Early this spring, in Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. v. Promega, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reviewed a district court opinion on the validity of an issued patent 1. The court ...

In a recent series of cases, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) evaluated whether examples in a patent specification will support infringement of alternative embodiments. Two recent ...

“Though these new guidelines may seem unnecessary, there is clear benefit to the public, especially to the applicants who rely on patents for future innovative endeavors.” The United States Patent and ...

Research tool patents typically claim methods or compositions used to discover novel, biologically important compounds and therapeutics. Patentees often try to maximize the rewards of their innovation ...

Exploring the state of pharma patents following the Supreme Court’s Amgen v. Sanofi decision. Lee (Harness IP): This is actually a huge-stakes case because this case discusses one of the most ...