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 |