JD Supra

No Summary Judgment Where Primary Reference Might Not Be “Basically the Same” as Asserted Design Patent

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the district court improperly resolved a genuine dispute of material fact with respect to summary judgment of invalidity for design patent ...
JD Supra

Federal Circuit Weighs in on Relevance of Primary Reference’s Intended Purpose to a POSITA’s Motivation to Combine

Teleflex Innovation S.A.R.L. (Teleflex) owns multiple patents to a dual catheter design, wherein an extension catheter is disposed within a larger guide catheter coaxially. This coaxial orientation ...
IPWatchdog

SCOTUS Denies Petition to Review CAFC Precedent on Justification for Primary Reference Selection

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, March 18, denied a petition filed by patent owner Jodi A. Schwendimann asking the Court to review a decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ...
National Academies of Sciences%2c Engineering%2c and Medicine

Science for Judges - Development of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, 4th Edition

A committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will develop a fourth edition of the Reference Manual on Scientific Evidence, a primary reference source for federal judges ...