PATENT LAW 
Published: April 17, 2012
Tags: patent, Supreme Court
A generic drug manufacturer may employ the counterclaim provision of the Hatch-Waxman Act to force correction of a use code that inaccurately describes the brand’s patent as covering a particular method of using a drug.
U.S. Supreme Court. Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd. v. Novo Nordisk A/S, No. 10-844. April
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Doctor wins $482 million patent infringement verdict
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 17, 2012
Tags: Johnson & Johnson, patent, patent infringement, stent, Top Ten Jury Verdicts, Top Ten Jury Verdicts of 2011
Plaintiff's attorney Paul Taskier
A Texas jury awarded $482 million to a radiologist on his claim that a medical stent manufacturer willfully infringed his patent.
Obama signs patent overhaul
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 19, 2011
Tags: first-to-file, Legislation, patent, President Obama
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama signed the America Invents Act into law last week, a measure he said will benefit businesses by allowing inventions to get to market sooner and cut down on red tape and patent-related litigation.
District courts selected for patent case pilot project
Published: June 21, 2011
Tags: Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, Federal Judicial Center, patent, patent law
Fourteen U.S. District Courts have been selected to participate in a 10-year pilot project designed to improve the expertise of judges in patent cases.
PATENT
Published: June 9, 2011
Tags: patent, Patent Act, patent law
Section 282 of the Patent Act requires that an invalidity defense be proved by clear and convincing evidence.
U.S. Supreme Court. Microsoft v. i4i Partnership, No. 10-290. June 9, 2011. Lawyers USA No. 993-2980.
Patent Office pilot programs slowly ease backlog
By:
Douglas J Levy
Published: April 25, 2011
Tags: patent, patent law, patent prosecution, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Over the last two years, patent attorneys have seen marked differences in the way patent applications are handled, and how a backlog of 700,000-plus filed patent applications are being tackled, by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
Senate passes patent reform measure
Published: April 4, 2011
Tags: America Invents Act, Congress, first-to-file, patent
WASHINGTON – Just days after the Senate passed a patent reform measure that would bring the United States’ patent laws in line with those of most other countries, a companion bill was introduced in the House.
Doctor wins $482 million patent verdict
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 4, 2011
Tags: Johnson & Johnson, patent, patent infringement, stent
A Texas jury has awarded $482 million to a radiologist on his claim that a medical stent manufacturer willfully infringed his patent.
PATENT
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 29, 2010
Tags: defenses, patent
Must the invalidity defense under the Patent Act be proved by clear and convincing evidence?
Microsoft v. i4i Limited Partnership, No. 10-290. Certiorari granted Nov. 29, 2010. Ruling below: 598 F.3d 831. (Fed. Cir. 2010).
PATENTS
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 1, 2010
Tags: patent
Can an inventor transfer his rights in a jointly-owned, federally-funded patent to a third party?
Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, No. 09-1159. Certiorari granted: Nov. 1, 2010. Ruling below: 583 F.3d 832 (Fed. Cir. 2009).
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