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Jul 28

Kessler does what claim and issue preclusion don't

Claim and issue preclusion are the two traditional pillars of Federal preclusion law; as their names suggest, these doctrines ...

Fred Hadidi

Jun 15

Disclosure-dedication doctrine dooms dramatic drug dispute despite declaration

The Supreme Court’s 1997 Warner-Jenkinson decision explains that if an accused product does not literally infringe a patent claim, it may...

Fred Hadidi

May 15

Claims that result in computer's improvement need not recite that improvement to satisfy §101

When computer-related patent claims are challenged as being abstract—and therefore patent-ineligible under 35 USC §101...

Fred Hadidi

Apr 15

A distinction without a difference?

Federal Circuit holds claims directed to a process used in a diagnostic test (but not directed to the test itself) to be patent-eligible.

Fred Hadidi

Mar 17

In a surprise move, Federal Circuit says that lay witnesses may not provide expert testimony

Fred Hadidi

Feb 27

Two agreements cover the same patents; Fed Cir: Of course they don't cover the same "subject matter"

Sixteen years ago, plaintiff Molon sued Merkle-Korff Industries for infringing US patent 6,054,785. Merkle-Korff then filed declaratory...

Fred Hadidi

Sep 24, 2019

MyMail Ltd. v. ooVoo, LLC et al.

The Supreme Court's 2014 Alice decision held that when a patent claim is challenged for failing to meet the requirements of §101, ...

Fred Hadidi

Aug 17, 2019

Are design patents that cover auto body parts “aesthetically functional” and therefore invalid?

Are design patents that cover auto body parts “aesthetically functional” and therefore invalid? 35 USC §171(a) says that a design patent...

Fred Hadidi

Feb 26, 2019

Federal Circuit: the Federal Circuit Bar Association's model jury instruction on willfulness is bad,

The Court of Appeals concluded by explaining that if a party seeks to alter judgment because of an erroneous jury instruction, it must show

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