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Haug Partners provides integrated multidisciplinary legal services for life science and technology businesses. We have the resources, technical…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 20 Nov 2019
Alice's Adventures in the PTO Wonderland...or, will the 2019 PEG Fill in the Rabbit Hole?
Since the Supreme Court ruling in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International, 573 U.S. 208, 134 S.Ct. 2347 (2014), the Court of Appeals…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 4 Nov 2019
PTAB Judge Appointments Unconstitutional - Federal Circuit Remedial Declaration Reverberates
On October 31, 2019, in Arthrex, Inc. v. Smith & Nephew, Inc., the Federal Circuit (Judge Moore) held that PTAB Judges are…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 16 Sep 2019
PTAB Holds the Line on Parallel Petitions Challenging the Same Patent
On July 16 2019, the PTAB issued a Trial Practice Guide Update (“Guidance”), where the practice of filing parallel petitions…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 5 Aug 2019
Supreme Court Bars Federal Agencies from Challenging Patents Under the AIA
On June 10, 2019, the Supreme Court decided Return Mail, Inc. v. U.S. Postal Service, 139 S.Ct. 1853 (2019), a case that analyzes whether the Federal…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 29 Apr 2019
PTAB Guidance on Using Reissue and Reexamination to Amend Claims in AIA Trial Proceedings
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) has clarified that a reissue application or ex parte reexamination request may be filed…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 16 Oct 2018
The Federal Circuit’s Data Engine Ruling: The Significance of the Alice Step One Analysis
On October 9, 2018, the Federal Circuit added to its growing collection of favorable Alice step one rulings1 by reversing portions of a decision from…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 6 Jun 2018
Massachusetts Federal Court Revises Rules for Patent Cases
The U.S. District Court of Massachusetts has new patent rules effective June 1, 2018. Newly amended Local Rule 16.6 applies to all newly filed patent…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 26 Mar 2018
CAFC to Hear CRISPR-Cas9 Appeal this Spring
On April 30, 2018, the Federal Circuit will hear oral argument in Regents of the Univ. of Cal. v. The Broad Institute, Appeal No. 2017-1907 (Fed. Cir…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 12 Mar 2018
How Federal Courts Apply Common Interest Privilege to Litigation Funding, M&A Due Diligence, and Other Third-Party Scenarios
The concept of “privilege” is critically important in the United States legal system and litigation. Privileged documents and communications are…
Haug Partners LLP | USA | 15 Feb 2018
The Federal Circuit's Berkheimer Ruling: The Necessity for Fact Finding Before Summary Judgment under 35 U.S.C. § 101
On February 8, 2018, the Federal Circuit vacated portions of a decision from the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in…
