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Best Mode: District Court Improperly Invalidated Patent that Mis-Identified Best Mode

September 7, 2010Best Mode, Inequitable Conduct, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Enablement, paidDennis Crouch

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Professor, University of Iowa College of Law
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Written Description: Description Must do more than Allow PHOSITA to “Envision” the Claimed Invention

September 7, 2010Biotech, Enablement, Interference, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Licenses, paid, Written DescriptionDennis Crouch

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Successor Corporation Held Liable for Default Infringement Judgment Against Predecessor

September 1, 2010Doctrine of Equivalents, Patent, Patent Cases 2010paidDennis Crouch

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Federal Circuit Holds-Line on Patent Misuse Defense

August 30, 2010Doctrine of Patent Misuse, Infringement, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Federal Circuit En Banc, Licenses, paidDennis Crouch

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Lack of “Engineering Details” in Claim Hampers NonObviousness Argument

August 22, 2010Obviousness, Patent, Patent Cases 2010obviousness, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Construing the “Function” of a Means-Plus-Function Claim Element

August 17, 2010Claim Construction, Claim Drafting Tips, Means Plus Function, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Claim Construction, paid, USPTO DirectorDennis Crouch

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Adams Respiratory Therapeutics v. Perrigo – construction of pharmacokinetic claim terms

August 16, 2010Claim Construction, Doctrine of Equivalents, Patent, Patent Cases 2010, RantanenClaim Construction, First to Invent, paidJason Rantanen

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Kevin Collins: An Initial Comment on King Pharmaceuticals: The Printed Matter Doctrine as a Structural Doctrine and Its Implications for Prometheus Laboratories

August 12, 2010Articles and Publications, Patent, Patent Cases 2010, Printed Matter Doctrineanticipation, paidDennis Crouch

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Guest Post: The Great Haste and Less Milling of Beer v. United States

August 12, 2010CAFC, En Banc, Guest Post, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Federal Circuit En Banc, paidDennis Crouch

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NO JOINT INFRINGEMENT despite Strategic Partnership, Joint Distribution Agreement, and Packaged Sales

August 9, 2010Inequitable Conduct, Infringement, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Inequitable Conduct, paid, VenueDennis Crouch

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TheraSense v. BD: Briefs on the Merits

August 7, 2010En Banc, Inequitable Conduct, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Federal Circuit En Banc, Inequitable Conduct, paidDennis Crouch

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Ring Plus v. Cingular Wireless

August 6, 2010Claim Construction, Inequitable Conduct, Patent, Patent Cases 2010, Prior Art, Rantanen, SoftwareAffirmed Without Opinion, Claim Construction, Inequitable Conduct, paid, USPTO DirectorJason Rantanen

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Genus-Species; Doctrine of Equivalents; and Patentable Subject Matter

August 5, 2010Claim Construction, Declaratory Judgment, Doctrine of Equivalents, Patent, Patent Cases 2010, Patentable Subject MatterAbstract Idea, Claim Construction, paid, Subject Matter EligibilityDennis Crouch

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Gene Patents on Appeal: ACLU’s Recusal Motion

August 4, 2010Amicus Brief, Patent, Patent Cases 2010, Patentable Subject MatterpaidDennis Crouch

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Divorce and Patents

August 3, 2010Infringement, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Claim Construction, First to Invent, paidDennis Crouch

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Ignoring Non-Patentable Elements While Judging Novelty

August 2, 2010Anticipation, Method Claims, Patent, Patent Cases 2010, Patentable Subject Matteranticipation, obviousness, paidDennis Crouch

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Sun Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly: obviousness-type double patenting in the pharmaceutical context

August 2, 2010Claim Construction, Obviousness, Patent, Patent Cases 2010, Pharma, RantanenClaim Construction, double patenting, obviousness, paidJason Rantanen

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August 2, 2010Claim Construction, Infringement, Patent, Patent Cases 2010Claim Construction, paidDennis Crouch

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Wyers v. Master Lock

July 23, 2010Obviousness, Patent, Patent Cases 2010, Prior Artmotivation to combine, obviousness, paid, reasonable expectation of success, USPTO DirectorJason Rantanen

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Federal Circuit Review of Patent Term Extensions

July 22, 2010Patent, Patent Cases 2010, Patent Term Extension, Pharma, RantanenAIA Trials, paid, PGRJason Rantanen

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