In a notice published in the Federal Register (84 Fed. Reg. 45907) last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued an interim rule in which it increased the limit on the number of prioritized (Track I) examination...more
Earlier this month, in Genetic Veterinary Sciences, Inc. v. LABOKLIN GmbH, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia granting a motion for judgment as a matter of...more
Last month, in Enzo Life Sciences, Inc. v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware finding the asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos....more
Last month, in Amgen Inc. v. Coherus BioSciences Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware dismissing a complaint filed by Amgen Inc. and Amgen Manufacturing Ltd....more
Last month, the Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) announced the release of its 36th annual list of the top 300 organizations receiving U.S. utility patents (see "Top 300 Organizations Granted U.S. Patents in...more
On July 3, the Federal Circuit issued a per curiam Order in Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, denying a petition for rehearing en banc filed by Plaintiffs-Appellants Athena Diagnostics, Inc.,...more
On July 3, the Federal Circuit issued a per curiam Order in Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, denying a petition for rehearing en banc filed by Plaintiffs-Appellants Athena Diagnostics, Inc.,...more
Last week, the Federal Circuit issued a per curiam Order in Athena Diagnostics, Inc. v. Mayo Collaborative Services, LLC, denying a petition for rehearing en banc filed by Plaintiffs-Appellants Athena Diagnostics, Inc.,...more
In a Patent Alert e-mail distributed on July 2, 2019, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that PKI authentication for EFS-Web and Private PAIR has been permanently disabled. The Office had previously announced in...more
In a Patent Alert e-mail distributed last week, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office announced that beginning July 1, 2019, the Office would once again be accepting new International applications to the IP5 Patent Cooperation...more
Earlier this year, in U.S. Water Services, Inc. v. Novozymes A/S, the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, partially granting judgment as a matter of law in...more
In April, in Intellectual Ventures II, LLC v. Sprint Spectrum, L.P., U.S. Magistrate Judge Roy S. Payne of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a Report and Recommendation that Defendants' Motion...more
In April, in Xlear, Inc. v. STS Health, LLC, District Judge David Nuffer of the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah denied a motion for summary judgment filed by Defendant STS Health, LLC, finding that the asserted...more
Last week, in Tangelo IP, LLC v. Tupperware Brands Corp., District Judge Richard G. Andrews of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware denied a motion for exceptional case filed by Defendant Tupperware Brands...more
In January, the Federal Circuit determined in Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Iancu that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had erred in calculating the Patent Term Adjustment for Supernus' U.S. Patent No. 8,747,897. In...more
In a notice published in the Federal Register (84 Fed. Reg. 17809) on April 26, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office invited the public to provide comments and attend public hearings on the participation of women, minorities,...more
Last month, in Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. v. 10X Genomics, Inc., District Judge Richard G. Andrews of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware denied a motion to dismiss and/or strike filed by Defendant 10X...more
Last week, in Neptune Generics, LLC v. Eli Lilly & Co., the Federal Circuit affirmed a determination by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board in an inter partes review that claims 1-22 of U.S....more
Last week, in United Cannabis Corp. v. Pure Hemp Collective Inc., District Judge William J. Martinez of the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado issued an order denying a motion for partial summary judgment filed...more
Last week, in Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. v. Par Pharmaceutical Inc., District Judge Richard G. Andrews of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware granted a Motion for Estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2)...more
Last month, in Colas Solutions, Inc. v. Blacklidge Emulsions, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed determinations by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Patent Trial and Appeal Board in two inter partes reviews that certain...more
Last week, in Cleveland Clinic Foundation v. True Health Diagnostics LLC, the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia holding claim 1 of U.S. Patent No. 9,575,065...more
USPTO Implements New System for Ordering Certified Copies of Documents -
In a notice posted on the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office website last month, the Office announced that it was implementing the Certified Copy...more
In Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., the Federal Circuit reversed a decision by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware holding the claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,808,737 to be ineligible...more
Earlier this month, in Chen v. Jung, District Judge Manuel L. Real of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California issued an order denying a motion for summary judgment filed by Defendants, finding that...more