On April 24, 2024, United States District Court Judge Paul G. Gardephe (S.D.N.Y.) construed claims of three patents asserted by Network-1 Technologies, Inc. against Google LLC and...
A recent Post Grant Review (PGR) petition raises several interesting questions, including whether the crossing of two varieties of corn previously crossed and already owned by the patent owner results in a non-obvious claimed invention.
In Nature Simulation Sys. Inc., v. Autodesk, Inc., 2022 U.S. App. LEXIS 28654, 50 F.4th 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2022), Nature Simulation Systems Inc. ("NSS") found relief at the Federal Circuit when...
In United States patent law, in addition to satisfying the requirements for subject-matter eligibility, novelty, enablement, nonobviousness, and written description, a patent must comply with the definiteness requirement as specified in 35 U.S.C. §112(b).
On November 4, the U.S. Supreme Court granted Amgen’s petition to review the “enablement requirement” of Section 112 of the Patent Act. See generally Amgen Inc., v. Sanofi, No. 21-757...
Avoiding § 101 Eligibility Issues in Internet-Centric Method Claims - In Weisner v. Google LLC, Appeal No. 21-2228, the Federal Circuit held that the specific...
NATURE SIMULATION SYSTEMS INC. v. AUTODESK, INC. - Before: Newman, Lourie, and Dyk. Appeal from the Northern District of California. - Summary: “Unanswered...
In Niazi Licensing Corp. v. St. Jude Med. S.C., Inc., No. 21-1864 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 11, 2022), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ("Federal Circuit") reversed the district court's holding that the claim terms...
Nature Simulation Systems Inc. v. Autodesk, Inc., Appeal No. 2020-2257 (Fed. Cir. Jan. 27, 2022) - In its only precedential patent decision this week, the Court of...