News

  • Turbine Engine GE Turbine Engine Patent IPR Victory Reversed by CAFC

    January 30, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 25, 2019, vacated and remanded a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision concerning General Electric Co.‘s successful validity challenge of a patent relating to a coating that protects a substrate used in turbine engines.
  • Drug Patents CAFC Reverses Summary Judgment Ruling Against Supernus

    January 29, 2019

    The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 23, 2019, reversed a district court entry of summary judgement that had prevented patent owner Supernus and its licensee from extending U.S. patent 8,747,897.
  • Writing USPTO Hosts Legal Analysis and Writing Workshop

    January 25, 2019

    January 27 is the last day to sign up for the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s February 12 and 13 Virtual Instructor Led Training (vILT) course “Legal Analysis and Writing Workshop.”
  • Amazon Wins IPR Appeal

    January 24, 2019

    The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit on January 9, 2019, held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) did not err procedurally when it invalidated the claims of a patent on a ground that it did not institute in its institution decision.
  • Helsinn Helsinn: Supreme Court Rules That AIA Did Not Change On-Sale Doctrine

    January 23, 2019

    The Supreme Court held that the America Invents Act (AIA) did not change the on-sale doctrine, affirming the decision of the Federal Circuit.