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11/4/2008 11:59:06 AM EST
Eric E Bensen
Posted by Eric E Bensen
Co-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 ...
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2/12/2008 7:33:13 PM EST
Laurie A. Axford
Posted by Laurie A. Axford
Partner, Gordon and Rees
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, ...
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1/28/2008 4:48:30 PM EST
John S. Paniaguas
Posted by John S. Paniaguas
Partner, 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 ...
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1/28/2008 4:48:30 PM EST
Mary LaFrance
Posted by Mary LaFrance
Professor 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 ...
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9/16/2008 2:23:54 PM EST
Olga V. Mack
Posted by Olga V. Mack
Patent 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 ...
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9/8/2008 2:56:56 PM EST
Christopher A. Harkins
Posted by Christopher A. Harkins
Counsel, Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione
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 ...
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9/3/2008 7:18:15 AM EST
Olga V. Mack
Posted by Olga V. Mack
Patent 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 ...
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8/28/2008 3:26:07 PM EST
Eric E Bensen
Posted by Eric E Bensen
Co-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 ...
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6/19/2008 5:10:48 PM EST
Mary LaFrance
Posted by Mary LaFrance
Professor 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 ...
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6/17/2008 12:00:02 PM EST
Lawrence M. Sung, Ph.D.
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 ...
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2/21/2008 10:59:55 AM EST
Eric E Bensen
Posted by Eric E Bensen
Co-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 ...
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7/18/2008 7:12:49 AM EST
Olga V. Mack
Posted by Olga V. Mack
Patent 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 ...
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7/18/2008 7:02:47 AM EST
David R. Heckadon
Posted by David R. Heckadon
Partner, Gordon & Rees LLP
  In Pfizer Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 4969 (Fed. Cir. 2008), the Federal Circuit ...
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7/18/2008 7:16:51 AM EST
Don Burton
Posted by Don Burton
Associate, Faruki Ireland & Cox P.L.L.
  In O2 Micro International Ltd. v. Beyond Innovation Technology Co. , 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS ...
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6/2/2008 2:15:47 PM EST
Lawrence M. Sung, Ph.D.
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 ...
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