11/4/2008 11:59:06 AM EST Posted by Eric E BensenCo-author of Milgrim on Licensing and Milgrim on Trade Secrets and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law
In the case of In re Bilski , the Federal Circuit reviewed the rejection of a patent application which claimed a method for “managing the consumption risk costs of a commodi ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/12/2008 7:33:13 PM EST
Following ’s ratification of the London Agreement in January, the Agreement is slated to take effect on May 1, 2008. Laurie Axford discusses the Agreement, ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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1/28/2008 4:48:30 PM EST Posted by John S. PaniaguasPartner, Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP; Adjunct Professor, DePaul University College of Law
The decision in State Street Bank & Trust v. Signature Financial Group , 149 F. 3d 1368 (Fed. Cir. 1998), has spawned the issuance of utility patents on business ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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1/28/2008 4:48:30 PM EST Posted by Mary LaFranceProfessor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas
In spite of two Supreme Court precedents, uncertainty continues to surround the enforceability of patent licensing agreements requiring the licensee to pay royalties after the licensed ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/16/2008 2:23:54 PM EST Posted by Olga V. MackPatent Litigator, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
In Proveris Scientific Corporation v. Innovasystems, Inc. , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 16492 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 5, 2008), the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirme ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/8/2008 2:56:56 PM EST
Are you expecting the Patent Office to reject your broadly worded patent claims? Imagine your pleasant surprise when you receive a notice of allowance. However, in a patent suit alleging these broad claims, can th ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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9/3/2008 7:18:15 AM EST Posted by Olga V. MackPatent Litigator, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
In Research Corporation Technologies, Inc. v. Microsoft Corporation , the trial court refused to enforce patents assigned to the plaintiff because the plaintiff failed to disclose ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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8/28/2008 3:26:07 PM EST Posted by Eric E BensenCo-author of Milgrim on Licensing and Milgrim on Trade Secrets and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law
In Schwarz Pharma, Inc. v. Paddock , the Federal Circuit considered whether an exclusive patent licensee which brought suit for infringement with the patentee as coplaintiff had s ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/19/2008 5:10:48 PM EST Posted by Mary LaFranceProfessor of Law, William S. Boyd School of Law, University of Nevada Las Vegas
In Quanta Computer, Inc. v. LG Electronics, Inc. , 2008 U.S. LEXIS 4702 (June 9, 2008), the Supreme Court was faced with the question whether patent exhaustion applies to the sale ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/17/2008 12:00:02 PM EST Posted by Lawrence M. Sung, Ph.D.Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; Professor & Intellectual Property Law Program Director, University of Maryland School of Law
The ability to enforce a U.S. patent is not unbounded. Under 35 U.S.C. § 271, "whoever without authority makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells any patented invention, within t ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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2/21/2008 10:59:55 AM EST Posted by Eric E BensenCo-author of Milgrim on Licensing and Milgrim on Trade Secrets and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Law at Hofstra University School of Law
If enacted, the Patent Reform Act of 2007, potentially the first major reform of the patent laws in more than 50 years, will have major effects on pa ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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7/18/2008 7:12:49 AM EST Posted by Olga V. MackPatent Litigator, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
As a matter of law, the Federal Circuit in E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. MacDermid Printing Solutions, L.L.C ., 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 10363 (Fed. Cir. 2008) he ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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7/18/2008 7:02:47 AM EST
In Pfizer Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 4969 (Fed. Cir. 2008), the Federal Circuit ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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7/18/2008 7:16:51 AM EST Posted by Don BurtonAssociate, Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L.
In O2 Micro International Ltd. v. Beyond Innovation Technology Co. , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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6/2/2008 2:15:47 PM EST Posted by Lawrence M. Sung, Ph.D.Partner, Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP; Professor & Intellectual Property Law Program Director, University of Maryland School of Law
A biotechnology patent is often viewed as the poster child for a technically complex patent litigation. The su ... Create an account or login to post comments. | Comments (0)
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