Michael Joffre, Ph.D.

2/9/2024  /  Administrative Procedure Act , Amgen v Sanofi , Appeals , Claim Construction , Copyright , Design Patent , Intellectual Property Litigation , Intellectual Property Protection , International Trade Commission (ITC) , IP License , Obviousness , Patent Litigation , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Post-Grant Review , Prior Art , Proposed Rules , Regulatory Requirements , SCOTUS , Trademark Application , Trademark Litigation , Trademark Ownership , Trademark Registration , Trademarks , USPTO

1/19/2024  /  Appellate Courts , Claim Construction , Continuing Legal Education , Design Patent , En Banc Review , Intellectual Property Litigation , Intellectual Property Protection , Obviousness , Patent Litigation , Patent Term Adjustment , Patents , Trademark Litigation , Webinars

2/9/2022  /  § 314(d) , 35 U.S.C. §315(e)(1) , Absolute Intervening Rights Doctrine , Abuse of Discretion , Administrative Patent Judges , Administrative Procedure Act , America Invents Act , Appeals , Appointments Clause , Arbitrary and Capricious , Article of Manufacture , Assignor Estoppel , Burden of Proof , Claim Construction , Collateral Estoppel , Commercial Success , Confidential Information , Constitutional Challenges , Demand Letter , Denial of Institution , Design Patent , Director of the USPTO , Dismissals , Doctrine of Prosecution Disclaimer , Due Process , Equitable Estoppel , Estoppel , Evidence , Ex Partes Reexamination , Executive Branch , Executive Powers , Federal Rules of Evidence , Final Written Decisions , Forum Selection , FRCP 52(c) , GATT , Inferior Officers , Intellectual Property Litigation , Intellectual Property Protection , Inter Partes Reexamination , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , International Trade Commission (ITC) , Intervening Acts , Inventions , Issue Preclusion , Judicial Review , Lack of Authority , Lack of Jurisdiction , Likelihood of Success , Minerva Surgical Inc. v Hologic Inc. , Motion for Summary Judgment , Motivation to Combine , Nexus , Non-Disclosure Agreement , Nonobvious , Obviousness , Ornamental Design , Parallel Proceedings , Patent Applications , Patent Filings , Patent Infringement , Patent Litigation , Patent Prosecution , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patent Validity , Patents , Petition for Writ of Certiorari , Pharmaceutical Patents , Post-Grant Review , Pre-GATT , Preliminary Injunctions , Principle Officers , Printed Publications , Prior Art , Real Party in Interest , Remand , Reversal , Rule 36 , Scope of Review , SCOTUS , Section 325(d) , Sua Sponte , Substantial Evidence , Totality of Evidence , United States v Arthrex Inc , USPTO , Vacated , Writ of Mandamus

2/28/2019  /  § 315(b) , Adverse Judgments , Appeals , Article III , Assignor Estoppel , Burden of Proof , Burden-Shifting , Claim Construction , Collateral Estoppel , Corporate Counsel , Doctrine of Prosecution Disclaimer , Estoppel , Final Written Decisions , Injury-in-Fact , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Inventors , Non-Appealable Decisions , Non-Practicing Entities , Obviousness , Oil States Energy Services v Greene's Energy Group , Partial Institution , Patent Litigation , Patent Owner Preliminary Response , Patent Ownership , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patents , Precedential Opinion , Printed Publications , Prior Art , Private Property , Public Rights Doctrine , Real Party in Interest , Right to a Jury , Right To Appeal , SAS Institute Inc. v Iancu , Section 101 , Section 102 , Section 103 , Seventh Amendment , Sovereign Immunity , Standing , Time-Barred Claims

3/19/2018  /  § 315(b) , Administrative Procedure , Administrative Procedure Act , America Invents Act , Anticipation , Appeals , Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard , Burden of Persuasion , Burden of Proof , Claim Amendments , Claim Construction , Due Process , Ex Partes Reexamination , Expert Testimony , Final Written Decisions , Incorporation by Reference , Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding , Judicial Review , Non-Appealable Decisions , Notice Requirements , Obviousness , Patent Invalidity , Patent Trial and Appeal Board , Patent Validity , Patents , Preponderance of the Evidence , Prior Art , Reaffirmation , Remand , Reversal , Substantial Evidence Standard , Vacated