USPTO patent commissioner Focarino to retire in July Peggy Focarino has announced she will retire as patent commissioner at the USPTO on July 3 By Michael Loney April 30 2015
PATENT Act introduced in US Senate with bipartisan support A patent reform bill has been introduced in the Senate that includes wide-ranging proposals to tackle patent trolls, but its fee shifting provision gives less chance to recover fees than under the House of Representat... By Michael Loney April 30 2015
Locke Lord adds partner in DC Michael Bednarek has joined the Washington DC office of Locke Lord as partner in the intellectual property department By Michael Loney April 30 2015
Wisconsin jury orders Millennium Health to pay $8.6m for infringing on Ameritox-license... A federal jury in the Western District of Wisconsin has unanimously found Millennium Health to have infringed a patent covering a urine drug monitoring report, and awarded Ameritox $8.6 million in damages By Michael Loney April 30 2015
Study of PTAB final decisions suggests death squad perception undeserved A study by Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto suggests that the perception of the PTAB as a death squad for patents is outdated and petitioners and patent owners should adopt a more nuanced attitude that takes the type... By Michael Loney April 29 2015
Google’s patent purchase experiment leaves unanswered questions The announcement of the Patent Purchase Promotion will have raised a few eyebrows and begs the question: Is Google trying to become the world’s biggest patent troll? By Michael Loney April 28 2015
Federal Circuit applies Nautilus reasonable certainty rule Biosig’s patent survives despite the earlier setback from the Supreme Court By Peter Leung April 28 2015
Bill seeks to clarify AIA grace period A bill introduced last week in the House seeks to amend changes to the grace period brought around by the America Invents Act (AIA) By Peter Leung April 24 2015
Federal Circuit, Canada copyright, Katy Perry, Twitter, John Oliver – the week in IP The Federal Circuit saying squashing words together in briefs is not a way to keep below word limits, Canada intending to increase the term of copyright, Katy Perry’s attempts to register trade marks, John Oliver’s ta... By Michael Loney April 23 2015
China seeks public comment on draft revision to Patent Law China’s newest draft revision to the Patent Law brings a raft of changes, including provisions to encourage patent licensing as well as strengthen design patent protection By Stephy Tang April 22 2015
Bass and Spangenberg file sixth IPR petition, targeting Pharmacyclics The Coalition for Affordable Drugs has filed another inter partes review petition at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, in the latest move by Kyle Bass and Erich Spangenberg to target pharmaceutical companies’ patents By Michael Loney April 21 2015
Honigman hires partner in Michigan from Brinks Eric Sosenko has joined Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn as a partner in its patent practice group By Michael Loney April 20 2015
Support for Innovation Act tempered by concerns about secondary effects Several members of the House Judiciary Committee expressed support for the Innovation Act, even while warning of unintended consequences By Peter Leung April 17 2015
Patent reform, USPTO, Adidas, Marc Jacobs, .sucks, Federal Circuit – the week in IP Patent reform being held back by a fight over human trafficking, a report saying the USPTO cannot distinguish between good and bad examiners, Adidas suing Marc Jacobs for trade mark infringement, criticism of the .suc... By Michael Loney April 16 2015
Analysing PTAB filings in the first quarter of 2015 Managing IP analyses the busiest companies and law firms at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board so far this year, using the Docket Navigator database By Michael Loney April 16 2015
Trends in US patent damages in 2014 and 2015 Managing IP assesses the damages awards in the United States in 2014 and so far this year, and asks IP litigators what trends and lessons can be gleaned By Michael Loney April 14 2015
Free webinar: Avoiding the pitfalls in post-grant trials at the PTAB Are you up to speed with the requirements and standards at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board? Our next webinar will explore how to avoid mistakes as a petitioner or patent owner in proceedings By Michael Loney April 13 2015
Has the USPTO ‘failed’? At a panel discussion in Washington DC earlier this week, academics debated whether the increase in patent litigation is truly a sign that the patent system is malfunctioning and the USPTO’s role in the problems By Peter Leung April 10 2015
EFF succeeds in podcasting patent IPR proceeding at the PTAB The USPTO has invalided claims in the “podcasting patent” challenged in an inter partes review petition from the Electronic Frontier Foundation By Michael Loney April 10 2015
Hedge fund IPRs, Apple Watch, Juno, Novartis, Google, USPTO – the week in IP The question of whether hedge funds are able to challenge patents through IPRs, a trade mark potentially delaying Apple Watch’s launch in Switzerland, Juno and Novartis agreeing a $12.3m settlement, Google joining the... By Michael Loney April 09 2015
Globalised supply chains present damages calculations challenges Should foreign sales be considered when setting the royalty base in a patent infringement suit? That’s the question presented before the Federal Circuit in Tuesday’s oral arguments for Marvell Technology v Carnegie Me... By Peter Leung April 09 2015
IP Finance conference will reveal how best to tap IP’s potential Patent holders, investors and others will meet in New York on May 14 to discuss best practices to make the most of their IP assets By Michael Loney April 07 2015
Hogan Lovells adds partner in San Francisco from Novak Druce Jason Lohr has joined its Hogan Lovells’ intellectual property, media and technology practice as a partner in its San Francisco office By Michael Loney April 07 2015
PTAB petitions pass the 3,000 barrier in March The 131 IPR, 13 CBM and one PGR petitions in March pushed the total number of Patent Trial and Appeal Board petitions ever past 3,000. The Board also made a number of important decisions during the month By Michael Loney April 07 2015
Kramer Levin adds two life sciences partners in New York Brian Slater and Gregory Sephton have joined Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel in New York. They were previously at Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto By Michael Loney April 07 2015
PTAB institutes proceedings on two Smartflash patents in $533m Apple loss Samsung has convinced the Patent Trial and Appeal Board to institute covered business method review proceedings of two of the Smartflash patents that Apple was ordered to pay $533m for infringing in February By Michael Loney April 07 2015
Federal Circuit rules CBM proceedings begin after institution The Federal Circuit in Intellectual Ventures II v JP Morgan Chase has found that a covered business method review proceeding begins after institution by the PTAB, not at the time of a petition’s filing By Michael Loney April 06 2015
Bass and Spangenberg target another pharma company through IPR UPDATED APRIL 7 TO INCLUDE NEW IPR: Hayman Capital’s Kyle Bass and IP Nav’s Erich Spangenberg have targeted a second and third pharmaceutical company at the PTAB, filing inter partes review petitions challenging paten... By Michael Loney April 02 2015
Data – Apple and Toyota dominate March PTAB filings Managing IP’s analysis of data from Docket Navigator reveals the petitioners, patent owners, law firms and attorneys that were busiest for PTAB filings in March By Michael Loney April 02 2015
What is Spiderman's take on post-expiration patent royalties? In the Supreme Court argument in Kimble v Marvel, several Justices appeared hesitant to overrule Brulotte's restrictions on royalty agreements that extend past a patent's expiration. Managing IP was there for the blow... By Peter Leung April 01 2015
US Supreme Court tackles intent in induced infringement The presumption of validity, aiding and abetting, the relationship between infringement and invalidity, and production lines grinding to a fault- these are some of the topics discussed in yesterday’s Supreme Court ora... By Peter Leung April 01 2015
