Charles Meyer Honored in Benchmark Plaintiff Handbook

Woodard Emhardt Moriarty McNett & Henry LLP is pleased to announce that Charlie Meyer has distinguished himself by earning an honored placement in Indiana as a Local Litigation Star in the Benchmark Plaintiff Handbook published by Legal Media Group.  The guide ‘s…

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Cisco Takes Aggressive Stance Against Patent Holder Threatening Its Customers

You’ve probably heard this story before.  A little known patent holder begins a licensing campaign sending letters to hundreds of companies letting them know that they need a license to its patent.  The letters continue and offer discounts for early…

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Federal Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Declaratory Judgment Action obtained by Woodard Emhardt

Matthews International Corp. manufactures and sells a Bio Cremation™ product that uses a hydrolysis process to accelerate the natural decomposition of the body to cremate human remains.  In 2011, Matthews filed suit against our client, Biosafe Engineering, LLC, seeking a…

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Woodard Emhardt Obtains Order Transferring Patent Case out of the ED of Texas

Judge Leonard Davis of the Eastern District of Texas recently ordered that a patent infringement lawsuit filed against an Indianapolis based company be transferred to the Southern District of Indiana.  The lawsuit was filed following the effective date of the…

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Amazon.com Unable to Push Litigation Out of the Eastern District Of Texas

In a recent patent infringement case, Amazon.com asked to have the case transferred from the Eastern District to the Western District of Texas. That motion was denied by the Eastern District federal court judge. Amazon appealed to the Federal Circuit…

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Supreme Court Clarifies Patent Ownership Under Bayh-Dole Act

As a result of Leland Stanford Junior University  v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., No. 09-1159, organizations and universities subject to the Bayh-Dole Act should construct more effective assignment agreements with their employees instead of relying on the Bayh-Dole Act to…

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USPTO Provides Updated Examination Guidelines In View of KSR Decision

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently published updated examination guidelines regarding obviousness rejections under 35 U.S.C. §103 in light of the United States Supreme Court’s 2007 decision in KSR Int’l Co. v. Teleflex Inc.  The updated examination…

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USPTO Provides Interim Guidance for Determining Patent Eligible Subject Matter in View of Bilski Decision

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has provided interim guidelines for determining subject matter eligibility under 35 U.S.C. §101 for process claims in view of the United States Supreme Court’s 2010 decision in Bilski v. Kappos.  The guidelines…

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Case Law Update: Inequitable Conduct Law Continues to Evolve

In a recent decision, the Federal Circuit ruled a company’s patent unenforceable due to the inequitable conduct committed by the company’s non-inventor president. As background, Avid’s founder and president, Dr. Hannis Stoddard, hired three engineers to develop a product based…

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Case Law Update: Biotech Patents Invalidated for Failing to Disclose the Best Mode

The Federal Circuit has affirmed an International Trade Commission (ITC) decision finding two asserted patents invalid because they did not satisfy the best mode requirement of 35 U.S.C. §112. The two patents relate to improved methods of producing L-lysine using…

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Supreme Court Issues Long-Awaited Bilski Decision

At long last, the Supreme Court has issued its opinion in Bilski v. Kappos. As widely expected, the Court affirmed the unpatentability of Bilski’s risk-management method. With a majority opinion authored by Justice Kennedy and concurring opinions offered by Justices…

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Bilski v. Kappos (Supreme Court 2010)(08-964)

At long last, the Supreme Court has issued its opinion in Bilski v. Kappos. As widely expected, the Court affirmed the unpatentability of Bilski’s risk-management method. With a majority opinion authored by Justice Kennedy and concurring opinions offered by Justices…

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