Patent & IP news for March 25, 2017

Dan Brean and Bryan Clark: Casting Aspersions in Patent Trial from writtendescription.blogspot.com

There are two main bases for rectifying misconduct in a patent case. First, a prevailing patentee can collect treble damages from a willful infringer. Second, on the flip side, a prevailing patent infringement defendant can ...

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Two different PTAB IPR requests on US 8,399,514 (Tecfidera/multiple sclerosis) yield different reasoning by PTAB from ipbiz.blogspot.com


Back in September 2016, IPBiz had a post PTAB declines to institute IPR against Biogen's US 8,399,514 related to the MS drug Tecfidera which, among other things, questioned the logic of PTAB ...

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Washington College of Law Post-Argument Discussion of TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC from www.patentdocs.org

As part of its ongoing Supreme Court series, the American University Washington College of Law Program on Information Justice & Intellectual Property will be hosting a post-argument discussion on the TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods ...

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IPO Webinar on IPR Estoppel in District Court from www.patentdocs.org

The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled "IPR Estoppel in District Court: How Wide?" on March 29, 2017 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Jon Gurka of Knobbe ...

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Webinar on Defend Trade Secrets Act from www.patentdocs.org

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP will be offering a live webinar entitled "The Defend Trade Secrets Act at (Almost) One" on April 18, 2017 from 10:00 am to 11:15 am (CT). In this ...

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Webinar on Markush Claims in Pharma/Chemical Patent Prosecution and Litigation from www.patentdocs.org

Strafford will be offering a webinar/teleconference entitled "Markush Claims in Pharma/Chemical Patent Prosecution and Litigation: Leveraging Federal Court Guidance -- Constructing Group Claims, Navigating Comprising and Consisting of, Avoiding Improper Rejections" on April 6 ...

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Baylor Law School & FCBA Program on Patent Litigation from www.patentdocs.org

Baylor Law School and the Federal Circuit Bar Association (FCBA) will be offering a program entitled "Patent Litigation: Trial and Appellate Issues and Trends" on April 7, 2017 from 10:30 am to 2:35 ...

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