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FDA Issues Its First Freeze-Dried Plasma License
On July 29, 2026, the FDA announced that it had licensed EZPLAZ FDP, the first freeze-dried (lyophilized) plasma product to be licensed in the United States. The license was issued…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Federal Circuit Rebukes Attempt to Incorporate Arguments by Reference to a Related IPR Petition
In Medtronic, Inc. v. Teleflex Life Sciences Limited, 2022-1721, 2022-1722 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 16, 2023), the Federal Circuit considered whether U.S. Patent RE46,116 (“the ’116 patent”) was entitled to an…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Federal Circuit Clarifies Standards to Establish Nexus Between Objective Evidence and Non-Obviousness, and to Establish Copying in Medtronic et al. v. Teleflex Innovations
By Fred Chung
In this case, the Federal Circuit determined the sufficiency of evidence to rebut a nexus between objective evidence and non-obviousness; and to establish the objective indicia of copying. Background Medtronic…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB’s Ruling of Swearing Behind a Prior Art Reference
By Evan Lim
In Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic Vascular, Inc. v. Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L., the case addresses whether the final written decisions in a consolidated inter partes appeal (“IPR”) correctly found that U.S. Patent…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Federal Circuit Weighs in on Relevance of Primary Reference’s Intended Purpose to a POSITA’s Motivation to Combine
By Don Geiger
In Medtronic, Inc., Medtronic Vascular, Inc., v. Teleflex Innovations S.A.R.L., the case addresses the weight the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) should give to the intended purpose of a…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
Federal Circuit Rebukes Attempt to Incorporate Arguments by Reference to a Related IPR Petition
In Medronic, Inc. v. Teleflex Life Sciences Limited, 2022-1721, 2022-1722 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 16, 2023), the Federal Circuit considered whether U.S. Patent RE46,116 (“the ’116 patent”) was entitled to an…
Gadgets, Gigabytes & Goodwill Blog
Predicting the Unpredictable – When is a Combination Obvious?
Judge Markey famously wrote “Only God works from nothing. Man must work with old elements.” Howard T. Markey, Why Not the Statute?, 65 J. PAT. OFF. SOC’Y 331, 334 (1983).…
Drug & Device Law
Sometimes Common Sense Isn’t Enough
This blogger’s work from home experience has included a lot of time with two teenagers. Granted, two relatively smart, funny, and generally OK to be around teenagers. But teenagers, nonetheless. …
The Energy Law Blog
Louisiana Supreme Court Holds Punitive Damages Are Available Under General Maritime Law Against Products Liability Defendant
Case: Warren v. Shelter Mutual Ins. Co., No. 2016-C-1647 (La. 10/18/17), ___ So. 3d ___. Factual Background A recreational boating accident occurred on navigable inland waters of Louisiana in May…
Insurance Law Hawaii
Excess Carrier’s Refusal to Approve Settlement or Take Over Defense Results in Bad Faith
The Ninth Circuit found that under California law, the excess carrier acted in bad faith by refusing to either approve the underlying settlement or take over the defense. Teleflex Med.…