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CASE OF THE WEEK Apple Inc. v. Voip-Pal.com, Inc., Appeal No. 2018-1456, -1457 (Fed. Cir. Sept. 25, 2020) In our Case of the Week, the Federal Circuit... Read More »

The California Legislature has delayed its plans to expand the scope of the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and make all of its provisions apply... Read More »

NETWORK-1 TECHNOLOGIES, INC. v. HEWLETT-PACKARD COMPANY, HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY Before Prost, Newman, and Bryson. Appeal from the United States... Read More »

By: Eric Greenwald & Chelsea Loughran of Wolf Greenfield Scores of lawyers and stakeholders in the biologics industry had been eagerly awaiting guidance from a... Read More »

PTAB Seeks Public Input Based on stakeholder feedback, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) has added an online form (here) to the USPTO website that allows... Read More »

On April 20, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court granted writ of certiorari in Van Buren v. United States to consider whether a person who is authorized to access... Read More »

table td {font-size: 12px !important;}table td a {font-size: 12px !important;}table th{font-size: 12px !important;}Earlier this month we released our 2020 IPR... Read More »

Since all the other commentators are posting about this Notification, I thought I should say a few words as well. The USPTO will eliminate the filing fees for... Read More »

Transitional CBM Challenge Program Sunsets Today The America Invents Act (AIA) placed an expiration date on Covered Business Method (CBM) challenges.  That... Read More »

Last week, we released our 4th Annual IPR Intelligence Report. For the first time this year, we dedicated an entire chapter to cover IPR cost and staffing. The goal... Read More »

On August 20, 2020, former Uber Chief Security Officer Joe Sullivan was charged with obstruction of justice and misprision of a felony for knowingly concealing a hack ... Read More »

In XY v. Trans Ova Genetics, Inc., Appeal No. 2019-1789 (Fed. Cir. July 31, 2020), a panel of Wallach, Plager and Stoll reversed the district court’s finding... Read More »

CAFC Holds PTAB Joinder Decisions Reviewable Back in March, the Windy City panel (Prost, Plager, and O’Malley) originally held that § 315(c) was... Read More »

UCLA Biodesign is currently inviting professionals in engineering, medicine, design, computer science, and business to apply for an exciting year-long fellowship... Read More »

This morning we released our 4th Annual IPR Intelligence Report. This is one of our most popular IP Insight reports. As per our tradition, we covered a five year... Read More »

CASE OF THE WEEK Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovations, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2018-1400 et al. (Fed. Cir. Sept. 4, 2020)‎ The only precedential decision... Read More »

FACEBOOK, INC., V. WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS LLC Before Prost, Plager, and O’Malley.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: ... Read More »

PTAB Invalidation of Original Claims Bars Pre-issue Damages for Reissued Claims A surprisingly underutilized patenting mechanism — the reissue patent... Read More »

NEVILLE v. FOUNDATION CONSTRUCTORS, INC. Before Lourie, O’Malley, and Chen.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of... Read More »

PHYTELLIGENCE, INC. v. WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY Before Prost, Reyna, and Stoll.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of... Read More »