Topic
Patent Validity
197 published works
PTABWatch
IPR Institution Despite Arbitration Agreement Is Not Appealable
Over a thorough dissent by Judge O’Malley, the Federal Circuit determined it lacked jurisdiction to review the Board’s decision to institute IPR despite an arbitration agreement between the parties. In…
PTABWatch
An Invalidated Patent Still Qualifies As 102(e) Art
On May 28, 2021, the Federal Circuit found obvious the claims of a patent directed to telepharmacy, describing a process allowing a pharmacist to remotely supervise and approve the work…
The Trade Practitioner
How to Stop the PTAB from Deferring to the ITC for Patent Validity Decisions
Following up on a previous blog post explaining why the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) is denying institution of inter partes review (IPR) and post-grant review (PGR) proceedings based…
China Law Insight
Determination of Invention Patent as Prior Design in Invalidation Proceedings of Design Patent
By King & Wood
The Patentee KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. is a world-renowned company and has been a world leader in the field of consumer health and home care. Since the launch of the first…
Big Molecule Watch
Fresenius files IPR petitions challenging Chugai/Roche/Genentech rheumatoid arthritis patents
By Kevin DeJong
On August 18, 2021, Fresenius Kabi USA, LLC and Fresenius Kabi SwissBioSim GmbH (collectively, “Fresenius”) filed Petitions for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 10,874,677 (IPR 2021-01336) and U.S.…
China Law Insight
Introduction to 2020 Top Ten Patent Reexamination/Invalidation Cases (Mechanical)
By King & Wood
In the top ten patent reexamination & invalidation cases of 2020 announced by the China National Intellectual Property Administration (CNIPA), three are related to mechanical technologies. According to the CNIPA,…
China Law Insight
2020年度专利复审·无效十大案件介绍（机械案件）
By King & Wood
在今年国家知识产权局4月26日发布的2020年度专利复审·无效十大案件中，有三件是机械领域的专利无效案件。这些案件因其社会影响较大、焦点问题具有典型性而入选十大案，国家知识产权局复审和无效审理部在这些具体案件中的认定对于未来的专利实体审查和无效审判会有较大影响，在类似案件中也可援引和活用。我们在此对这些案件及其典型意义进行简要介绍。
Delaware Intellectual Property Litigation
Chief Judge Connolly Issues Comprehensive Opinion Setting Forth Court’s Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law on Infringement Claims and Invalidity Defenses as to Patents-in-Suit Following ANDA Trial
By Memorandum Opinion entered by The Honorable Colm F. Connolly in Pharmacyclics LLC et al. v. Alvogen Pine Brook LLC et al., Civil Action No. 19-0434-CFC-CJB (D.Del. August 19, 2021),…
Journal of Business & Intellectual Property Law
Patents & Politics Don’t Mix: Why the Supreme Court’s Decision in Arthrex Fails to Fix an Underlying Problem
By Journal of Business & Intellectual Property Law at WFU
By: Benjamin Suslavich In a split 5-4 decision in Arthrex Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc, the Supreme Court determined that the structure of Administrative Patent Judge (“APJs”) appointments—or lack thereof—was…
China Law Insight
2020年特許復審・無効 事例トップ10の紹介（医薬化学編）
By King & Wood
2020年特許復審・無効 事例トップ10の紹介