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Patent Validity
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Chicago IP Litigation
Trading Technologies v. eSpeed: Verdict Update
As I posted yesterday afternoon, the jury came back for Trading Technologies ("TT"). The jury found that eSpeed willfully infringed TT's patents for a six month period in 2004, found…
EvidenceProf Blog
Corroborate and We Make You Wait: Patent Invalidation Requires Corroborating Evidence
By Colin Miller
In Adenta GMBH v. OrthoArm and American Orthodontics, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit recently applied its long-standing "rule of reason," under which one peson's testimony alone is…
Chicago IP Litigation
Section 102(b) — Public v. Experimental Use
Cummins-Allison Corp. v. Glory Ltd., No. 02 C 7008, 2007 WL 487564 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 12, 2007) (Kendall, J.). Judge Kendall denied summary judgment of invalidity for defendant in this…
Delaware Patent Litigation Report
Summary judgment of invalidity denied
Guidant Corp. et al. v. St. Jude Medical, Inc. et al., No. 04-0067-SLR, Jan. 6, 2006. Robinson, J. Motion for summary judgment that reissued patent is invalid under “Recapture Rule”…
Intellectual Property Law Blog
KSR Intern. Co. v. Teleflex
The Supreme Court recently decided to hear KSR Intern. Co. v. Teleflex , in which the appellant challenges the traditional Federal Circuit "teaching-suggestion-motivation" test for obviousness challenges to patent validity. …
The IP Law Blog
The Federal Circuit Invalidates SmithKline Beecham’s Paxil�� Patent For Inherent Anticipation – Based On SmithKline’s Own Arguments
By Pamela Winston Bertani Last month in a patent infringement suit involving SmithKline Beecham's patent for the active ingredient in its antidpressent drug Paxil��, the Federal Circuit affirmed judgment in…
Antitrust Law Blog
Italian Drug Maker’s Monopolization Claim Against Holder Of Invalid Patent Moves Forward
A federal trial has cleared the way for an Italian drug manufacturer - Chemi SpA - to sue drug maker GlaxoSmithKline ("GSK") for unlawful monopolization of the market for nabumetone,…