February 2011
Federal Circuit Remands for Decision on Vacatur Motion
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Clark]
Federal Circuit Rejects 25 Percent Rule of Thumb for Calculating Damages
[Appealed from D.R.I., Judge Smith]
Single Embodiment Is Sufficient Evidence to Show Commercial Success
[Appealed from Board]
Petition to Transfer from the Eastern District of Texas to the Western District of Washington Granted
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Davis]
Award of Attorneys’ Fees Improper Where Proposed Claim Construction Is Not Objectively Baseless
[Appealed from E.D. Ky., Senior Judge Hood]
Federal Jurisdiction Proper in a State Law Malpractice Action Where Patent Infringement Is a “Necessary Element” of the State Law Claim
[Appealed from E.D. Mich., Judge Rosen]
The Fine Line Between Reading a Claim in Light of the Specification and Importing a Limitation from the Specification into the Claim
[Appealed from M.D. Pa., Judge Caputo]
Federal Circuit Defines “Use” Under § 271(a) for System and Apparatus Claims Involving Multiple Actors
[Appealed from S.D. Ind., Chief Judge McKinney]
Court Affirms Finding of Obviousness Where Elements of Claims Are Found in Combination of Prior Art References
[Appealed from C.D. Cal., Judge Phillips]
| Abbreviations | |
| ALJ | Administrative Law Judge |
| ANDA | Abbreviated New Drug Application |
| APA | Administrative Procedures Act |
| APJ | Administrative Patent Judge |
| Board | 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 |
