Broad Institute/MIT/Harvard CRISPR Patents Survive PTO Interference
Yesterday, the PTAB in interference 106,048 issued a short order finding no interference- in- fact between the claims of 12 Broad Institute patents (US Patent Number 8,697,359 et al.) and the...
View ArticlePTAB Terminates Interference Proceeding Between University of California and...
Written by Hyeongsu Rick Park and Kerry S. Taylor, Ph.D. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) terminated a patent interference proceeding between the University of California (UC) and the Broad...
View ArticleHybrid Vehicle Litigation Report: Paice’s Patent Progress
With its seminal patents and continual patent enforcement activity, hybrid vehicle technology company Paice has been a frequent subject of discussion in this space. In fact, my first post almost ten...
View ArticleFresh from the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases from the Federal Circuit
Written by Peter Heuser, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt The Circuit grants a rehearing and revises its decision in Asetek to vacate the overly broad portion of an injunction. In Wasica, the...
View ArticleFresh From the Bench: Precedential Patent Cases From the Federal Circuit -...
In Phil-Insul, collateral estoppel precludes IntegraSpec from relitigating claim construction in a second case involving a different defendant, different claims and “somewhat” different accused...
View ArticleTechnology Policies Protect The Company and its IP
A computer and technology policy is an important part of protecting and managing intellectual property. A business should consider establishing a policy that addresses the following points: USE OF...
View ArticleFDA Approves Prickless Glucose Monitoring System
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced approval of Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre flash glucose monitoring system for certain diabetes patients. The glucose monitoring tool will allow patients...
View ArticleFDA Approves NorthStar’s Tc-99m Generator
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced approval of the RadioGenix™ System, a technetium 99m (Tc-99m) generator. The RadioGenix™ System is developed by NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes,...
View ArticleEuropean Commission Proposes Stronger Cooperation for Health Technology...
On January 31, 2018, the European Commission adopted a legislative proposal with the aim of strengthening EU cooperation among Member States when conducting a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of new...
View ArticleSeizure-Detecting Smart Watch Given FDA Approval
The FDA has recently approved Embrace, a smart watch designed to monitor epileptic patients for seizures, according to a press release. According to the press release, the device uses machine learning...
View ArticleJohnson & Johnson Acquires French Surgical Tech Firm Orthotaxy
On February 20, 2018, Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies announced the acquisition of Orthotaxy, a privately-held developer of software-enabled surgery technologies, including a...
View ArticleTheranos Charges Provide Perspective for Medical Device Companies,...
On March 14, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced it filed charges against the founder and CEO of Theranos Inc., Elizabeth Holmes, and its former president, Ramesh Balwani....
View ArticleEKG Monitor May Be Included in Future Apple Smart Watches
According to Bloomberg, Apple, Inc. is currently developing an electrocardiogram (also known as an EKG or ECG) feature in its smartwatch products. A report from Bloomberg and other sources have stated...
View ArticlePublication Shelved in Publicly Accessible Library Was Accessible to the...
TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON v. TCL CORPORATION Before NEWMAN, LOURIE, and CLEVENGER. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Publications shelved in publicly accessible libraries...
View ArticlePatexia Insight 123: Western District of Texas Grew 13x in Five Years
Tomorrow we are releasing our second annual Patent Litigation Intelligence Report, which covers the 4-year period from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2021. We have evaluated a total of 14,506 district...
View ArticlePatexia Insight 124: 60% of District Court Patent Cases are Terminated within...
Last Thursday we released our second annual Patent Litigation Intelligence Report where we analyzed the patent litigation activity for a 4-year period from July 1, 2017, through June 30, 2021. We...
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View ArticleSamsung May Release a "SELF REPAIR ASSISTANT" App, Trademark Application Shows
Two weeks ago, SamMobile broke the news that Samsung had just filed a new trademark application trying to obtain protection for the mark “Self Repair Assistant.” The application indicates that this...
View ArticleClaim Directed to Specific, Hardware-Based Data Structure That Enables...
Written by: Mary Bao & Nathan D. Reeves ADASA INC. v. AVERY DENNISON CORPORATION Before Moore, Hughes and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Summary:...
View ArticleNot So Obvious: Substantial Evidence Review of Factual Issue in an...
Written by: Brandon G. Smith ROKU, INC. v. UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC. Before Newman, Reyna, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: When an appeal from the PTAB addresses...
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