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Yearly Archives: 2016

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Finds Specific Jurisdiction in ANDA Patent Cases

Posted on Mar 21, 2016 in Blog

On March 18, 2016, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled for the first time that an ANDA filer can basically be sued anywhere unless it is unfair, widening broadly jurisdiction in ANDA cases. Mylan Inc. was sued twice in Delaware based on two ANDA filings and argued the Delaware court did not have specific or general jurisdiction over it.

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Caesar Rivise Wins Motion to Transfer Case to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Posted on Mar 4, 2016 in News

In the case of Access Business Group LLC v. BattleChem Distribution, Inc. and Divi’s Laboratories, LTD., 1:13-cv-00828-RJJ (US DC Western District of Michigan), the Honorable Robert J. Jonker on March 3, 2016 granted defendants’ Motion to Transfer a breach of contract and breach of warranty action to the Central District of California.

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U.S. Supreme Court to Review Patent Claim Construction Standards

Posted on Feb 24, 2016 in Articles

The U.S. Supreme Court is soon set to decide the standard that should be used when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office reassesses the validity of an issued patent. The case, Cuozzo Speed Technologies LLC v. Lee, No. 15-446, may play a significant role in determining whether an accused patent infringer can defend itself by arguing that the asserted patent should have never been granted in the first place.

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Federal Circuit Rules Regarding Exhaustion of U.S. Patent Rights

Posted on Feb 15, 2016 in Blog

In Lexmark Int’l, Inc. v. Impression Prods., Inc., No. 14-1617 (Fed. Cir. 2016), the Federal Circuit issued an important opinion regarding patent exhaustion (the termination of a patent owner’s ability to claim infringement damages following the first authorized sale of a patented product).

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Patent Application Filings and Experimental Use Exception

Posted on Feb 1, 2016 in Articles

A U.S. patent application must be filed within one year of the underlying invention being on-sale or in public use, or all rights are lost. Experimental use, however, creates a grace period beyond the one year deadline. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit will soon issue an important opinion clarifying when an experimental use has actually occurred.

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Delaware Jury Awards $37.5 Million In Damages For Infringement Of Medical Device Patent

Posted on Jan 27, 2016 in Blog

On January 26, 2016, a District of Delaware jury awarded Greatbatch Ltd. $37.5 Million in damages in the Greatbatch Ltd. v. AVX Corporation and AVX Filters Corporation (collectively “AVX”) patent litigation.

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A Different Slant On The Slants’ Trademark Dispute

Posted on Jan 25, 2016 in Articles

The football team The Washington Redskins and the musical group The Slants have recently been tied together – both have argued that their First Amendment rights were violated when their federal trademark registrations were denied. In The Slants’ case, however, the battle over the registration of their trademark began with arguments that racism and the ethnicity of the trademark owner were the causes of the dispute.

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