Counsel at three firms reveal the tools they’re using to generate patent invalidity claim charts and why they’re making investments in the technology Law firms say they are testing software and ...

From an intellectual property (“IP”) practitioner’s perspective, the central question is whether the consequences of the invocation of Sections 64 and 107 are the same, i.e., whether a court’s finding ...

“[C]ollateral estoppel should not apply. To hold otherwise would deprive patent owners of their property right without first requiring proof of patent invalidity that satisfies the statutorily ...

Patent-Eligible Subject Matter refers to the types of inventions that can be legally patented. The criteria for patentability varies depending on the jurisdiction. In the United States, for ...

Interface challenged the patents as invalid, obvious, derived from third parties and not infringed. After deliberation of less than one hour, the jury awarded Interface a victory finding both ...

The Supreme Court heard oral argument last week in Minerva Surgical Inc. v. Hologic, Inc. over the issue of assignor estoppel. As a reminder, the case arose in an infringement suit over U.S ...

Shortly before trial, you withdrew your patent invalidity defense and went forward with only a noninfringement defense. What was behind that decision? How did it help hone your presentation?

Alps S., LLC., 735 F.3d 1333, 1342 (Fed. Cir. 2013), the district court stated that if the Board issues a final judgment ruling that a patent claim is unpatentable, and “the differences between the ...

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