by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | INTER PARTES REVIEW, PATENT, PATENT LITIGATION, PATENT PROSECUTION, Uncategorized
Financiers Challenge Pharmaceutical Patents by Filing Petitions for Inter Partes Review Inter partes review is a new trial proceeding that became available on September 16, 2012 by the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (AIA) and allows a third party to challenge a...
by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LEGISLATION, PATENT, PATENT INFRINGEMENT, PATENT LITIGATION, Uncategorized
Sen. Grassley (R-IA) Introduces Patent Act of 2015 Today, Sen. Grassley of Iowa introduced a Senate Bill entitled “Protecting American Talent and Entrepreneurship Act of 2015” Among other things, the Bill is aimed at curbing perceived patent litigation abuses by...
by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, INTER PARTES REVIEW, IP LITIGATION, PATENT, PATENT INFRINGEMENT, PATENT LITIGATION, Uncategorized
Patent litigation is declining….or is it increasing? Pricewatherhouse Cooper’s 2015 Patent Litigation Study, entitled A change in patentee fortunes made several observations about the shifting state of patent litigation in the United States: That patent lawsuits...
by davidweb1 | Jul 4, 2017 | INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, IP LITIGATION, PATENT, PATENT LITIGATION, Uncategorized
Impression v. Lexmark: Any sale, foreign or domestic, exhausts patent rights Patent Exhaustion On May 30th, 2017, the Supreme Court handed down a decision clarifying the scope of patent exhaustion. Patent exhaustion is the loss of patent rights over a patented product...
