September 2010
Divorce Decree Conveying Ownership Interest in Asserted Patents Deemed to Have Preclusive Effect in Patent Infringement Suit
[Appealed from C.D. Cal., Judge Lew]
Prosecution History Estoppel Does Not Bar Application of DOE for Patent Directed to DNA Encoding
[Appealed from D.D.C., Judge Kennedy]
Pharmacokinetic Claim Terms Need Not Refer to Complete FDA Regulations, and Infringement May Be Proven with Indirect Evidence and Through DOE
[Appealed from W.D. Mich., Judge Quist]
An Inference of an Intent to Deceive and an Equally Reasonable Inference Finding No Intent to Deceive Fails the Clear and Convincing Evidence Standard for Establishing Inequitable Conduct
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Folsom]
Federal Circuit Vacates and Remands Inequitable Conduct Determination for Further Factual Findings, and Affirms JMOL of No Joint Infringement
[Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Ward]
Means-Plus-Function Element Having Two Functions Must Be Construed to Include Both Functions, Regardless of Placement of Modifier
[Appealed from N.D. Ohio, Judge O’Malley]
Contract Made in Norway Between U.S. Companies for Sale of a Product Within the United States Constitutes Sale and Offer to Sell Within the United States Under § 271(a)
[Appealed from S.D. Tex., Judge Hoyt]
Secondary Considerations Not Enough to Overcome Strong Evidence of Obviousness
[Appealed from N.D. Cal., Judge Alsup]
Ground Fault Circuit Interrupters Do Not Infringe Two Patents in ITC Investigation
[Appealed from ITC]
Court Adheres to ITC’s Claim Construction and the Plain Meaning of Claim Terms
[Appealed from ITC]
En Banc Court Finds No Patent Misuse Where a Third Party Agrees Not to Separately License Competitive Technology
[Appealed from ITC]
Plaintiff in False Marking Suit Has Standing and Government May Intervene
[Appealed from S.D.N.Y., Judge Stein]
| 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 |
