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McDermott Will & Schulte

A Patent Without a Pulse: Provisional Rights Don’t Outlive the Patent

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit dismissed an appeal from a patent applicant seeking provisional rights on a patent that would issue only after it had already expired, finding that the applicant lacked the...more

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The Patent Trial and Appeal Board Has Jurisdiction Over IPRs Challenging Expired Patents

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Before Lourie, Dyk, and Hughes. Appeals from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Summary: The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has jurisdiction over IPRs concerning expired patents because the review of such patents...more

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When Can the PTO Extend a Patent’s Term Due to Delay From an Appeal?

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CHUDIK V. HIRSHFELD - Before Taranto, Bryson, and Hughes. Appeal from the United State District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - Summary: An examiner’s self-reversal may not qualify as “reversing an...more

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Courts Have No Jurisdiction Over Challenge to PTO Action Before Final Agency Decision

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ODYSSEY LOGISTICS AND TECH. v. IANCU - Before Lourie, Reyna and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Summary: PTO procedural actions are not appealable before the...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Fiesta’s Over for Trademark Claims Without Proof of Secondary Meaning

The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit found that it had jurisdiction despite an arguably improper notice of appeal, and that the trademark owner waived its right to submit new evidence and failed to prove that the...more

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP

5 Patent Law Petitions to Watch at the Supreme Court

As the 2018-2019 Supreme Court term nears its end, several consequential patent law petitions still await certiorari rulings before the Justices recess for the summer, while other patent cases are scheduled to be briefed and...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Circuits Play Jurisdictional Hot Potato with Walker Process Claim

A game of “hot potato” between the US Courts of Appeals for the Federal and Fifth Circuits has been resolved, ending a disagreement over the scope of the Federal Circuit’s jurisdiction. After a patent infringement defendant...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Fresh From the Bench: Latest Federal Circuit Court Cases

PATENT CASE OF THE WEEK - WesternGeco LLC v. Ion Geophysical Corp., Appeal Nos. 2016-2099, -2100, -2101, -2332, -2333, -2334 (Fed. Cir. May 7, 2018) - In an appeal from an inter partes review, the Federal Circuit...more

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Federal Circuit Patent Updates - July 2016 #2

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WBIP, LLC v. Kohler Co. (No. 2015-1038, -1044, 7/19/16) (Moore, O'Malley, Chen) - Moore, J. Affirming denial of JMOL that patent was invalid as obvious and lacked an adequate written description, affirming finding of...more

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