2017 Patent Law Year in Review Highlights
McDermott’s annual Patent Law Year in Review covered topics ranging from: patent eligibility subject matter, anticipation, obviousness, claim constructio.
Archive for February, 2018
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In: PATENT NEWS
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In: PATENT NEWS
Extrinsic Evidence Can Be Used to Support Inherent Anticipation
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) finding that the challenged claims were anticipated and obvious. Monsanto Tech. LLC v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Case No. 17-1032 (Fed. Cir., Jan. 5, 2018) (Wallach, J). Regarding the anticipation …
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In: PATENT NEWS
Apportionment Must Reflect No More than Invention’s Incremental Value
The Federal Circuit affirmed the jury’s infringement finding for two of the three patents appealed, but concluded that Blue Coat was entitled to judgment as a matter of law of non-infringement for the third patent. As for the damages award, Blue Coat argued that Finjan failed to appropriately apportion …
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Online Filing software – new update now available
http://www.epo.org/service-support/updates/2018/20180301.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use.
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In: EPO GENERAL
Validation agreement with Cambodia enters into force
http://www.epo.org/news-issues/news/2018/20180301.html Content reproduced from the Website of the European Patent Office as permitted by their terms of use. European patents granted by the EPO and validated in Cambodia will have the same legal effects as a corresponding Cambodian patent and will be subject to Cambodian patent law.
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In: PATENT NEWS
European patent law
The future of the Unitary Jan 21, 2016 · European patent law European patent law covers a wide range of legislations including national patent laws, the Strasbourg Convention of 1963, the European European Patent Attorneys are This information is simplified and must not be taken as a definitive …
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In: PATENT NEWS
Cleveland Clinic – Time to Purport an Inventive Concept in a Diagnostic Invention?
‘[T]he claims instruct that MPO levels be detected or determined using any of these known techniques. The claims of the testing patent also contain a comparing step where MPO levels are compared to statistically derived control or predetermined values. Here too, the Cleveland Clinic does not purport to …
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In: PATENT NEWS
University of Michigan Law Professor Rebecca Eisenberg to present Nies Lecture in Intellectual …
MILWAUKEE — Rebecca Eisenberg, a professor at the University of Michigan Law School, will present “Opting for Regulation When Patentability Is in Doubt” for Marquette Law School’s Nies Lecture in Intellectual Property on Tuesday, March 6, at 4:30 p.m. in Eckstein Hall’s Lubar Center. Eisenberg …
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In: PATENT NEWS
Patents, Giffen Goods, Invitations
Another professor, Dr. Zach Donohew, and I have discussed patent law and whether or not it is necessary for future development of lifesaving drugs. He argues that if R&D for a drug is very expensive, but the drug can be widely manufactured by anyone in the absence of patent law,... Continue reading
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In: PATENT NEWS
King & Spalding Nabs Cooley’s Ex-IP Litigation Head
Law360 (February 28, 2018, 4:32 PM EST) — King & Spalding LLP has hired the former head of Cooley LLP’s intellectual property litigation group who has represented technology and life sciences companies in high-stakes disputes over patents, trademarks, copyrights and trade secrets in courts and …