Search results

Order by most recent / most popular / relevance

Results: 1-10 of 105

USPTO seeks comments on rules for ex parte patent appeals

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
December 16 2010

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks public comments on proposed new revisions to current procedures governing practice before the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences

Medical treatment claims deemed patentable on reconsideration after Bilski

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
January 13 2011

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has confirmed its earlier decision, rendered before Bilski v. Kappos, 130 S. Ct. 3218 (2010), was decided, and ruled that methods for determining the optimal dosage of thiopurine drugs used to treat gastrointestinal and non-gastrointestinal autoimmune diseases recite patentable subject matter under 101

Federal Circuit reverses Patent Appeals Board on obviousness ruling and commercial success evidence

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
January 13 2011

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences incorrectly rejected on obviousness grounds a patent claim involving physical and air shields to prevent the clogging of a nozzle to a Wurster coater, which sprays coating material onto pharmaceutical ingredients

U.S. Supreme Court to decide whether Stanford owns patents for invention funded with federal dollars

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
November 4 2010

The U.S. Supreme Court has granted the appeal of a Federal Circuit decision that rejected on standing grounds a university’s claim to patents that arose out of an NIH-financed research project involving technology for detecting HIV levels in a patient’s blood

News bytes

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
January 27 2011

The U.S. Patent & Trademark Office announces agreements with its Australian counterpart that will extend and expand work sharing between the two agencies

Control at issue in split Federal Circuit ruling on joint infringement

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
April 21 2011

A divided Federal Circuit Court of Appeals panel, relying on recent precedent, has confirmed that "where the actions of multiple parties combine to perform every step of a claimed method, the claim is directly infringed only if one party exercises 'control or direction' over the entire process such that every step is attributable to the controlling party."

Biotech company settles claims that counsel divulged confidential information

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
April 21 2011

A federal court in California has dismissed with prejudice claims that a biotech company filed against its former counsel alleging that the law firm had provided confidential information about the company's patent applications to another client

Federal Circuit finds no limitation on new evidence in civil patent actions filed in district court

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
November 18 2010

A divided en banc Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that patent applicants who are dissatisfied with a Board of Patent Appeals (Board) determination and decide to pursue their claims in federal court under 35 U.S.C. 145, face no limitations on the right to introduce new evidence other than those pertaining to all civil actions under federal evidentiary and procedural rules

TiVo v. Echostar: parties settle; leave behind new infringement contempt standard

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
May 5 2011

While the dispute over TiVo's patents for digital video-recording devices has finally settled for $500 million after seven years, the litigation generated an en banc Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decision that clarified the standards governing contempt proceedings in patent infringement cases

Monsanto Co. wins patent infringement claims against GE soybean farmer

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
-
USA
-
October 7 2011

The Federal Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that farmers who plant the progeny of genetically engineered (GE) soybean seeds protected by U.S. patents have infringed those patents even where the progeny are derived from commodity seed purchased from a grain elevator

next >