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Posted on Jan 28, 2015 in Articles

クライアントに業務を取り扱う弁護士に何を期待するか尋ねてみてください。その答えは、業務に「質」が伴うことでしょう。誰でも、法律サービスを購入すると、代わりに質を手に入れると考えます。しかし、特許の分野において、特許が質を持つ意味とは何ですか?

Posted on Jan 28, 2015 in Articles

Ask any client what he or she expects from the lawyers who are handling his or her work, and invariably the answer you receive is that the work must possess “quality.” Everyone wants to know that when they purchase legal services, they will get quality in return. But in the patent realm, what does it mean for a patent to have quality?

Posted on Jan 27, 2015 in News

Caesar Rivise Managing Partner, David Tener, is featured in an article relating to the firm’s use of Patent Advisor, a data analysis tool for patent prosecution in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Attorneys at the firm use Patent Advisor to analyze the performance statistics of examiners when formulating a prosecution strategy for firm clients.

Posted on Jan 23, 2015 in Blog

An ad interim injunction passed by the Honorable Delhi High Court (on January 19, 2015) against Glenmark restrained infringement of Symed’s Process Patent Nos. IN 213062 and IN 213063.

Posted on Jan 20, 2015 in Blog

On Tuesday, January 20, 2015, in Teva Pharmaceuticals USA Inc. et al. v. Sandoz Inc. et al., case number 13-854, the United States Supreme Court, in a 7-2 decision by Justice Breyer abolished the CAFC’s en banc practice that claim construction rulings of the district court be reviewed de novo. Instead, the Court ruled that these ruling must be entitled to deference of the district court’s factual findings as Teva had requested in a dispute regarding its highly profitable Copaxone product for multiple sclerosis.

Posted on Dec 18, 2014 in Blog

In light of the relatively recent Supreme Court decisions in the area of patent subject matter eligibility, the United States Patent and Trademark Office has been attempting to provide guidance to its Patent Examiners to use in determining whether claims are directed to patent eligible subject matter. Further to that end, the Patent Office has released new Interim Guidance on Patent Subject Matter Eligibility, which was published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2014.

Posted on Dec 5, 2014 in Articles

Whether prosecuting a U.S. patent application, or litigating a U.S. patent, patent practitioners must consider the implications of 35 U.S.C. §112(6).[1] These implications are significant, because whether or not 112(6) applies to a claim can determine claim construction or can render a claim indefinite and thus invalid.

Posted on Nov 5, 2014 in News

The intellectual property law firm Caesar Rivise, PC is pleased to announce that Lawrence E. Ashery has joined the firm as a partner. Mr. Ashery joined the firm from the RatnerPrestia firm, where he had been a shareholder.

Posted on Nov 4, 2014 in News

Caesar Rivise client, surgeon Dr. Sunil Singhal, was recently featured on the program The Doctors and on CBS News for his advances in a method of visual identification of cancerous tissue during an operation to remove cancerous tumors.

Posted on Nov 4, 2014 in News

On November 3, 2014, U.S. News & World Report released its 2015 “Best Law Firms” list, which identifies law firms “recognized for professional excellence with persistently impressive ratings from clients and peers.”