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Federal Circuit Rules that BPCIA Preempts State Law Biosimilars Claims
December 18, 2017 | Blog | By Thomas Wintner, Joe Rutkowski
In an opinion issued on December 14, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that the 2010 Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (“BPCIA”) preempts the use of state law to penalize biosimilars applicants who fail to disclose information about their abbreviated Biologics License Applications (“aBLAs”) or manufacturing processes as required by 42 U.S.C. § 262(l)(2)(A).
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SAS v. Matal – Overview of Oral Arguments in the Supreme Court
December 12, 2017 | Blog | By Adam Samansky, Brad M Scheller , Inna Dahlin
On Monday, November 27, 2017, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in SAS Institute v. Matal.
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Oil States Regarding Constitutional Challenge to Inter Partes Review
December 8, 2017 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Andrew DeVoogd
We first covered the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Greene's Energy Grp., LLC, 137 S. Ct. 2239 (2017), a case with the potential to substantially alter the patent litigation landscape, back in June. On Monday, November 27, 2017 the Court heard oral arguments on whether inter partes review – an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) since September 16, 2012 to analyze the validity of existing patents – violates the Constitution by extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum and without a jury.
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PTAB Guidance on Motions to Amend in View of Aqua Products
November 30, 2017 | Blog | By Brad M Scheller
On November 21st, the PTAB issued guidance on motions to amend based on the Federal Circuit’s en banc decision in Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, 872 F.3d 1290 (Fed. Cir. 2017).
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District Court Denies Motion to Stay Pending Supreme Court Decision in Oil States
November 17, 2017 | Blog | By Andrew DeVoogd
In June, we covered the Supreme Court’s grant of certiorari in Oil States Energy Servs., LLC v. Greene's Energy Grp., LLC, 137 S. Ct. 2239 (2017). The Court will decide whether inter partes review – an adversarial process used by the Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) since September 16, 2012 to analyze the validity of existing patents – violates the Constitution by extinguishing private property rights through a non-Article III forum without a jury.
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Federal Circuit Evaluates Import of Factual Statements Made During BPCIA Pre-litigation Patent Dance
November 17, 2017 | Blog | By Thomas Wintner, Joe Rutkowski
In a nonprecedential opinion issued on November 13, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court finding that Apotex’s aBLAs for biosimilar versions of Neulasta® and Neupogen® did not infringe an Amgen protein folding patent.
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Federal Circuit Affirms Delaware Alice Decision
November 16, 2017 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Brad M Scheller
In issuing its precedential decision earlier this month in Two-Way Media v. Comcast, the Federal Circuit affirmed a Delaware district court determination that four data streaming patents were directed to ineligible subject matter pursuant to § 101 and the Alice framework.
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Federal Circuit Concludes that TC Heartland Was a Change in the Law, Reviving Venue Transfer Motions for Defendants Previously Held to Have Waived the Argument
November 16, 2017 | Blog | By Andrew DeVoogd, Anthony Faillaci
On November 15, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit resolved a split among district courts on the question whether the United States Supreme Court’s TC Heartland decision constituted a change in the law, or merely a course-correction to honor preexisting law.
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Yahoo Asks Federal Circuit to Determine Whether TC Heartland Changed, or Merely Clarified, Venue Rules
November 10, 2017 | Blog | By Andrew DeVoogd, Anthony Faillaci
In an interesting development in the post-TC Heartland world, it appears that the Federal Circuit will soon answer the question whether the Supreme Court’s venue decision was a change in the law, or merely a course-correction to honor preexisting law.
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Potential Future Harm to Patent Holder Found to Justify Imposition of Preliminary Injunction
November 8, 2017 | Blog | By Andrew DeVoogd, Nick Armington
In Vecco Instruments Inc. v. SGL Carbon, LLC, No. 17-CV-2217 (E.D.N.Y. Nov. 2, 2017), Judge Pamela Chen in the Eastern District of New York recently granted Vecco’s motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining SGL Carbon.
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Apple and Samsung Are Headed Back to the Court Room
October 25, 2017 | Blog | By Andrew DeVoogd, Serge Subach
Following a lengthy and extensive litigation that began in 2011 that culminated in a U.S. Supreme Court decision in December of 2016, smartphone industry titans Apple and Samsung will again find themselves in Federal District Court Judge Lucy Koh’s courtroom on remand to determine appropriate damages for Samsung’s infringement of Apple’s design patents.
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Federal Circuit Clarifies the Requirements for a Teaching Away by the Prior Art
October 23, 2017 | Blog | By Adam Samansky, Peter Cuomo, Joe Rutkowski
In a precedential opinion issued on October 11, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed the Patent Trial and Appeals Board’s (“PTAB”) finding of non-obviousness where the prior art taught away from some, but not all, of the embodiments covered by the challenged claims.
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Chief Judge Stark Rejects Motion for Enhanced Damages Award Due to the Public Interest in the Accused Hepatitis C Virus Treatments
October 12, 2017 | Blog | By Andrew DeVoogd, Courtney Herndon
Last month, following a jury verdict in federal district court in Delaware awarding Plaintiff Idenix Pharmaceuticals LLC $2.54 billion in damages—“the largest damages verdict ever returned in a patent [infringement] trial”—Chief Judge Leonard Stark denied Idenix’s motion for enhanced damages.
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General Plastic Industrial Co. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha: PTAB Explains Factors for Follow-On Petitions
October 9, 2017 | Blog | By Brad M Scheller , Peter Cuomo, Inna Dahlin
On September 6, 2017, an expanded panel of the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued an “informative” decision in General Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd, v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha setting forth the Board’s framework for analyzing follow-on inter partes review (IPR) petitions.
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ALJ Shaw: ITC is a Viable Forum for Enforcement of SEPs
October 6, 2017 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, James Wodarski, Robert Moore
The public version of ALJ Shaw’s Initial Determination (ID) in U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) investigation Certain Magnetic Data Storage Tapes and Cartridges Containing the Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-1012 (1012 Investigation), provides important guidance on enforcement of standard-essential patents (SEPs) in the ITC.
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AQUA PRODUCTS: The Federal Circuit Shifts The Burden of Proof On Amending Claims During An IPR From The Patent Owner To The Petitioner
October 5, 2017 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, William Meunier , Michael Newman, Matthew Galica
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s recent decision in Aqua Products Inc., v. Matal materially changes the burden of proof associated with the patentability of amended claims during an inter partes review (“IPR”), shifting the burden from the Patent Owner seeking the amendment to the IPR Petitioner opposing it.
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“In Light of the Specification”: Federal Circuit Weighs in on the Broadest Reasonable Interpretation
September 27, 2017 | Blog | By Brad M Scheller
The Federal Circuit yesterday issued an opinion in In re: Smith Int’l, Inc., No. 2016-2303 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 26, 2017) reversing an affirmance by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the rejection of several claims of U.S. Patent No. 6,732,817 being challenged in ex parte reexamination.
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Making the Sausage: Lower Courts Grapple With the Supreme Court’s TC Heartland Venue Decision
September 27, 2017 | Blog | By Andrew DeVoogd, Anthony Faillaci
The United States Supreme Court decided earlier this year that a 1957 opinion is still valid and still limits venue choices for patent infringement actions under 28 U.S.C. § 1400.
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Federal Circuit Clarifies Venue Requirement Post-TC Heartland by Granting Mandamus Relief in In re Cray
September 25, 2017 | Blog | By Peter Snell, Daniel Weinger, Anthony Faillaci
Late last week, the Federal Circuit granted a writ of mandamus in In re Cray, 2017-129 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 21, 2017), overturning Judge Gilstrap’s four-factor test for determining whether a defendant possesses “a regular and established place of business” in a district such that the defendant could be sued for patent infringement in that district.
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Am I Being Clear Enough? - PTAB Reaffirms Lower Pre-Issuance Threshold for Indefiniteness in Ex Parte McAward
September 20, 2017 | Blog | By Brad M Scheller , Kevin Amendt
On August 25, 2017, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board issued a precedential opinion in Ex Parte McAward, reaffirming the Patent Office’s use of a lower pre-issuance threshold for indefiniteness distinct from the Supreme Court’s Nautilus standard.
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