by April Breyer Menon | Jul 31, 2018
Two decisions over the past year could have significant implications in how serial inter partes review petitions are handled by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board going forward. The first, General Plastic Industrial Co. v. Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, which laid out a...
by April Breyer Menon | Jul 31, 2018
The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCIA) provides an abbreviated pathway for companies to bring biologic drugs to market that are “biosimilar” to previously approved branded reference products by relying on clinical studies that were performed by the...
by April Breyer Menon | Jul 20, 2018
On July 20, 2018, a Federal Circuit panel (Dyk, Moore, Reyna) affirmed a denial by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of a motion by the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe to dismiss, on the basis of sovereign immunity, inter partes review (“IPR”) proceedings against patents...
by April Breyer Menon | Jul 6, 2018
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by April Breyer Menon | Jun 22, 2018
Supreme Court Holds That Patent Owners Can Recover Under 35 U.S.C. § 271(f)(2) Lost Profits Damages Based On Foreign Acts On June 22, 2018, the United States Supreme Court issued a 7-2 decision in WesternGeco LLC v. ION Geophysical Corp., No. 16-1011, holding that...