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Oral argument in CLS Bank: redefining patent eligibility for computer-related inventions?

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • February 11 2013

On February 8, 2013, the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, heard oral arguments in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd., No

EU moves closer to a unitary patent regime for obtaining and litigating patents in Europe

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • European Union
  • -
  • December 12 2012

On December 11, 2012, the European Parliament approved a set of three proposals to create (1) a “unitary” patent valid across 25 EU member states, (2) a simplified language regime for EU patents, and (3) a unified patent court for hearing infringement disputes

Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act passes, streamlining international registration of industrial designs

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • December 5 2012

On December 5, 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Patent Law Treaties Implementation Act

Supreme Court holds that new evidence and de novo review apply in Section 145 action

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 18 2012

A patent applicant who is denied a patent after appealing to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Board of Appeals and Interferences has the option of either appealing directly to the Federal Circuit or proceeding with a challenge in district court under 35 USC 145 (145 Civil Action

Federal Circuit declines to establish a “settlement negotiation privilege”

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 10 2012

On April 9, 2012, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit gave alleged patent infringers a potentially powerful new discovery tool to help establish what is, or is not, a reasonable royalty based on prior patent licenses

Supreme Court tells Federal Circuit to reconsider patent eligibility of isolated DNA claims

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 26 2012

On the heels of its unanimous decision holding that the personalized medicine method claims at issue in Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., No. 10-1150 (S. Ct. 2012), cannot be patented under 35 USC 101 because they effectively claim a law of nature, the Supreme Court has asked the Federal Circuit to reconsider its decision in Association for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics, Inc. No. 10-1406 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (also known as the “ACLU gene patent” case

Unanimous Supreme Court invalidates Prometheus personalized medicine claims

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 20 2012

On March 20, 2012, in Mayo Collaborative Services et al. v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc., No. 10-1150 (S. Ct. 2012), the Supreme Court held that claims directed to methods of optimizing the dose of specific drugs used in the treatment of specific conditions are invalid under 35 U.S.C. 101 because they impermissibly claim laws of nature

Only new or amended claims, not arguments, can trigger intervening rights in patent reexamination, says en banc Federal Circuit

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • March 16 2012

On March 15, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued its en banc decision in Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. v. HemCon, Inc., upholding the district court’s $29 million verdict in favor of the patent owner, Marine Polymer, and denying defendant HemCon’s intervening rights defense where Marine Polymer had never formally amended the asserted patent claims during reexamination

Supreme Court unanimously reaffirms clear and convincing evidence standard for patent invalidity

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • June 9 2011

In its decision in Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Limited Partnership, No. 10-290 (June 9, 2011), the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously affirmed the Federal Circuit's long-established precedent that in all patent infringement cases, an accused infringer must prove patent invalidity by clear and convincing evidence

USPTO budget reductions halt fee-based prioritized examination (Track I) and other programs

  • Foley & Lardner LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • April 22 2011

On April 22, 2011, USPTO Director David J. Kappos announced the impact of the budget reductions embodied in the fiscal year 2011 budget that finally was enacted on April 15, 2011