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Patent Validity
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Patent Challenges
PTAB decides that district court ruling favorable to Patent Owner does not justify stay of CBM proceedings
We have previously written about stays of litigation before the PTAB has acted on a petition for IPR or CBM review. A recent Board decision addresses a contrasting circumstance: staying…
The IP Law Blog
Enablement is Key – Especially in Biotech Patents
Enablement is the requirement that a patent teach a person skilled in the art (the field of the invention) how to make and use the invention without undue experimentation. In…
Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation
Judge Sleet Adopts Magistrate Judge Fallon’s Report and Recommendation to Grant Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment Finding Patents-in-Suit Invalid
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet in Tenon & Groove, LLC, et al. v. Plusgrade S.E.C., et al., Civil Action No. 12-1118-GMS-SRF (D.Del., March 11, 2015),…
New England IP Blog
Mobile Medical’s Validity Experts Get To Stay Behind The Wheel
As the established gatekeepers with respect to expert testimony, district courts have broad discretion on whether to admit or exclude such evidence. The Vermont district court recently opted to deny patentee…
AIA Blog
IPR and CBM Final Written Decisions Predominantly Fall Within Electrical and Mechanical Technology Centers
The PTAB continues to be a highly popular venue for patent validity challenges, with final written decisions in post-grant proceedings being largely concentrated in the fields of electrical and mechanical…
Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation
Judge Sleet Dismisses Patent Infringement Action after Finding Patent Invalid Because It Claims an Abstract Idea
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet in The Money Suite v. 21st Century Insurance and Financial Services, Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 13-984-GMS (D.Del., January…
New England IP Blog
EveryScape’s Patents Hit Their Vanishing Point
Last week, a federal jury in Massachusetts delivered a verdict in favor of patent-defendant Adobe Systems, invalidating all asserted claims of EveryScape’s two asserted patents. Earlier in the litigation, the court…
IP Intelligence
Don’t Miss the Window for Post-Grant Review: Monitor Your Competitors by Creating Alert Systems
By Harold Fullmer, Han Gim, Alaina Renz
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has new and popular procedures for challenging the validity of (in other words, killing) a competitor’s patent. The most powerful procedure, a Post-Grant Review…
Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation
After Bench Trial, Judge Sleet Concludes that None of the Asserted Claims of the Patents-in-Suit Are Invalid Due to Obviousness
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Gregory M. Sleet in Pfizer Inc., et al. v. Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc., C.A. No. 10-528-GMS (D.Del., October 22, 2014), the Court, following a…
Healthcare Law Insights
Cutting dietary supplement red tape
Dietary supplements represent a huge sector of the consumer market and changes in both intellectual property law and the regulations governing the market entry and advertising of these products is…