Monthly Archives: February 2016

Ohio Willow Wood’s Appeal of IC Finding Goes Up In Smoke

On February 19th, the Fed. Cir. affirmed a District Court’s finding of inequitable conduct in Ohio Willow Wood Co. (OWW) v. Alps South (Alps), LLC, following the Fed. Cir.’s remand of summary judgment of no inequitable conduct in 2013. (Ohio … Continue reading

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Therasense Puts A World Of (Antitrust) Hurt On 3M

Commentators who have declared inequitable conduct dead and buried should study TransWeb, LLC v. 3M Innovative Properties Co., App. No. 2014-1646 (Fed. Cir., Feb. 10 2016). {A copy can be found at the end of this post.] The decision demonstrates … Continue reading

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Obama Launches Cancer Moonshot Task Force – But Where’s The Patent Power?

On January 28, 2016, the White House issued a Memorandum establishing the Moonshot Task Force “to double the rate of progress in the fight against cancer – and put ourselves on a path to achieve in just 5 years research … Continue reading

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Will Copyright Law Put Us on a Path to International Patent Exhaustion?

This is a guest post from Theresa Stadheim of Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner. This article was first published by the American Intellectual Property Law (AIPLA) Patent Law Committee in its January 2016 newsletter.  For membership in AIPLA, visit here.  Will Copyright … Continue reading

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