Butch Laker
Butch Laker is a 2L student at UNH Franklin Pierce School of Law. He is also the Managing Director 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
CAFC Affirms District Court Ruling for Amazon on Claim Construction
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the United States District Court for the Northern District of California’s final …
USPTO Proposed Rule Outlines Process for New Ex Parte Trademark Proceedings on Nonuse and Other Changes Under Trademark Modernization Act
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) yesterday issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Changes To Implement Provisions of the Trademark Modernization Act (TMA) …
Federal Circuit Affirms Jury Verdict Invalidating Pacific Biosciences Patents
Yesterday, the CAFC affirmed a ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, where a jury found Oxford Nanopore Technologies, Inc. and Oxford …
Former Employee Does Not Have to Assign Inventions to Covidien, First Circuit Says
Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit affirmed a district court ruling denying a request for declaratory judgment by Covidien LP and …
Parties’ Names Should Generally be Disclosed to the Public, Says CAFC
On March 12, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the Middle District of Florida’s decision directing the clerk to unseal the …
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 …
