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In recent developments in a years-long conflict over Canadian-bred cherries, the District Court for the Eastern District of Washington has vacated a prior order invalidating a U.S. plant patent over the Staccato cherry tree...more
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ("PTO") provides extensive online resources on its website. While much of the content may be directed to patent and trademark practitioners to perform filings and access regulations, some...more
The United States patent system is built on a “carefully crafted bargain” between inventors and the public. In exchange for a disclosure teaching the public how to make and use an invention, the federal government grants the...more
Patent Exhaustion: Supreme Court Expands Patent-Limiting Doctrine - The U.S. Supreme Court at the end of the past term handed down a decision, Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., that greatly expanded...more
On April 27, 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “Court”) ruled on a wide variety of summary judgment motions, several of which present interesting issues related to plant...more