Posts Tagged: patents
Patent Masters Symposium
Patent Masters is designed to be a high-level symposium for attorneys and professionals interested in an in-depth exploration of topical legal issues facing those that prosecute, litigate, …
The Categorical Imperative for Innovation and Patenting
In his Categorical Imperative, Kant simplifies a moral argument position for an individual by asking a question: if you thought that your position or Statement would be …
The Supreme Crusade to Weaken Patent Rights in America
Over the years the Supreme Court has reached many controversial decisions, but in the patent space they have made statements that demonstrate just how incompetent they are …
Entire Market Value Rule Inappropriate When Patented Feature Not Sole Driver of Customer Demand
Power Integrations, Inc. owns U.S. Patent Nos. 6,212,079 ("the '079 patent") and 6,538,908 ("the '908 patent"). Power Integrations sued Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation and Fairchild (Taiwan) Corporation (collectively "Fairchild") …
Nasal Spray Patents Covering Migraine Drug Zomig Not Invalid As Obvious
The sole question on appeal was whether it would have been obvious to make zolmitriptan into a nasal spray. The Federal Circuit agreed with the district court …
Reflections on Drug Patents and the High Cost of Healthcare
The Hatch-Waxman Act and the Biologic Price Competition and Innovation Act are both forged from a noble ideal, grounded in a commitment to a robust and earnest …
Bittersweet Milestone: Ten Million Patents Issued in the US, but What Are They Worth?
Last month, the U.S. Patent Office issued patent number 10,000,000. This historic occasion calls for rethinking our patent system and the future of American innovation... It is …
House Small Business Committee Holds Hearing on IP in Digital Economy With a Mostly Anti-Patent Panel
On the morning of Wednesday, July 11th, the House Small Business Committee held a hearing titled Innovation Nation: How Small Businesses in the Digital Technology Industry Use …
Using Anonymous Third-Party Submissions to Advance Your Business Goals
A decent patent strategy starts with protecting your current commercial product. A better patent strategy builds on this by not only considering what is, but what could …
PolarityTE stock tumbles, harassed by activist short seller misrepresenting Public PAIR data
Whether the Citron report is intentionally wrong for the purpose of causing PolarityTE stock to tumble, which it has, or whether it is recklessly wrong, or just …
High Efficiency Video Coding: How the video ecosystem is evolving
The latest television technology (4K) contains four times the number of pixels as 1080p (full HD). Without HEVC, broadcasters wanting to transmit programs in 4K quality face …
12 Questions with Karin Seegert, COO Healthcare, Biotechnology and Chemistry, EPO
Karin Seegert studied pharmacy and received her PhD from the University of Munich in 1985. Following several years working in R&D in industry, she joined the EPO …
Whirlpool sues in Eastern Texas on U.S. Patent No. 10,010,820
That didn't take long! U.S. Patent No. 10,000,000 just issued June 19, 2018, and already a patent in the 10 million series is being enforced. On July 3, 2018, the day the …
Legislative Steps in the Pro-patent Direction
New patent legislation would rectify some of the damage done by several court rulings and by Congress. It would reestablish the fundamental constitutional principle that a U.…
Supreme Court Holds Patent Owners May Recover Lost Profits for Infringement Abroad
In WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court held that patent owners may recover lost foreign profits under §271(f)(2) when the infringing party …
