March 17, 2020 An Improved Step in a Diagnostic Method is Patentable Subject Matter By: Bryan K. Wheelock
March 16, 2020 Design Patent Infringement Affirmed Where Defendant Did Not Proffer Jury Instructions or Introduce Prior Art By: Bryan K. Wheelock
March 13, 2020 Prosecution History Doesn’t Have to Rise to the Level of Disclaimer to Inform the meaning of the Disputed Claim Term By: Bryan K. Wheelock
March 13, 2020 Patent’s Prosecution History Informs the Meaning of the Claim Language, Saving them from Invalidity By: Bryan K. Wheelock
March 13, 2020 First-Filed Declaratory Judgment Dismissed in Favor of Later-Filed Infringement Action By: Bryan K. Wheelock
February 19, 2020 Licensee’s Failure to Mark Licensed Products Limits Patent Owner’s Recovery By: Bryan K. Wheelock
February 13, 2020 A Binding Settlement Agreement Generally Moots the Action Even if it Requires Future Performance By: Bryan K. Wheelock
February 5, 2020 Only an Expert Can Testify about What Would Be Obvious to a Non-Expert By: Bryan K. Wheelock
January 23, 2020 Affirmed: Patent Owner’s Claim Construction that Excluded Preferred Embodiments Was Not Correct By: Bryan K. Wheelock