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

 

:: 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 Court Tegic 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, 4th 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)

:: Vol. 4, No. 8 (1 August 2006)

:: Design Patent Infringement Requires Analysis of the Design as a Whole, AMINI INNOVATION CORP. v. ANTHONY CALIFORNIA, INC., No. 05-1159 (Fed. Cir., March 3, 2006).

 

:: The U.S. Supreme Court Rules that a Patent Does Not Necessarily Indicate Market Power, ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC. V. INDEPENDENT INK, INC., No. 04-1329 (U.S. March 1, 2006).

:: Vol. 4, No. 7 (25 July 2006)

:: The CAFC Overrules the District Court Grant of a Preliminary Injunction, ABBOTT LABORATORIES V. TEVA PHARMACEUTICALS USA, INC., No. 05-1433 (Fed Cir June 22, 2006).

:: Vol. 4, No. 6 (13 June 2006)

:: CAFC Denies Infringement Claim Against the U.S. Government When Some Steps of the Process are Performed Outside the U.S.; U.S. Government Cannot be Sued for a Taking for the Use of a Patented Invention, ZOLTEK CORP. v. UNITED STATES, No. 04-5100, -5102 (Fed Cir. March 31, 2006).

:: Cancelled Subject Matter in a Foreign Patent Application may be “printed publications” under 35 U.S.C. 102(b), Bruckelmyer v. Ground Heaters, Inc., No. 05-1412, 455 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. April 20, 2006).

:: Vol. 4., No. 5 (26 May 2006)

:: The Supreme Court Rules that Injunctive Relief is not "Automatic" in Patent Cases, eBay Inc., et al. v. Mercexchange, L.L.C., No. 05-130, 2006 WL 1310670 (U.S. May 15, 2006).

:: Vol. 4., No. 4 (23 May 2006)

:: The CAFC Affirms a Rejection Based on a Combination of Four Prior Art References, In re Leonard R. Kahn, No. 04-1616 (Fed. Cir. March 22, 2006).

:: Anticipatory Prior Art Reference Does Not Have to be Enabled, Rasmusson v. SmithKline Beecham Corp., No. 04-1191,-1192, 75 USPQ2d 1297 (Fed. Cir. June 27, 2005)

:: Vol. 4., No. 3 (9 March 2006)

:: CAFC Clarifies Materiality Standard for Inequitable Conduct, Digital Control, Inc. v. Charles Machine Works, No. 05-1128 (Fed Cir., February 8, 2006).

:: Vol. 4., No. 2 (21 February 2006)

:: Claim Directed to Multiple Statutory Classes Indefinite, IPXL Holding, L.L.C. v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 05-1009,-1487 (Fed Cir., November 21, 2005).

:: Claim Construction and Prosecution History Scrutinized in Infringement Case, RON NYSTROM v. TREX Company, Inc. & TREX Company LLC, No. 03-1092 (Fed Cir., September 14, 2005).

:: Vol. 4, No. 1 (13 February 2006)

:: Determination of Invalidity for Generic Software-Related Claim Based on the Written Description, LizardTech, Inc. and Regents of the University of California v. Earth Resource Mapping Inc. and Earth Resource Mapping PTY LTD, No. 05-1062 (Fed. Cir. Oct. 4, 2005).

:: Activities to Directly Infringe on U.S. Patent Must Occur in the U.S., MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. v SUMITOMO MITSUBISHI SILICON CORP. (SUMCO),  No. 04-1396, -1513 (Fed. Cir., August 22, 2005).

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