Analysis of patent litigation, PTAB practice, prosecution and pharma IP, written on the data behind LexDana.
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PAVO SOLUTIONS LLC v. KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY COMPANY, INC. Before: Lourie, Prost , and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Summary : A court can correct obvious minor typographical or clerical errors in…
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING v. NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC Before Dyk, Moore, and Taranto. Appeal from the District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Claims directed to a law of nature, without more, may not be patent eligible. American Axle &…
TECHTRONIC INDUSTRIES CO. LTD. v. ITC Before Lourie, Dyk, and Wallach. Appeal from the U.S. International Trade Commission. Summary: Consistent description in the specification of a particular embodiment as the inventive aspect solving a problem in the…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Lourie, Dyk , and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary : The section 315(b) time-bar for IPRs applies even when the underlying complaint alleging infringement has been voluntarily dismissed without…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Prost, Bryson, and O’Malley . Appeal from the United States International Trade Commission (“ITC”). Summary: Evidence intrinsic to a patent may be sufficient to overcome the presumption that § 112…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Lourie, Reyna, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). Summary: Nothing in § 41.41(b)(2) bars a reply brief from addressing new arguments raised in the examiner’s answer that…
Federal Circuit Summary Before Newman , Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Summary : General disclosures in the specification and statements that describe the embodiments as non-limiting do not broaden…
I have a confession to make -- I never learned to sew. Perhaps I can blame this on growing up during the 50s and 60s before gender-based roles loosened up. At least this sounds like a good excuse. Despite this basic lack of training, there periodically…
