Last month at the Federal Circuit - January 2013 *

USA - January 28 2013
In Deere & Co. v. Bush Hog, LLC, Nos. 11-1629, -1630, -1631 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 4, 2012), the Federal Circuit vacated the district court's construction…

Co-authors: Robert C. MacKichan, Scott A. Allen, Patrick J. Stafford, Benjamin A. Saidman, Michael E. Kudravetz.

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Membership in a defensive patent-aggregation service may provide a plausible basis for alleging pre-suit knowledge of a patent for a claim of willful infringement *

USA - September 24 2012
Patent litigation plays an increasingly important role in business strategies.

Co-authors: John C. Paul, D. Brian Kacedon.

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Failure to comply with IPR policy of standards setting organization may support antitrust and breach of contract claims *

USA - July 23 2012
Questions relating to the licensing and enforcement of standards-essential patents have recently received much attention, in the media as well as in the courts.

Co-authors: John C. Paul, D. Brian Kacedon.

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Causal nexus between accused infringement and alleged harm required for grant of a preliminary injunction *

USA - June 18 2012
Companies concerned that ongoing patent infringement will significantly harm their business often request that a court grant a preliminary injunction to halt that infringement.

Co-authors: John C. Paul, D. Brian Kacedon.

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Means-plus-function claim lacking corresponding structure rejected as indefinite *

USA - October 3 2011
In In re Aoyama, No. 10-1552 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 29, 2011), the Federal Circuit affirmed the Board’s rejection of claims 11 and 21 in U.S. Patent Application No. 10/798,505 assigned to Mitsui Bussan Logistics, Inc. (“Mitsui”).

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