March 2011
Federal Question Jurisdiction in DJ Action Depends on the Character of the Threatened Action, Not the Character of the Defense
[Appealed from S.D. Tex., Judge Hoyt]
Courts Have Discretion to Limit the Number of Asserted Claims in Complex Patent Suits
[Appealed from C.D. Cal., Judge Klausner]
Claims to Antibodies with Specific Properties Are Not Always Fully Described by Disclosing the Protein
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Ward]
Specification Limits the Invention Even in the Absence of Explicit Claim Language
[Appealed from N.D. Cal., Senior Judge Whyte]
Burden of Proof for Infringement Under the DOE Is Not Heightened in Cases of Separate Patentability
[Appealed from D. Del., Judge Robinson]
In a Split Decision, Federal Circuit Denies Petition for Rehearing En Banc, Declining to Review Panel Decision Requiring Direct Evidence of Intervening Rights for Prosecution Laches Defense
[Appealed from D. Del., Judge Robinson]
| 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 |
