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Apple has persuaded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board that two patents owned by GUI Global Products Ltd. are no good after Samsung got the board to invalidate them last month, giving both tech giants a boost in fighting off infringement allegations.
The Federal Circuit on Monday upheld a Patent Trial and Appeal Board decision that seven of eight claims in a Sleep Number Corp. mattress valve patent were not shown to be invalid in a challenge brought by a rival, American National Manufacturing Inc.
Seagen Inc. has persuaded the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on rehearing to deny a challenge from Daiichi Sankyo Inc. and AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP to its cancer antibody patent, with the board saying the post-grant review is no longer warranted under the controversial Fintiv precedent.
Texas sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday over guidance it issued earlier this week mandating that doctors are required to perform abortions deemed necessary in emergency situations, regardless of state abortion restrictions.
Senate Republicans on Thursday refused to fast-track a Democratic bill that would protect the right of pregnant people to cross state lines to obtain abortions, and would also shield those who transport them, as well as providers in states where abortion remains legal from lawsuits and prosecution.