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District of Delaware Makes it Harder to Corner the Market on Antibody Patents in MorphoSys v. Janssen

January 31, 2019

Patents covering an antibody are often claimed by the antibody’s function (the residues where it binds to the antigen) rather than its structure (amino-acid sequence). This tactic can successfully cast…

IBM Calls for an End to the ‘Legal Fiction’ of Current 101 Law

January 30, 2019

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Business, Litigation, Patent

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This marks the final installment in my four-part interview with IBM’s Vice President and Assistant General Counsel Mark Ringes and Chief Patent Counsel Manny Schecter. I found our conversation fascinating…

Wayne Evans: One Inventor’s Battle With the Patent Troll Issue

January 29, 2019

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Litigation, Patent

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When you see a docket report with a patent lawsuit filed by a non-practicing entity (NPE), do you think it’s just another ‘patent troll’ taking advantage of the system? Or…

IBM: Patent Troll Problem is ‘Just Noise’ Post-America Invents Act

January 28, 2019

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This marks Part III of my four-part interview with IBM discussing the state of innovation and the U.S. patent system from the standpoint of a company that has obtained the…

TPAC Discussions Focus on Office Funding, Government Shutdown & Trademark Legislation

January 27, 2019

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Patent, Trademark

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The Trademark Public Advisory Committee (TPAC) held its first quarterly meeting of 2019 on January 25… Despite the projection that without a long term solution to the government shutdown funding…

Apple’s Next Move: Flexible Device Display Interfaces

January 26, 2019

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Business, Patent

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Apple has increased its expenditures on research and development recently, spending $3.75 billion on R&D during Q4 2018 compared to just less than $3 billion during Q4 2017—a year-over-year increase…

Other Barks & Bites: IP News to Watch, January 25, 2019

January 25, 2019

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Business, Copyright, Litigation, Patent, Trademark

Today marks the return of our Other Barks & Bites feature, which will profile a collection of news headlines from around the IP world and across practice areas every Friday.…

Without Solution to Shutdown, PTO Patent Operations Funded until Mid-February

January 24, 2019

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Patent

In an statement issued late Thursday afternoon, the United States Patent and Trademark Office announced that without a solution to the government shutdown the Office will soon run out of…

The Supreme Court Should Grant Cert in Zup to Correct Obviousness Doctrine

January 23, 2019

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Litigation, Patent

On behalf of nonprofit, U.S. Inventor, Inc., and over a dozen other amici, Flachsbart & Greenspoon, LLC has submitted a Brief of Amici Curiae urging the Supreme Court to grant…

Supreme Court decides Helsinn v. Teva, Secret Sale Qualifies as Prior Art Under the AIA

January 22, 2019

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Patent

n a relatively short, unanimous decision authored by Justice Thomas, the Court begins by explaining that twenty-years ago in Pfaff v. Wells Electronics, Inc., 525 U.S. 55, 67 (1998) the…