July 2012
Direct Infringement Can Be Sufficiently Pleaded with Form 18 of the Federal Rules; Indirect Infringement Must Meet the Iqbal and Twombly Standard
[Appealed from S.D. Ohio, Senior Judge Beckwith]
“Person of Ordinary Skill in the Art” Standard Applies in Evaluating Continuity of Disclosure in a Priority Chain
[Appealed from Board]
Circumstantial Evidence Suggesting Use of an Accused Product in an Infringing Manner Is Enough to Preclude SJ of Noninfringement as to Inducement
[Appealed from W.D. Wis., Magistrate Judge Crocker]
Federal Circuit Issues New Standards for Determining Willfulness
[Appealed from D. Ariz., Judge Murguia]
A Reference May Anticipate Even If It Requires a Person of Ordinary Skill to Pick Items from Lists of Components to Assemble the Invention
[Appealed from N.D. Ill., Judge Dow, Jr.]
Obviousness Combination Does Not Impermissibly Change Operating Principle of Prior Art
No. 11-1451 (Fed. Cir. June 26, 2012)
[Appealed from Board]
| 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 |
