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Federal Circuit Affirms PTAB Finding that Immunex Antibody Patent is Obvious

October 16, 2020

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) on Tuesday affirmed an invalidity decision of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)…

Don’t Let the Pandemic End Your Startup: Tips for Shoring Up Agreements Among Business Partners

October 15, 2020

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Starting your own business is exciting. Finding the right partner to share the same vision is vital for the company’s future success. However, people don’t always see eye to eye…

Voices, Copyrighting and Deepfakes

October 14, 2020

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Jay-Z recently tried to have a YouTube video removed for copyright violations. When YouTuber Voice Synthesis used an open-source program, Tacotron 2, to digitally impersonate Jay-Z’s iconic voice saying different things or…

Federal Circuit Vacates District Court’s Summary Judgment Ruling, Slamming ‘Misdirected Lawyering’

October 13, 2020

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On October 7, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in AntennaSys, Inc. v. AQYR Technologies, Inc., vacated and remanded a decision of the United States…

This Week in Washington IP: Antitrust in the Ninth Circuit, Shaping Artificial Intelligence and Promoting Security in 5G Networks

October 12, 2020

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This week in Washington IP events, the House of Representatives remains quiet during district work periods, while the Senate focuses this week on the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett to…

Eagle Forum Event Focuses on IP, Antitrust Nexus

October 10, 2020

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The 2019 USPTO-NIST-DOJ Joint Policy Statement on Standard-Essential Patents Subject to Voluntary RAND or FRAND (fair, reasonable and non-discriminatory) commitments “intended to solve [judicial] misinterpretation, and to encourage balance in…

Other Barks & Bites for Friday, October 9: SCOTUS Discusses Industry Effects of Oracle v. Google, USPTO Issues AI Report and CRISPR Inventors Win Nobel Prize in Chemistry

October 9, 2020

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This week in Other Barks & Bites: the Federal Circuit remands a “frustrating” patent case proceeding on an “impermissible theory of liability;” the Supreme Court questions counsel on the industry…

Centripetal Networks Awarded $1.9 Billion in Infringement Suit Against Cisco

October 9, 2020

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Earlier this week, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia (the Court) entered what is believed to be one of the highest damages awards ever issued…

A Brief Guide to Subsequent Patent Applications in the United States: Part I – The Foundation

October 8, 2020

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Patent practitioners (hopefully) know that there are many types of patent applications and, at times, have filed a continuation, continuation-in-part, or divisional application. “Continuation practice” was the once commonly used…

Regeneron, Pfizer and BioNTech Accused of Infringing Allele Patent in Connection with COVID-19 Technologies

October 7, 2020

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Allele Biotechnology and Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Allele) has accused Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Regeneron); Pfizer, Inc. (Pfizer); and BioNTech SE and BioNTech US, Inc. (collectively BioNTech) for allegedly infringing U.S. Patent No.…