• Two Federal Preemption Cases, One Consistent Outcome

    On the question of patent preemption, the Fifth Circuit relied on the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Bonito Boats, since the issue of patent preemption with respect to the Texas unfair competition law was a novel question in the Fifth Circuit. Under Bonito Boats, the panel also... Continue reading

     
  • What The Huawei Patent Licensing Deal Means For Nokia

    What The Huawei Patent Licensing Deal Means For Nokia  Forbes Nokia, Huawei strike multi-year patent licensing deal  ZDNet Huawei Gives Nokia Full Hand of Smartphone Patent Deals  U.S. News & World Report Xiaomi signs agreement with Nokia to acquire key patent assets from the company  Tech2 Nokia gets $2 billion payment from Apple in... Continue reading

     
  • A method for reducing latent distance 20

    A method for reducing latent distance 20. December 22, 2017 PatentDennis Crouch. Christmas Card (Patently-O). Dennis Crouch. About Dennis Crouch. Law Professor at the University of Missouri School of Law. View all posts by Dennis Crouch →. Post navigation. ← Fed Gov’t Updates.

     
  • Louboutin Wins Trademark Battle in India

    Louboutin Wins Trademark Battle in India  Footwear News Full coverage

     
  • Unclaimed Features Cannot Save Eligibility of Claims

    Unclaimed Features Cannot Save Eligibility of Claims  The National Law Review Full coverage

     
  • Looking Back: TC Heartland Is a Change of Law

    Transmirra Products did not address the post-1988 amendments to the patent venue statute, and thus there was no intervening Supreme Court precedent before TC Heartland. As a result, the Court concluded that the venue defense now raised by Micron was not available prior to the TC Heartland …

     
  • Unclaimed Features Cannot Save Eligibility of Claims

    Adhering to its now-familiar two-step framework for determining patent eligibility under the Supreme Court of the United States’ 2014 decision in Alice, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed the district court’s judgment on the pleadings, finding all of the asserted claims invalid under 35 …

     
  • Unitary patent system

    Italy, one of the last holdouts to the European Unitary Patent, joined the party, leaving Spain and Croatia as the only members of the EU to opt out. This represents the biggest change to patent law in Europe for 40 years: it will create a single approach to patent registration... Continue reading

     
  • Biotech lawyer salary

    FEATURE PATENT LAW. Amgen Careers. What salary does a Attorney earn in your area? 112 Biotech Salaries provided anonymously by employees. com. 159 Biotech Attorney jobs. S. . . November 1, 2017. Dec 10, 2017 · The data for this snapshot was collected from individuals who took PayScale’s …

     
  • Recap of PTAB’s “Chat with the Chief”

    There are six common scenarios: (1) erroneous claim construction; (2) failure to consider evidence; (3) inadequate explanation provided; (4) erroneous application of the law; (5) lack of due process provided; and (6) improper consideration of arguments. For each scenario, patent owners will typically be …