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A&O Shearman

Federal Circuit Invalidates Patent For Angioplasty Catheter Based On Applicant Admitted Prior Art

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The Federal Circuit recently issued a precedential decision in Shockwave Med., Inc. v. Cardiovascular Sys., Inc. (CSI), affirming-in-part and reversing-in-part the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (PTAB) decision, and...more

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Balancing innovation and public health: third-party interests in the UPC's landmark ruling of Edwards Lifesciences vs. Meril

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In a landmark decision (UPC_CFI_15/2023) delivered on November 15, 2024, the Unified Patent Court's Local Division in Munich (UPC, LDM) ruled in favor of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation in a patent infringement case against...more

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Four Steps to Maximize AI Innovation in Medtech

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Investment in artificial intelligence (AI) is rising fast. The International Data Corporation projects global spending on AI R&D will reach $632 billion by 2028, more than twice the expected total for 2024....more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Protecting Innovations in SaMD & Biomedical Applications

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With the ever-growing adaptation of software in all realms of health care, the market for software for medical devices (SaMD) is forecasted to grow 16.7% per year over the next decade and surpass $5 billion by 2032....more

MoFo Life Sciences

The Importance Of Patents For ML-Based Medical Device Inventions

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The use of machine learning (ML) in the medical device field has greatly expanded in recent years, becoming increasingly important to the product offerings of many medical device companies....more

Jones Day

Patenting Digital Health Innovations Incorporating AI in View of USPTO's Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance

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Patent procurement activity is increasing to protect embedded artificial intelligence ("AI") technologies in a variety of digital healthcare solutions. The United States Patent and Trademark Office ("USPTO") has issued the...more

Knobbe Martens

Intellectual Property Cases Dominate 2016 Verdict Awards

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According to the annual Top 100 Verdicts report by ALM’s VerdictSearch, five jury verdicts for Intellectual Property cases cracked the top 10 with a sixth breaking into the top 25 verdicts of 2016. While the amounts do not...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

3D Printing, Innovation Protection, and Manufacturing: The Big Change is Now

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Intellectual property (IP) law is undergoing a major transformation just as additive manufacturing? or 3D printing? has begun to revolutionize the manufacturing industry. The interplay between these two forces could end up...more

Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.

Can Digital Healthcare Innovation Be Patented? Eligibility of Digital Healthcare Technologies Under the New USPTO Eligibility...

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Digital healthcare, the confluence of digital technology with medical and other biological fields, has become an ever-increasing presence in our daily lives. Ideas that seemed nearly impossible just a few years ago (such as...more

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Why We Need Our Patent System: Masimo, Orange County’s Shining Example

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Did you ever wonder how people can call for the end of our patent system? The answer is simple. They have no experience with great inspiring inventors. We at Knobbe Martens have the honor of frequently working with great...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

St. Jude Medical, Inc. v. Access Closure, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013)

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The Federal Circuit revisited the extent of the safe harbor from the judicially created doctrine of obviousness-type double patenting carved out by 35 U.S.C. § 121 in St. Jude Medical, Inc. v. Access Closure Inc. Unlike...more

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