Butch Laker
Butch Laker is a 1L student at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. He is also the elected 1L governor for the Patent Law Forum on campus. Before law school, he attended Purdue University, where he majored in Physics. He hopes to combine his passions for science and law as he pursues a career in patent law.
Posts by Butch Laker
PTAB Delivers Win for Apple in IPR on CDMA Patent
In IPR 2018-01472, brought by Apple Inc., HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., and ZTE (USA) Inc. (Apple), the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) last week determined …
Federal Circuit Affirms District Court Decision for CBS in Light of PTAB Invalidation
Last Friday, the Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision that found for the CBS Corporation in its defense against infringement and invalidity as to three claims …
Federal Circuit Affirms Decision Finding Zohydro ER Patents Obvious
On December 27, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) Judge Jimmie Reyna authored an opinion affirming the U.S. District Court for the District …
Federal Circuit Upholds District of Delaware’s Summary Judgment Ruling for Donghee
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued a precedential public opinion affirming the District Court for the District of Delaware’…
CAFC Upholds PTAB Decision on Time-Bar and Obviousness of Gaming Patent Claims
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) reviewed an appeal of the PTAB's final decision that Game and Technology Co. Ltd.…
Federal Circuit Reverses District Court Finding that ‘Check Data’ Patent is Abstract
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC), in an opinion authored by Judge Chen, on Friday November 15 reversed a ruling of the District …
