BSKB Case Briefs

Editors: Marc S. Weiner, Esq., D. Richard Anderson, Esq., MaryAnne Armstrong, Ph.D., Esq., and Nicholas P. Godici.

:: Vol. 5, No. 3 (11 May 2007)

:: Supreme Court Revisits the Determination of Obviousness KSR INTERNATIONAL CO. v. TELEFLEX INC. ET AL. (US Supreme Court No. 04-1350)

:: Vol. 5, No. 2 (4 May 2007)

:: U.S. Supreme Court Limits Extraterritorial Effect of Software-Related Patents Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (US Supreme Court No. 05-1056)

:: Vol. 5, No. 1 (11 January 2007)

:: Breach of License Agreement Not Required for Licensee to File Request for Declaratory Judgment  Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc. (US Supreme Court 05-608) 

:: Vol. 4, No. 11 (1 December 2006)

:: States Do Not Waive Their Sovereign Immunity Rights In all Federal Districts When They File a Patent Infringement Suit In District CourtTegic Communs. Corp. v. Bd. of Regents, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 20475 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

:: Juries can Consider Use of Patent Holder’s Former Employee in Proving Copying and Discount Non-Infringement Opinions if Information is Intentionally Withheld From Counsel. LIQUID DYNAMICS CORP. V. VAUGHAN COMPANY, INC., No. 05-1105,-1325,-1366,-1399 (Fed. Cir. June 1, 2006)

:: Vol. 4, No. 10 (14 September 2006)

:: The CAFC Rules That There is No Right to a Jury Trial of an Inequitable Conduct Charge AGFA Corporation v. Creo Products Inc., No. 05 1079  (Fed. Cir. June 26, 2006)

:: Vol. 4, No. 9 (5 September 2006)

:: A violation of 35 U.S.C. 112, 4^th paragraph, renders a patent invalid even if the violation would have been merely objected to by the USPTO, Pfizer Inc. v. Ranbaxy Labs, No. 06-1179, 2006 U.S. App. LEXIS 19416 (Fed. Cir. 2006)

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