law360.com
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s call for comments about how patent
eligibility rulings affect innovation drew a sharply divergent response, with
the life sciences industry describing a crisis where no one knows what can be
patented, and tech companies saying the law is clear and beneficial.
over 3 years ago
law360.com
A U.S. International Trade Commission judge has cleared several baby carrier
makers of infringing a patent owned by rival LilleBaby, ruling that the patent
is unenforceable due to “egregious” inequitable conduct by LilleBaby’s founder
and her husband.
over 3 years ago
law360.com
Mylan has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down a rule under which the
Patent Trial and Appeal Board can refuse to review patents due to pending
district court litigation, saying the policy flouts the law, unfairly bars
patent challenges and “has resulted in chaos.”
over 3 years ago
law360.com
Moderna announced on Friday that it has delayed pursuing a patent on its
COVID-19 vaccine while it disputes the National Institutes of Health’s
contention that the agency’s scientists should be added as co-inventors, which
could give the government greater control over the vaccine.
over 3 years ago
law360.com
The lengthy string of challenges to the constitutionality of the Patent Trial
and Appeal Board appears set to continue after a dissent by a Federal Circuit
judge on Wednesday identified another potential flaw in the board that seems
likely to spur more litigation, attorneys say.
over 3 years ago
law360.com
A company whose video patents were invalidated in inter partes reviews requested
by Amazon has urged the U.S. Supreme Court to rule that it is unconstitutional
for the same Patent Trial and Appeal Board panel to both institute reviews and
issue final decisions.
over 3 years ago
law360.com
The Federal Circuit on Friday refused to stay a controversial decision
invalidating part of a car driveshaft patent for claiming a natural law while
patentee American Axle & Manufacturing appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, though
one judge said she believes there’s a “fair probability” the justi…
over 3 years ago
law360.com
The Western District of Texas quickly became one of the nation’s busiest courts
for patent cases in 2019 after a former Bracewell litigator took the bench in
Waco and began encouraging patentees to file suits there, and the influx of new
cases shows no signs of slowing.
over 3 years ago
law360.com
A Virginia federal judge ruled Thursday that artificial intelligence cannot be
listed as an inventor on a patent application, holding that the Patent Act makes
clear that inventing is the exclusive legal province of human beings.
over 3 years ago
law360.com
Appealing a decision that erased its $1.1 billion victory in a cancer therapy
case, a Bristol-Myers unit told the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday the Federal
Circuit’s requirement that patents demonstrate “possession” of an invention
flouts the law and is often “simply impossible to meet.”
over 3 years ago
law360.com
The Federal Circuit on Friday rejected a researcher’s bid to name an artificial
intelligence machine he created as an inventor on two patents, ruling that the
Patent Act is unambiguous that only human beings qualify as inventors.
over 3 years ago
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