Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc. (2014) from www.patentdocs.org By Kevin E. Noonan -- In the universe of the toxic interplay between the Federal Circuit and the Supreme Court, an affirmance or even a begrudging acknowledgement of the Federal Circuit's "special expertise" in patent ...
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Supreme Court asks for SG’s Views on Hearing Another Inducement Case from patentlyo.com Commil USA v. Cisco Systems (Supreme Court 2014) In its decision on this case, the Federal Circuit offered three separate opinions, with Judge Prost authoring a majority opinion and Judges Neman and O’Malley each ...
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Open AIR Research Project On African IP Presented At WIPO from www.ip-watch.org The Open AIR project has gone global. The research project’s findings were presented in a recent side event at the World Intellectual Property Organization. The findings, published in two books, assess how people from ...
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April trade in intangibles from www.athenaalliance.org In a reversal from last month's good news, this morning's trade data from BEA shows the deficit widening by $3 billion to $47.2 billion from the revised figure of $44.2 billion ...
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IP-Watch Interns Provide Fresh Perspective, Solid Reporting from www.ip-watch.org This spring,
Intellectual Property Watch has had the pleasure of welcoming three talented interns/researchers who have provided not only their expertise but their enthusiasm for all aspects of intellectual property and have made an ...
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Litigation Strategy to Extract “Nuisance Settlement” Warrants Award of Attorneys’ Fees from docketreport.blogspot.com The court granted defendant's motion for attorneys’ fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 against an NPE plaintiff because plaintiff's suit had been a "prototypical exceptional case." "No reasonable litigant could have expected ...
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Supreme Court Rejects Federal Circuit Standard For Indefiniteness, But Precise Rule Remains Elusive from patlit.blogspot.com In a pair of unanimous decisions issued June 2, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected Federal Circuit rulings addressing patent validity and infringement. However, in keeping with its recent practice, the Court refrained from ...
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Prosecution Bar Extended to CBM Proceeding to Avoid Misuse of Defendant’s Confidential Information from docketreport.blogspot.com The court adopted defendant's proposal for a protective order that included a prosecution bar that extended to CBM review. "If Defendant's petition for CBM review is granted, there is a significant risk that ...
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Rambus wins reversal of Board's rejection for anticipation from ipbiz.blogspot.com From the
CAFC on Rambus
After oral argument, requestor Micron Technology,
Inc. (“Micron”) moved to withdraw from this case, which
we granted in a separate order. Rambus has the right to
appeal the Board’s ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Consumer Watchdog loses at CAFC from ipbiz.blogspot.com
Consumer Watchdog appeals from the Patent Trial
and Appeal Board’s decision affirming the patentability of
claims 1–4 of U.S. Patent No. 7,029,913 (’913 patent).
Because Consumer Watchdog has not established ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Bouncing jurisdiction between CA11 and CAFC in Krauser case from ipbiz.blogspot.com A significant point
Therefore, BHI’s second jurisdictional theory
fails every element of the test described by the Supreme
Court in Gunn. The resolution of the inventorship question
is neither “necessary” nor “substantial” to the ... Share via E–mail | Twitter | Facebook
Federal Circuit: In order to appeal USPTO post-grant decision, third party requestor must show “injury in fact” from patentlyo.com By Dennis Crouch Consumer Watchdog v. WARF and USPTO (Fed. Cir. 2014) The Patent Act provides for a variety of administrative review proceedings that can be filed by any third party wanting to challenge the ...
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Guest Post: Myriad -- An Obvious and Patent-Friendly Interpretation from www.patentdocs.org By Paul Cole* -- Is Myriad truly authority for the proposition that naturally occurring nucleic acid sequences and a host of other naturally occurring materials are no longer patent-eligible? Was it really the intention of the ...
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