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Federal Circuit Provides Guidance for “Printed Publication” Analysis in Inter Partes Reviews
Medtronic, Inc. v. Mark A. Barry, No. 17-1169 (Fed. Cir. June 11, 2018) The Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part and vacated-in-part the U.S....
Supreme Court Holds Patent Owners May Recover Damages for Foreign Lost Profits
WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., 585 U.S. ___ (2018) In WesternGeco, the Supreme Court held that a plaintiff may recover foreign...
USPTO Issues Guidance on Method of Treatment Claims “Applying” Natural Phenomena
Memorandum to Patent Examining Corps, Deputy Commissioner for Patent Examination Policy, United States Patent and Trademark Office, June...
Federal Circuit Has Jurisdiction Over, and Declines to Sua Sponte Revive, Pre-SAS IPRs Instituted on
PGS Geophysical AS v. Iancu, No. 16-2470 (Fed. Cir. June 7, 2018) The Federal Circuit ruled that it has jurisdiction over pre-SAS inter...
Federal Circuit Reaffirms the Proper Analysis for Whether a Claim Limitation is a “Means-Plus-Functi
ZeroClick, LLC, v. Apple Inc., No. 17-1267 (Fed. Cir. June 1, 2018) The Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s finding that the...
Federal Circuit Affirms Validity of UCB’s Lacosamide Patent
UCB, Inc., et al. v. Accord Healthcare, Inc., et al., No. 16-2610 (Fed. Cir. May 23, 2018) In a 2-1 decision, the Federal Circuit upheld...
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