July 2013
Disclaimer Made During Prosecution of a Predecessor Patent Does Not Carry Forward If the Claim’s Substance Has Materially Changed
[Appealed from D. Minn., Judge Schiltz]
Final ITC Terminations in Favor of Arbitration Under Section 1337(c) Are Appealable to the Federal Circuit
[Appealed from ITC]
Legally Binding Public Statements May Eliminate Standing for DJ
[Appealed from S.D.N.Y., Judge Buchwald]
En Banc Court Concludes It Has Jurisdiction over Patent Infringement Determinations When Damages and Willfulness Remain Undecided
(en banc)
[Appealed from D. Del., Judge Robinson]
Neither Issue Preclusion nor Claim Preclusion Bar PTO Trademark Challenges Despite District Court Litigation on Dilution and Infringement
[Appealed from TTAB]
Combination of Drugs Was Obvious to Try When Synergistic Results Were Predictable
[Appealed from E.D. Mich., Judge Cohn]
A Method for Distributing Copyrighted Products over the Internet Does Not Lack Subject Matter Eligibility
[Appealed from C.D. Cal., Judge Klausner]
Good-Faith Belief of Invalidity May Negate Intent for Inducement
No. 12-1042 (Fed. Cir. June 25, 2013)
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Magistrate Judge Everingham]
Synthesizing and Screening Tens of Thousands of Candidate Compounds Constitutes Undue Experimentation
[Appealed from D.N.J., Judge Pisano]
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 |