To properly draft and prosecute a patent application, a best practice is to take a holistic approach to the presentation of the application. An excerpt is attached to the PDF ...
Today in Genzyme Therapeutic Products Ltd. Partnership v. Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Bryson, J.), in the course of an affirmance of an invalidity ruling by the ...
The 8-0 reversal yesterday of the Federal Circuit in Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., __ U.S. __ (2016)(Roberts, C.J.), of the appellate tribunal’s narrow view of patent damages ...
SAS Institute, Inc. v. ComplementSoft, Inc., __ F.3d __ (Fed. Cir. 2016)(Stoll, J.), in an Inter Partes Review proceeding, the majority disagreed with the approach of the PTAB that reached ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...