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‘Last Week Tonight’ Host John Oliver Ignores the Last Three Years of Patent Reform
May 1, 2015 | Blog | By Michael Renaud, Robert Moore
Have you seen John Oliver’s piece about abuses in the patent system? If not, take a look here. The ‘Last Week Tonight’ host has quite a bit of fun at the expense of the patent system.
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District Court Rules Against Amgen's Motion for Preliminary Injunction to Prevent Marketing of Sandoz's Biosimilar Zarxio
March 20, 2015 | Blog | By Thomas Wintner, Terri Shieh-Newton
In an order released on March 19, 2015, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Seeborg of the Northern District of California denied Amgen’s motion for judgment on the pleadings as well as its request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Sandoz from marketing its drug Zarxio®.
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Court Denies Generic Drug Manufacturer's Motion to Dismiss Hatch-Waxman Patent Infringement Action on Jurisdiction Grounds
March 18, 2015 | Blog | By Peter Cuomo, Joe Rutkowski
On March 12, the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana joined the District of Delaware and Eastern District of Texas as the first courts to consider a generic drug manufacturer’s motion to dismiss a Hatch-Waxman patent infringement action for an alleged lack of personal jurisdiction following the Supreme Court’s decision in Daimler AG v. Bauman, 134 S.Ct. 746 (2014).
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C.D. Cal. Swims Against the Tide of Software Patent Ineligibility in Caltech v. Hughes
December 31, 2014 | Blog | By Michael Van Loy, Inna Dahlin
Patent applicants from the software and business method fields took notice after the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. V. CLS Bank International, et al. (“Alice,” 134 S. Ct. 2347 (2014)) on June 19, 2014, and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) followed with preliminary guidelines (“Guidelines”) issued June 25, 2014 for examining subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101 of claims relating to a judicially created exception to patent eligibility.
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USPTO Issues Interim Guidance on Patent Eligibility Under §101: Framework for Considering Whether Patents Are Eligible for US Patent Protection Significantly Improved
December 17, 2014 | Alert | By Michael Van Loy, Inna Dahlin
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued revised guidance to its examiners relating to determination of patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101.
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A Brief Synopsis of the Issues Confronting the Federal Circuit in the En Banc Rehearing of Suprema, Inc. v. ITC
November 25, 2014 | Advisory | By Aarti Shah, Nicholas Armington
On February 5, 2015 the en banc Federal Circuit will hear oral argument in the matter of Suprema, Inc. v. ITC.
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“Why, I declare” … Proper Use of Evidentiary Declarations under New (Post-AIA) Rule 37 C.F.R. 1.130
October 30, 2014 | Advisory | By Terri Shieh-Newton
The Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) was signed into law on September 16, 2011. While the AIA alters U.S. patent practice in several ways, perhaps the most significant change brought about by the law is the switch from a “first to invent” to a “first inventor to file” system, largely for purposes of harmonizing U.S. practice with the majority of other countries.
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Did the USPTO Really Improve the 'After Final Consideration Pilot'?
October 3, 2014 | Blog | By Lisa Adams
On October 1, 2014, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) announced the After Final Consideration Pilot 2.0 (“AFCP 2.0”) – a program intended to provide new features that will enhance communication between the USPTO and the applicant, as compared with the original After Final Consideration Pilot (“AFCP”).
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What’s Happening with Patents at the USPTO? Chief of Staff Byrnes has Answers!
September 19, 2014 | Blog | By Lisa Adams, Linda Azrin
On September 16, 2014, United States Patent and Trademark Office Chief of Staff Andrew Byrnes presented to the Boston Patent Law Association an update on new quality initiatives and the implementation of White House patent policies.
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Computer Implementation Not Enough to Render Abstract Ideas Patent Eligible
June 20, 2014 | Alert | By Michael Renaud, Rich Gervase, Sandra Badin
The Supreme Court yesterday issued its long-awaited decision in Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International addressing the patent eligibility of computer-implemented inventions under 35 USC §101.
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USPTO Guidance for Examiners Takes Expansive View of Myriad and Prometheus Decisions
March 7, 2014 | Blog | By Muriel M. Liberto, PhD, Esq.
On March 4, 2014, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) issued a memorandum to the Patent Examining Corps with guidance for determining the patent eligibility of claims relating to products of nature and laws of nature (“the Guidance”) in view of the U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Assoc. for Molecular Pathology v. Myriad Genetics (“Myriad”) and Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc. (“Prometheus”).
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