This evening the Hon. Brett Michael Kavanaugh was nominated by President Trump to the position of Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. The jurist has a sparse judicial record on patent ...
On June 25, 2018, the Supreme Court granted certiorari in Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., No. 17-1229,proceedings below, 855 F.3d 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2017), to determine whether a confidential sale triggers ...
Today in In re BigCommerce, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2018)(On Petition)(Linn, J.), the Federal Circuit a major decision on patent venue: Given that BigCommerce maintains its principal place of business and ...
Ned Heller was an important figure in the national patent community who held several important corporate positions. Professor Dennis Crouch provides more details on his career. See https://patentlyo.com/patent/2018/04/ned-heller-1947-2018.html With sadness, Hal
Earlier this week in Oil States Energy Services, LLC v. Greene's Energy Group, LLC, __ U.S. ___ (2018)(Thomas, J.), and SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, __ U.S. ___ (2018)(Gorsuch, J.), the Supreme Court issued opinions ...
Ron Myrick had been a leader of the patent community, and was perhaps best known inside patent circles for his work with the AIPLA, which he had served as President ...
Norm's practice dates back to the early 1960’s when the Patent Office was housed in the main Commerce Building when he was a "Washington attorney" for major Midwest and West ...
Andrei Iancu, a longtime leader in the patent field, has now been confirmed by the Senate. Installation as Director Expected Shortly: Senate confirmation is the last major step on the way ...
The attached rulemaking proposal is concurrently being sent to the Hon. Joseph D. Matal, performing the functions and duties of the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the ...
The captioned paper points out the narrow holding in Aqua Products concerning the burden of proof dealing with patentability issues in IPR proceedings. The brief paper includes as an attachment the full set ...