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Federal Circuit Skeptical of Prosecution Laches

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In Google v. Sonos, the Federal Circuit soundly disposed of arguments that the patent-in-suit was unenforceable due to laches based on an “unreasonable delay” in patent prosecution. Does the court’s reasoning foreclose the...more

King & Spalding

Live Long and Patent: Lessons from Captain Kirk’s Encounter with the PTAB

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In a tale that boldly goes where few celebrity inventors have gone before, William Shatner—yes, that William Shatner—alongside two co-inventors, filed a patent application for a “Smartphone Organization System and...more

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2021 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends: Discretionary Denial under § 325(d): Strategic Implications of the PTAB’s Advanced...

The USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has increasingly used its discretionary denial authority in recent years. Although the PTAB’s discretion under 35 U.S.C. § 314(a) and Fintiv grabbed many headlines in 2021, the...more

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

2021 PTAB Year in Review: Analysis & Trends

[co-author: Jamie Dohopolski] Love it or hate it, ignore the USPTO Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) at your peril. The introduction of the PTAB as part of the America Invents Act over ten years ago has forever changed...more

Mintz - Intellectual Property Viewpoints

Expediting Patent Prosecution with the Newly Extended Collaborative Search Pilot Program

On February 4, 2021 the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) extended for two years the expansion of the Collaborative Search Pilot Program (CSP), which began in 2015 and is now scheduled to end October 31, 2022. The CSP...more

McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP

Sherwin-Williams Co. v. PPG Industries, Inc. (W.D. Pa. 2020)

Earlier this month, in Sherwin-Williams Co. v. PPG Industries, Inc., Special Master Henry M. Sneath issued a Report and Recommendation in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania that a motion by...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

Sharp Turnaround on Applicability of § 112, ¶6 Analysis

Addressing the applicability of 35 USC § 112, ¶6 to the term “mechanical control assembly,” the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) gave undue weight to the patent’s...more

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Federal Circuit Finds That a Variant Polypeptide Sequence Infringes Under the Doctrine of Equivalents

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Ajinomoto Co., Inc. vs. CH Cheiljedang Corp. (2018-1590, 2018-1629) - In a pair of cross-appeals from the International Trade Commission, the Federal Circuit affirmed the Commission’s ruling that one of CJ CheilJedang...more

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The Doctrine of Equivalents May Apply Despite Restriction Requirements and Narrow Claiming

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UCB, INC. v. WATSON LABORATORIES INC. Before Taranto, Schall, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: Application of the doctrine of equivalents may not be barred...more

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