Mar 02

District Court & PTAB Happenings – February 2018

No Rehearing Because of Hindsight Declaring by Brock F. Wilson, Matthew George Hartman & Rubén H. Muñoz, Akin Gump The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) denied a petitioner’s request for rehearing of its decision declining institution of inter partes review of a patent owned by Bose Corporation (“Patent Owner.”)... read more →
Mar 02

Internet Sightings – February 2018

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com * In a post on January 17, 2018, John M. Roqitz discussed the Federal Circuit finding a virus-screening method not abstract... read more →
Feb 08

Federal Circuit Summaries – January 2018

Redundant Ground in an IPR Was Not Outside the Instituted Grounds In CRFD Research, Inc. v. Matal, Appeal No. 2016-2198, the Federal Circuit held that the Board erred in performing its obviousness analysis when determining whether a single prior art reference rendered the claims at issue obvious. (more…)
Feb 08

Internet Sightings – January 2018

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com * In a post on December 16, 2017, Robert Schaffer and Joseph Robinson discussed the Federal Circuit invalidating a patent on... read more →
Dec 15
Dec 15

District Court & PTAB Happenings – December 2017

Expert Testimony Stricken for Failure to Adhere to Entire Market Value Rule By R. Tyler Kendrick, Akin Gump On November 1, 2017, District of Delaware Judge William Bryson granted defendants D&M Holdings Inc., D&M Holdings U.S. Inc. and Denon Electronics (USA), LLC’s (collectively, “D&M”) motion to strike part of the... read more →
Dec 15

Internet Sightings – December 2017

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com * In a post on November 2, 2017, Alec Schibanoff discussed the benefits of “open patent prosecution” which is essentially filing... read more →
Nov 08
Nov 08

District Court & PTAB Happenings – November 2017

PTAB Declines Request to Review Method of Treating Lymphoma Claim  By: Matthew George Hartman, Akin Gump A Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) panel declined to institute an inter partes review (IPR) of a claim directed to a method for treating low grade B-cell non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The challenged method required... read more →
Nov 08

Internet Sightings – November 2017

This column highlights some of the more notable recent online notices, newsletters, and blogs dealing with IP prosecution issues. IPWatchdog – a patents and patent law blog – IPwatchdog.com * In a post on October 6, 2017, Robert Schaffer and Joseph Robinson discuss a cautionary example of when an equivalent... read more →