More Texas Transfer Tales
This post is a round up of some interesting orders the Federal Circuit issued last week. All of these orders involve “emergency” appeals. Last week
January 19, 2012
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Antigone Peytons Posts
The Name of the Game is the Claim
This famous statement by the Federal Circuit’s former Chief Judge, Giles Rich, is still true today. In fact, the two patent decisions the court issued
January 4, 2012
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Bike-Offs
We’ve covered a number of patents this year that seem awfully obvious to those of us who are more than 10 years old. Next up,
December 30, 2011
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A Little Leavening Before the Holidays
Keeping with our food theme in our December blog posts, let’s talk about how we make bread. Traditionally, bread makers used potassium bromate as an
December 21, 2011
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The Ostrich and the Telecom Company
Finally, another trademark case. I was beginning to wonder whether there is a conspiracy among trademark owners and opponents to stop appealing trademark decisions made
November 26, 2011
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Still Waiting for Godot: When Will the Perfect Claim Construction Case Arrive?
The patent community and the Federal Circuit judges have been talking about revisiting the standard for interpreting patent claims for a long time. Unfortunately we’ve
November 23, 2011
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Trade Secret Problems Abroad Lead to ITC Injunction at Home
On October 11th, the Federal Circuit decided that a trade secret issue in China justifies blocking U.S. importation of railroad wheels. That’s right—it enforced U.S.
October 26, 2011
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You’re Not Their Patent Lawyer Anymore
Release the New Patent Legislation Motions! We are already seeing motions hit the courts that are based on new patent laws, which were signed by
October 1, 2011
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Appellate Flip-Floppers
Yes, that’s right. I called a judge a flip-flopper. You’ll need to read the Leithem post to understand why I feel this way. There was
September 28, 2011
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Pay Me for My Magic Soybean Seeds!
The crop patent wars have been raging for well over a decade. They’ve included multi-court patent, trade secret, and antitrust litigations between biotech giants Monsanto,
September 27, 2011
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Grinding Rocks & Gliding Banana Vacuums
Sometimes the Federal Circuit decides that it has a better reason to get rid of a patent than the reason given by the U.S. Patent
September 12, 2011
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Um, Where Do I Go From Here?
Sometimes people get confused about which federal court is supposed to hear their appeal following the trial court or jury’s decision in an intellectual property
September 8, 2011
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