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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 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).

Court: Risk-hedging strategy can’t be patented 

By: Pat Murphy
Published: June 28, 2010

Tags: intellectual property, patent

Businessmen could not seek a patent on an investment concept that purported to show energy market investors how to hedge against the risk of price changes, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.