Jack Piscitello spent his entire career as a patent attorney for the Union Carbide Corporation in New York until his retirement in 1997. He held degrees from Fordham University (B.S. ...
Several patent events will be held in Washington, D.C., in the period Thursday-Saturday, May 12-14, in conjunction with George Washington University Law School (May 12) and local chapters of the ...
President Obama is now expected to sign into law the Defend Trade Secrets Act. The legislation has now passed both the House and the Senate and needs only the signature ...
In Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., Fed. Cir. 2016-1284, the Federal Circuit is expected to consider whether the secret commercialization bar of Metallizing Engineering survives the redrafting ...
Today in Largan Precision Co., Ltd. v. Genius Electronic Optical Co., Ltd., __ F. App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Moore, J.), distinguishing O2 Micro Int’l Ltd. v. Beyond Innovation Tech. Co., ...
Today in Merck & Cie v. Gnosis S.P.A., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(den. reh’g en banc)(Newman, J., dissenting) and South Alabama Medical Science Foundation v. Gnosis S.P.A., __ F.3d ...
Congratulations to Administrative Patent Judge McManus, recently appointed to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Judge McManus previously was with Duane Morris LLP; McKool Smith; Adduci, Mastriani & Schaumberg and ...
On April 29th a second Conference is scheduled for SCA Hygiene Prods. Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Prods.,LLC, S.Ct. No. 15-927, and concurrently a third Conference is scheduled for Medinol ...
Today in U.S. Ethernet Innovations, LLC. v. Texas Instruments, Inc., __ Fed. App’x __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Linn, J.), the panel issued its opinion in a “short form” where the heart ...
Today in SCA Hygiene Prods. Aktiebolag v. First Quality Baby Prods.,LLC, S.Ct. No. 15-927, opinion below, __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. Sept. 18, 2015)(en banc), the Court did not issue ...