Author Archives: Warren Woessner

Want an Expedited Decision on your Appeal? Use the USPTO’s Fast Track Appeals Pilot Program

Guest post from the USPTO: What is the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program? Under the Fast-Track Appeals Pilot Program, appellants can have their ex parte appeals advanced out of turn. Appellants simply file a petition to request fast-track review of their … Continue reading

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Listen to “A Conversation with Janice Mueller, Author of Mueller on Patent Law”

Guest post from Chisum Patent Academy: The Chisum Patent Academy is pleased to share with you a recording of the recent webinar from Fastcase, Inc.: “A Conversation with Janice Mueller, Author of Mueller on Patent Law.” In the one-hour webinar, Janice answers questions about: … Continue reading

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Neapco’s Brief in Opposition to AA’s Petition for Cert.

On March 31, 2021, Neapco Holdings LLC filed its Brief in Opposition to American Axle’s Petition for Cert. If you need a refresher on the proceedings to date, please read (or re-read) the analyses I posted on Jan. 11, 2021 … Continue reading

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Biden’s Nominee to the Fed. Cir. is Perkins Coie Litigator

Tiffany P. Cunningham is a partner in the patent litigation practice of Perkins Coie. Importantly, she has a degree in Chemical Engineering from M.I.T. before receiving her J.D. from Harvard. The Court is in need of a judge that is … Continue reading

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