Monthly Archives: November 2011

Prometheus’s Brief – Don’t Confuse Us With “LabCorp”

It took me a while to get around to reading Prometheus’s brief to the Supreme Court in Mayo v. Prometheus Labs., No. 10-1150 (S. Ct. Oct. 31, 2011), because I was pretty sure how it would read and, in fact, … Continue reading

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Common Citation Document Launched By Trilateral Patent Offices

This posting came with a set of presentation slides which you can find at the end of the post. The Industry Trilateral (of which IPO is a member) initially proposed a Common Citation Document (CCD).  In response, the Trilateral have … Continue reading

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Powell v. Home Depot – False Petition Not “Egregious Misconduct”

In Therasense, the Fed. Cir. held that inequitable conduct can be based on non-prior art misconduct, which was characterized as an exception to the “but-for” rule of materiality set out in the decision. This seemed to me to be a … Continue reading

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Excerpts From Amicus Briefs Supporting Prometheus

This intriguing compilation “Excerpts From 15 AMICI Briefs Supporting Respondent Prometheus: Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Laboratories, Inc.,” was sent to me by Mark Corallo of Corallo Media Strategies, Inc., Alexandria, VA. UNH Law used to be Franklin Pierce Law … Continue reading

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