Fed Circuit Watch: Litigation Misconduct and Inequitable Conduct
By Brent T. Yonehara On July 27, 2017, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit decided Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Merus B.V. In Regeneron, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district...
SCOTUS Watch: Cert Granted in Oil States: the Constitutionality of IPR Proceedings
By Brent T. Yonehara On June 12, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court granted the petition for certiorari in Oil States Energy Services v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC. Of the three issues presented by...
SCOTUS Watch: Supreme Court Redefines the Patent Exhaustion Doctrine
By Brent T. Yonehara On May 30, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Impression Products, Inc. v. Lexmark International, Inc., reversing the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on the scope of...
Fed Circuit Watch: Helsinn and the On-Sale Bar
By Brent T. Yonehara On May 1, 2017, the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals decided Helsinn Healthcare S.A. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., 2016-1284, 2016-1787 (Fed. Cir. 2017), holding that the...
SCOTUS Watch: TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC
By Brent T. Yonehara On May 22, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down an important ruling, TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, 581 U.S.\\\ (2017), in patent venue, and specifically...
Alice in Wonderland: Software Patents in Light of Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l
SCOTUS patents software
By Brent T. Yonehara INTRODUCTION Alice Corporation v. CLS Bank International was recently decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in the closing days of its 2013-2014 term. In Alice, the Supreme Court...
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