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PATENT LAW (access required)

Published: April 17, 2012

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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 (access required)

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: January 17, 2012

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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 (access required)

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: September 19, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: June 21, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: June 9, 2011

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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 (access required)

By: Douglas J Levy
Published: April 25, 2011

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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 (access required)

Published: April 4, 2011

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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 (access required)

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: February 4, 2011

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A Texas jury has awarded $482 million to a radiologist on his claim that a medical stent manufacturer willfully infringed his patent.

PATENT (access required)

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 29, 2010

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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 (access required)

By: Kimberly Atkins
Published: November 1, 2010

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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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