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Claim Interpretation for Post-Grant Review and Inter Partes Review under the AIA – Part II

In Part I of this topic, I posted some of the reasons why the Patent Office has taken the position that the broadest reasonable interpretation (BRI) standard should be used in post-grant review and inter partes review.  Yet another reason for use of … Continue reading

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Claim Interpretation for Post-Grant Review and Inter Partes Review under the AIA – Part I

Today, USPTO Director David Kappos posted a comment advocating the use of  the broadest reasonable interpretation standard (BRI) for claim interpretation in post grant review and inter partes review under the America Invents Act.  This is a topic of great interest among those … Continue reading

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En Banc Decision in Marine Polymer v. HemCon: Amended or New Claims are Candidates for Possible Intervening Rights

In my earlier post, I summarized the panel opinion in Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. v. Hemcon, Inc.  On September 26, 2011, a panel of the Federal Circuit reversed the district court’s decision, concluding that HemCon had acquired intervening rights in the … Continue reading

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Declaratory Judgment Plaintiff and Stays Pending Reexamination

In Interwoven, Inc. v. Vertical Computer Systems, Inc. (Case No. C 10-04645 RS, Northern District of California), Judge Richard Seeborg was less than persuaded by Interwoven’s attempt to obtain a stay after filing an ex parte reexamination of the patents … Continue reading

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IPO Article on Misjoinder

My last post was on the America Invents Act amendments to 35 U.S.C. 299 affecting joinder in patent infringement actions. If you are interested in that topic, you should see an article reported in today’s IPO Daily News. The article … Continue reading

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America Invents Act Impacts Joinder in Patent Infringement Cases

The America Invents Act brought a lot of changes for patent attorneys.  This post will discuss the impact of Section 19 of the Act on joinder of parties in litigation.  The amendments to 35 U.S.C. § 299 provide that joinder … Continue reading

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Do You Want That Post-Grant Review Super-Sized? – Part II

This is the second post in a series of articles on PGR strategies.  In my last post I made the point that while patents come in all shapes and sizes, post-grant reviews (PGRs) don’t.  PGRs are very different from ex … Continue reading

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Do You Want That Post-Grant Review Super-Sized? – Part I

Patents come in all shapes and sizes.  There are long ones, short ones, ones that are hard to read, and easy ones.  Some have 1 claim and some have 200 claims.  Some have valid claims, and some not-so-much.  But when it comes to … Continue reading

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Marine Polymer Technologies v. HemCon, Inc. and Intervening Rights

Marine Polymer Technologies, Inc. v. HemCon, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2011) is a widely reported case that raises some questions about the scope of the application of intervening rights.  It involves a matter where the literal language of a claim was … Continue reading

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New, More Popular Post-Grant Patent Challenges Drive Patent Generation Strategy

Patent Generation and Enforcement Before the Popularity of Post-Grant Proceedings Patent Owners adopt different approaches for drafting patent applications.  For large companies a patent production line approach is frequently adopted which limits the cost and the commensurate drafting efforts on any particular … Continue reading

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