we reported the quarterly numbers for patent litigation. To our surprise, we noticed a 22 percent jump in district court patent litigation in Q2 compared to Q1 of 2019 ( Patexia Insight 64 ). This happened after several consecutive…
ITC Staff Attorney Not Bound by Estoppel Plaintiffs are painfully aware of the Patent Trial & Appeal Board (PTAB) and its potential to derail a patent litigation. Indeed, post-SAS patent owners facing motions to stay pending PTAB review are left with even…
International Trade Commission The ITC has issued a series of new rules applying to all Section 337 investigations instituted after June 7, 2018. Although the overall impact of these new rules is not yet known, attorneys will find the following four…
On January 12, 2018, Judge David P. Shaw issued an order denying Complainant Wirtgen America, Inc.’s (“Wirtgen America”) motion for summary determination on the economic prong of the domestic industry requirement in Certain Road Milling…
Written by Alison M. Hill and Karen M. Cassidy Editors: Joseph Cianfrani and Boris Zelkind Patent Judgments and Awards On July 14, 2017, the International Trade Commission determined that financial services company Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.…
Written by Vicki Y. Nee , Susan Natland , and Boris Zelkind Edited by Loni Morrow and Catherine Holland Over the last year, there have been some significant trademark and copyright cases in the fashion industry. Below are summaries of recent cases all…
By Daniel E. Yonan, Dallin G. Glenn, and Josephine J. Kim In ClearCorrect v. ITC , issued on November 10, 2015, the Federal Circuit interpreted the term “articles” as used in Section 337 to be tangible, physical items. Accordingly, electronic…
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…
