“Configured To” Can Configure You Right Out of a Patent
Why Inventors Should Care About the Blue Buffalo Decision If you’re an inventor thinking about filing a patent, here’s a recent Federal Circuit decision you should care about—In re Blue…
Why Inventors Should Care About the Blue Buffalo Decision If you’re an inventor thinking about filing a patent, here’s a recent Federal Circuit decision you should care about—In re Blue…
An Illustration from Life of Issue Preclusion The kids are fighting over something and bring it to me to resolve. I don’t really want to get involved in whatever they’re…
The ol’ “Switcheroo”: One Argument in Discovery, the Opposite in Trial Every so often, the Federal Circuit hands down a decision that’s less about patents and more about human nature.…
Federal Circuit Draws New Limits on Injunctions and Orange Book Listings In a decision likely to affect the pharmaceutical industry, the Federal Circuit ruled in Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Avadel…
This is a very weird case interpreting “consisting of”. The Federal Circuit recently affirmed a ruling of non-infringement in Azurity Pharmaceuticals v. Alkem Laboratories. Azurity had sued Alkem for allegedly…
What Is Means-Plus-Function Claiming? Means-plus-function claiming is a way of writing a patent that describes what something does, not how it does it. For example, describing a machine that opens…
Federal Circuit Limits Cross-Family Prosecution Disclaimer In Maquet Cardiovascular LLC v. Abiomed Inc., the Federal Circuit clarified prosecution history disclaimer across related patents. The court vacated a district court judgment…