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Court of Federal Claims allows patent infringement suit directly againt government contract

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

A recent ruling by the Court of Federal Claims has qualified a long enjoyed shelter by government contractors, which protected them against infringement suits for activities arising under government contracts

Administration and legislators agree on fee retention

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

On February 26, 2009, it was announced that the Obama Administration’s budget includes language permitting the USPTO to retain all of its collected fee revenue for operational expenditures

New rules for design patent infringement

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

In a unanimous en banc decision, the Federal Circuit ruled that the test that views design patent infringement from the perspective of the “ordinary observer” is the sole test for determining whether the patent has been infringed

Federal Circuit upholds significant fee award stemming from “baseless” invalidity claims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

In one of the most significant rulings on attorneys fees in patent litigation, the Federal Circuit affirmed a $16.8 million attorneys’ fee award for Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd., the manufacturer of Actos, a market leader in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes

Federal Circuit jettisons “point of novelty” test for infringement of design patents

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 9 2009

Design patent holders scored a recent victory at the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (the “CAFC”) in Egyptian Goddess, Inc. v. Swisa, Inc

Watching trademarks short money, large returns

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 9 2009

Even in a down economy, businesses (both big and small) need to realize that itis still necessary to protect and grow their brands

Federal Circuit adopts narrowing, bright-line rule for product-by-process patent claims

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 29 2009

In Abbott Laboratories v. Sandoz, Inc., the Federal Circuit, in an unannounced and possibly rule-contravening partial-en banc decision, adopted a bright-line rule for determining infringement of a product-by-process patent claim

Met Life and Bancorp fight over insurance-related patents

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 20 2007

Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. and Bancorp Services LLC are back in the ring again

Patentable subject matter for business methods clarified

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

The Federal Circuit, affirming a decision by the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences, clarified what constitutes eligible subject matter under a method patent

Korea and Singapore participating in Patent Prosecution Highway

  • Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • May 7 2009

In two separate announcements in January 2009, the USPTO indicated that the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) will participate in the Patent Prosecution Highway (PPH) on a full-time basis, and the Intellectual Property Office of Singapore (IPOS) will participate in a trial initiative of the PPH

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