Government’s Pre-Litigation Conduct Cannot Justify a Court of Claims Fee Award In Fastship, Llc V. Us., Appeal No. 19-2360, A Court of Claims fee award under 28 U.S.C. § 1498(a),... read more →
by Frederic M. Douglas and James E. Hawes This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. Patently-O – a... read more →
Attorneys and Clients Behaving Badly – Deliberately Withheld Offer for Sale Is Inequitable Conduct In Gs Cleantech Corp. v. Adkins Energy LLC, Appeal No. 16-2231,withholding and obscuring evidence of a... read more →
Contributors: Knobbe Martens Federal Circuit Affirms Exceptionality Based On Inadequate Pre-Suit Investigation of Infringement In Thermolife International LLC v. GNC Corporation, Appeal Nos. 2018-1657, 2018-1666, the Federal Circuit determined that... read more →
Contributors: Knobbe Martens PTAB May Invalidate Claims on Reconsideration Based on Grounds Raised in the Institution Decision that Were Not Originally Instituted In AC Technologies S.A., V. Amazon.Com, Inc., Blizzard... read more →
Federal Circuit Reverses PTAB for Relying on Inherency, Rather Than Expectancy in Finding Claims Obvious In Honeywell Int’l Inc. v. Mexichem Amanco Holding S.A. DE C.V., Appeal No. 2016-1996, the... read more →