February 2015
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Secret Third-Party Use Does Not Constitute a Public Use
No. 14-1030 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 9, 2015)
[Appealed from E.D. Cal., Judge Haddon]
Finding of Willfulness Upheld Because Joint Inventorship Defense Was Not Objectively Reasonable
[Appealed from D. Ariz., Judge Murguia]
Federal Courts Do Not Have Jurisdiction over State Law Malpractice Claims When Issues of Patent Law Involved Are Not “Substantial”
[Appealed from S.D. Cal., Judge Houston]
Federal Circuit Reverses TTAB’s Refusal to Register Mark as Primarily Geographically Descriptive
No. 13-1535 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 15, 2015)
[Appealed from TTAB]
Use of a Second Reference to Establish Inherency of the First Reference Must Make Clear That the Missing Characteristic Is “Necessarily Present” in the First Reference
No. 14-1206 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 29, 2015))
[Appealed from Board]
| Abbreviations | |
| AIA | America Invents Act |
| 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 |
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