Tag Archives: Federal Circuit

Senate Confirms Finnegan Partner Kara Stoll to Federal Circuit

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Without a single “nay” vote, and with at least some noting that she will be the first woman of color to join the Fed. Cir., the Senate has confirmed Kara Fernandez Stoll, a litigation partner at Finnegan, to fill the seat vacated … Continue reading →

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Kimble v. Marvel – Supreme Court Sticks With Brulotte Rule

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Warren Woessner

In a rather breezy opinion filled with Spiderman puns and references, Justice Kagan, writing for a 6/3 Court, affirmed that Brulotte v. Thys Co., 379 U.S. 29 (1964) controlled the outcome of this dispute over Marvel’s decision to halt royalty … Continue reading →

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Teva v. Sandoz – “Strange Brew” Boils Over

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Warren Woessner

On June 18, 2015, a divided Fed. Cir. panel reaffirmed that the key claim of a Teva patent, U.S. Pat. No. 5,800,808, was invalid as indefinite, although the Fed. Cir. had previously been reversed twice by the Supreme Court – … Continue reading →

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Ariosa v. Sequenom – Novel Genetic Analysis Fails The Mayo Test

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Warren Woessner

Today, the Fed. Cir. affirmed the district court’s holding that the method for detecting paternally inherited nucleic acid of fetal origin in a sample of the mother’s blood was a patent-ineligible natural phenomenon. Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v Sequenom, Inc., Appeal … Continue reading →