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By McDermott Will & Emery on Feb 13, 2020
Posted In America Invents Act, Patents
In an appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that although the PTAB erred by instituting review based on a ground not advanced in the petition, the PTAB correctly found the patent at issue was invalid and affirmed the final written decision. Koninklijke...
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A Mixed Bag on New Rules – Juggling Copyright Preclusion and Patent Infringement
By McDermott Will & Emery on Jan 15, 2020
Posted In Copyrights, Patents
Addressing issues of copyright and patent infringement, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit found that the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act did not preempt copyright protection and that patent infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(g) does not require that the claimed process be performed by a single entity. Syngenta Crop Protection,...
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