September 2014
References to Documentary Evidence in Lieu of Source Code Are Sufficient to Create Genuine Issue of Material Fact
No. 13-1212 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 1, 2014)
[Appealed from E.D. Va., Judge Brinkema]
Claims That Omit a Feature Described in the Specification Do Not Lack Written Description Support
[Appealed from D. Kan., Judge Murguia]
Hatch-Waxman Infringement Claims and FDA Citizen Petition May Violate Antitrust Laws
[Appealed from D.N.J., Judge Chesler]
Where Patentee Made Affirmative and Knowing Misrepresentations Regarding the Prior Art, Materiality Element of Inequitable-Conduct Analysis Was Met
[Appealed from S.D. Fla., Judge Middlebrooks]
Species Are Unpatentable When Prior Art Disclosures Describe the Genus Such That a Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art Would Be Able to Envision Every Member of the Class
[Appealed from S.D.N.Y., Judge Crotty]
District Court Did Not Err by Clarifying Claim Construction in Postverdict JMOL Opinion
[Appealed from N.D. Cal., Judge Chen]
Abbreviations | |
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 |