Tom Webster was one of the many patent attorneys who started their patent law careers as Patent Examiners while simultaneously earning a law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center. ...
The Supreme Court has announced that it has scheduled a Conference inSequenom, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., Supreme Court No. 15-1182, to vote whether to grant certiorari in this important case. ...
Congratulations to Herb Wamsley, who will be recognized as the featured speaker next week at the 2016 Intellectual Property Section Annual Luncheon of the Bar Association of the District of ...

No. (1) Lexmark (exhaustion); No. (7) Life Technologies (extraterritoriality): Certiorari Grant June 20th?
The Supreme Court is expected to include in its Orders List either on June 20 or 27 an announcement as to whether it has granted or denied certiorari in Top Ten ...
Today, in SmithKline Beecham Corp. v. King Drug Company of Florence, Inc., S.Ct. 15-055, opinion below, King Drug Company of Florence, Inc. v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., 791 F.3d 388 (3rd ...
Congratulations to former Assistant Deputy Attorney General of the United States for Antitrust Enforcement, Makan Delrahim. Makan is a cofounding principal of Preconcile.com which, as stated on its website, is ...
The grace period remains a controversial subject due to the "state of the art" for Section 103 being keyed to the effective filing date. The attached paper goes into details ...
The Supreme Court is now scheduled to vote on June 16, 2016, whether to grant certiorari in Top Ten No. (1) Impression Products v. Lexmark (international patent exhaustion) and Top ...
A decision whether certiorari has been granted may come as early as 9:30 AM tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Regards, Hal
Professor Dennis Crouch is now offering the most complete reporting on patent cases at the Supreme Court, including links to briefs, as explained in the box at page 1 of ...