2016 AIPLA Direct

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December 15, 2016	Supreme Court Will Review Limits On Special Patent Venue Statute, TC Heartland LLC, v. Kraft Food Brands Group LLC, U.S., No. 16-341, cert. granted 12/14/2016.
December 2, 2016	Supreme Court Will Review Federal Circuit Decision on International Patent Exhaustion, Impression Products, Inc., v. Lexmark International, Inc., U.S., No. 15-1189, cert. granted 12/2/2016.
September 29, 2016	Supreme Court Will Review Ban On Disparaging Trademark Registrations, Lee v. Tam, U.S., No. 15-1293, 9/29/2016.
August 12, 2016	En Banc Federal Circuit Will Consider Patentee's Burden for Amending Claims in IPR, In re Aqua Products, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2015-1177, en banc order 8/12/2016.
July 12, 2016	Mere Sale of Manufacturing Services To Inventor Did Not Trigger On-Sale Bar, The Medicines Company v. Hospira, Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2014-1469, 7/11/2016.
June 27, 2016	Supreme Court Denies Review in 101 Case But Will Review Section 271(f) Case, Sequenom, Inc. v. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc., U.S., No. 15-1182, 6/27/2016; Life Technologies Corp. v. Promega Corp., U.S. No. 14-1538, 6/27/2016.
June 20, 2016	Supreme Court Upholds No Appeals of Decisions to Institute IPRs and PTAB Use of BRI, Cuozzo Speed Technologies, Inc., v. Lee, U.S., No. 15-446, 6/20/2016.
June 16, 2016	Copyright Attorney Fee Decisions May Depend on 'Objective Reasonableness', Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., U.S. No. 15-375, 6/16/2016
June 13, 2016	Supreme Court Overturns Seagate Test for Enhanced Damages, Halo Electronics, Inc. v. Pulse Electronics, Inc., U.S., No. 14-1513, 6/13/2016; Stryker Corp. v. Zimmer, U.S., No. 14-1520, 6/13/2016.
May 13, 2016	Software That Improves Computer Functioning Is Not Directed to Abstract Ideas, Enfish, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., Fed. Cir., No. 2015-1244, 5/12/2016.
May 12, 2016	President Signs Bill Providing Federal Trade Secret Cause of Action
May 3, 2016	Supreme Court Will Review Cases on Patent Laches and Copyrightability, SCA Hygiene Products v. First Quality Baby Products, U.S., No. 15-927, 5/2/2016; Star Athletica, L.L.C. v. Varsity Brands, Inc., U.S., No. 15-866, 5/2/2016.
April 26, 2016	Supreme Court Hears Argument on Patent Claim Interpretation and Copyright Attorneys’ Fees, Cuozzo Speed Technologies, LLC v. Lee. U.S. No. 15-446, 4/25/2016; Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., U.S. No. 15-374, 4/25/2016.
April 19, 2016	Supreme Court Will Not Review Patent Cases and Copyright Fair Use Case, Limelight Networks, Inc. v. Akamai Technologies, U.S., No. 15-993, cert. denied 4/18/2016; MPHJ Technology Investments, LLC v. Vermont, U.S., No. 15-988, 4/18/2016; and Authors Guild v. Google, Inc., U.S., No. 15-849, cert. denied 4/18/2016
April 5, 2016	Senate Passes Bill Providing Federal Trade Secret Cause of Action
April 1, 2016	USPTO Issues Revisions to PTAB Rules of Procedure
March 24, 2016	Section 43(a) Unfair Competition Action Does Not Require U.S. Use of Mark, Belmora LL v. Bayer Consumer Care AG, 4th Cir., No. 15-1335, 3/23/2016.
March 21, 2016	Supreme Court Will Review Damages in Cell Phone Design Case, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. v. Apple Inc., U.S., No. 15-777, cert. granted 3/21/2016.,
February 12, 2016	En Banc Federal Circuit Retains Its Rules of Patent Exhaustion, Lexmark International, Inc. v. Impression Products, Inc., Fed. Cir. en banc, No. 2014-1617, 2/12/2016.
February 9, 2016	‘Actual Notice’ Includes ‘Actual Knowledge’ for Pre-grant Damages, Rosebud LMS Inc. v. Adobe Systems Inc., Fed. Cir., No. 2015-1428, 2/9/2016.
January 18, 2016	Supreme Court Grants Certiorari in Two IP Cases