February 2015
Secret Third-Party Use Does Not Constitute a Public Use
No. 14-1030 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 9, 2015)
[Appealed from E.D. Cal., Judge Haddon]
Finding of Willfulness Upheld Because Joint Inventorship Defense Was Not Objectively Reasonable
[Appealed from D. Ariz., Judge Murguia]
Federal Courts Do Not Have Jurisdiction over State Law Malpractice Claims When Issues of Patent Law Involved Are Not “Substantial”
[Appealed from S.D. Cal., Judge Houston]
Federal Circuit Reverses TTAB’s Refusal to Register Mark as Primarily Geographically Descriptive
No. 13-1535 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 15, 2015)
[Appealed from TTAB]
Use of a Second Reference to Establish Inherency of the First Reference Must Make Clear That the Missing Characteristic Is “Necessarily Present” in the First Reference
No. 14-1206 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 29, 2015))
[Appealed from Board]
Abbreviations | |
AIA | America Invents Act |
ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
APJ | Administrative Patent Judge |
Board | Patent Trial and Appeal Board (formerly the Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences) |
Commissioner | Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks |
CIP | Continuation-in-Part |
DJ | Declaratory Judgment |
DOE | Doctrine of Equivalents |
FDA | Food and Drug Administration |
IDS | Information Disclosure Statement |
ITC | International Trade Commission |
JMOL | Judgment as a Matter of Law |
MPEP | Manual of Patent Examining Procedure |
NDA | New Drug Application |
PCT | Patent Cooperation Treaty |
PTO | United States Patent and Trademark Office |
SJ | Summary Judgment |
TTAB | Trademark Trial and Appeal Board |