Tag Archives: Patent Law

Sequenom Files Petition for Cert. After Invalidation of Cff Patent

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Warren Woessner

Sequenom, the loser in “Ariosa,” has filed a petition seeking Supreme Court review of the Fed. Cir.’s invalidation of the claims of US Pat. No. 6,258,540 as an attempt to claim a natural product, cffDNA. While there is no dispute … Continue reading →

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Takeaways From Chisum Patent Academy March 2016 Seminar

Posted on March 17, 2016 by Warren Woessner

Takeaways from Our March 2016 Cincinnati Seminar By Donald S. Chisum and Janice M. Mueller Copyright 2016 Chisum Patent Academy, Inc. On March 10-11, 2016 the Chisum Patent Academy held a small-group seminar at the 21C Museum Hotel in Cincinnati, … Continue reading →

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President Obama Nominates Merrick Garland to fill Scalia Vacancy

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Warren Woessner

Yesterday, President Obama nominated Judge Merrick Garland, Chief Judge of the D.C. Cir., to fill the seat vacated by the recent death of Justice Scalia. Merrick is a graduate of Harvard and Harvard Law School, and clerked for Justice Brennan. … Continue reading →

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Ohio Willow Wood’s Appeal of IC Finding Goes Up In Smoke

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Warren Woessner

On February 19th, the Fed. Cir. affirmed a District Court’s finding of inequitable conduct in Ohio Willow Wood Co. (OWW) v. Alps South (Alps), LLC, following the Fed. Cir.’s remand of summary judgment of no inequitable conduct in 2013. (Ohio … Continue reading →