As Clapper explains, trial lawyers may “strike hard blows,” but they are “not at liberty to strike foul ones.” To know the ...

Director Vidal has issued two Director Review decisions related to the proper use of Applicant Admitted Prior Art (AAPA) ...

This year was a busy one for USPTO policy changes, with a number of proposed rules packages introduced, proposed legislation ...

The last six months of 2024 saw numerous interesting, precedential decisions from the Federal Circuit on a range of patent ...

The authors write "This column reports on several recent significant decisions from the United States District Court for the ...

In Astellas Pharma Inc. v. Sandoz Inc., the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated a sua sponte district court ruling that found Astellas’s asserted patent ineligible under Title 35 ...

Alexander did not have a meaningful opportunity to address concerns raised sua sponte in the Court’s decision with respect to ...

“Even if this Court were inclined to do so, neither party has been able to point to any authority, and the Court is unable to find any sua sponte, which allows it to run a sentence concurrent ...

“The extent of [Lee’s] work on this matter is limited to his notice of appearance and so-called sua sponte withdrawal order.” And, the report noted, the client didn’t know Lee had withdraw ...