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Infringement by Unobvious Changes – A Look (Way) Back

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Warren Woessner

As a much younger attorney, I gave a presentation at the 1990 AIPLA Annual Meeting: “A Review of Recent Federal Circuit Decisions Relating to Infringement” (AIPLA Selected Legal Papers, 9, 3 (July 1991)), in which I wrestled with the question … Continue reading →

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Obviousness = Equivalence? Saint-Gobain v. Siemens

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Warren Woessner

Saint-Gobain Ceramics (“S-G”) has asked the Supreme Court to review the Fed. Cir. panel below, 647 F.3d 1373 (Fed. Cir. 2011) in which the panel decision refused to reverse a district court decision that instructed the jury that it could … Continue reading →

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Cordis v. BSC – Therasense at Work

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Warren Woessner

Last week the Fed. Cir. affirmed the district court’s finding of no inequitable conduct, due to the failure of the applicant or his attorney to cite a relevant prior art reference in a parent application that yielded the two patents-in-suit. … Continue reading →

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Detroit PTO Gets Into Gear

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Warren Woessner

From Gary Speier (SLW Shareholder) The AIA authorizes the USPTO Director to establish three satellite offices within three years, the first of which is to be located in Detroit, Michigan. The USPTO website indicates that hiring of patent examiners and … Continue reading →