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The Patent Proof Olympics
Just like Olympians, patent challengers have to clear hurdles and jump over high bars to show that a patent is invalid. As this case shows,
August 22, 2012
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Chasing Patent Windmills at the ITC
General Electric v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, No. 2012-1223 (Fed. Cir. Jul. 6, 2012) (Judges Rader, Newman and Linn) (revised opinion) General Electric v. Int’l Trade
August 21, 2012
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Patent Obviousness Is Sticky Business
This is a case about chewing gum. Unfortunately, the district court’s approach to analyzing Wrigley’s patent for obviousness and anticipation led to a sticky situation
August 7, 2012
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1 + 1 + 1 = Zero Patents
This inventor’s patent application for a computing device for arithmetic processes didn’t add up to a patentable invention. In re Mouttet, No. 2011-1451 (Fed. Cir.
August 5, 2012
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When Patent Jurisdiction Gets Personal
Merial Ltd. v. Cipla Ltd., Nos. 2011-1471, -1472 (Fed. Cir. May 31, 2012) (Judges Lourie, Schall, and Reyna) Jurisdiction questions at the Federal Circuit usually
July 25, 2012
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Extended Reach Patent Jurisdiction
The opinion and order in this post take a look at whether the Federal Circuit’s jurisdiction over legal malpractice claims in patent prosecution matters reaches
July 13, 2012
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