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When it comes to IPR petitions filed in the Bio/Pharma space, USPTO data tells us that while Bio/Pharma petitions make up only 8% of the total petitions filed for the fiscal year of 2022 (through June 30, 2022)...

On July 27, 2021, the ITC issued the public version of its opinion finding no violation of section 337 in Certain Mobile Devices with Multifunction Emulators.

Last month, the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office's Patent Trial and Appeal Board ("PTAB") newly designated five decisions as informative.

Without a notice or comment period required by the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) the USPTO on March 3, 2023 modified the MPEP Chapter 800 relating to restrictions and double...

Previously, ADT filed for inter partes review of Applied's ‘817 patent, challenging the validity of the patent's claims for obviousness.

On May 17, 2024, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) affirmed a rejection of a claim directed to a purification method using single-domain antigen-binding proteins...

The USPTO has launched a new Covid-19 Prioritized Examination Pilot Program to help small and micro entities. The USPTO will accept requests for prioritized examination of up to 500 qualifying patent applications without requiring ...

On January 5, 2021, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. of Korea and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. of Ridgefield Park, New Jersey (collectively, "Samsung") filed a complaint requesting that the ITC commence an investigation pursuant to Section 337.

While looking at a first action final rejection after an RCE that I received this week from an Examiner that I respect, I was asking myself why I had received what appeared to be such a shockingly improper action.

Material transfer agreements (MTAs) are contracts that allow one party to perform research using the materials of another party.

Motivation to combine and reasonable expectation of success are separate requirements that must be independently considered.

In Warner Chappell Music, Inc. v. Nealy, 601 U.S. ___ (May 9, 2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Copyright Act's three-year statute of limitations does not limit...

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In late April, the United States Supreme Court decided Romag Fasteners, Inc. v. Fossil Group, Inc., Case No. 18-1233 (U.S. April 23, 2020) and held that proof of willfulness is not a prerequisite for an award of profits under Section 43(a).

On April 20, 2021, ALJ David P. Shaw issued the public version (Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV, Part V) of his final initial determination

On February 9, 2022, the Commission issued a notice of its final determination of a violation of section 337 and issuance of a limited exclusion order ("LEO") and cease-and-desist order...