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Patent Validity
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Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation
Judge Robinson Grants Palm’s and Intermec’s Motions For Summary Judgment on Invalidity and Infringement in Part
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Sue L. Robinson in Intermec Technologies Corp. v. Palm Inc., Civil Action No. 07-272-SLR (D.Del., September 15, 2011), the Court granted Defendant Palm…
Chicago IP Litigation
Accused Infringer Need Not Test Prior Art Patented Products to Prove Invalidity
Viskase Cos., Inc. v. World Pac Int'l AG, No. 09 C 5022, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. Feb. 3, 2011) (Bucklo, J.). Judge Bucklo granted declaratory judgment plaintiff Viskase's motion for…
Patents Post-Grant
Supreme Court Hears Microsoft Appeal in i4i Dispute
Patent Community Awaits Crucial DecisionYesterday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Microsoft v. i4i . As discussed at length previously, Microsoft has sought Supreme Court review of the following issue:Whether the court…
Patents Post-Grant
U.S. Gov’t Supports Clear & Convincing Standard
Patent Reexamination Cited in Government Brief to Supreme CourtAs noted last week, the amicus briefing in support of respondent i4i was due last Friday at Supreme Court (Microsoft v. i4i). In…
Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation
Judge Robinson Enters Judgment in Favor of Defendants Apotex Upon Finding Patent Claims Invalid Based on Obviousness
In Senju Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., et al. v. Apotex Inc., et al., Civil Action No. 07-779-SLR, the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, by and through a memorandum…
Patents Post-Grant
Comparison of Current U.S. Inter Partes Reexamination Proceedings to Asian Practices
Patent reform changes to the post grant landscape seem inevitable with S.515 gaining traction. As such, a brief review of other patent systems may shed some light on the mixture of provisions that…
Patents Post-Grant
Is The Estoppel Effect of Inter Partes Reexamination a Valid Deterrent to Filing? (PART 2 OF 2)
By Naresh Kilaru Danielle Wright Bulger
Part 1 of this series focused on the importance of a good prior art search prior to filing a request for inter partes reexamination. Part 2 examines the exceptions to…
Chicago IP Litigation
Motion to Amend Pleadings: Relevant Delay is to Trial Date
Connetics Corp. v. Pentech Pharms., Inc., No. 07 C 2230, Slip Op. (N.D. Ill. May 8, 2009) (Gottschall, J.). Judge Gottschall granted defendants' motion to amend their answers to include…
The Contingency
Inking a Deformable Substrate; Federal Circuit Affirms Patent Invalidity S.J.
The Federal Circuit today upheld a summary judgment against the holder of a patent on a "Method and Apparatus for Ink Jet Printing on Rigid Panels". The court held that…
The Contingency
No Do-Over for New Counsel
Golden Bridge's new argument (about validity of a wireless technology patent) has fallen down. My fair lady. Can you raise on appeal an argument you didn't make in the trial…