Tag Archives: Federal Circuit

Edwards Lifesciences v. Corevalve – Pig Valve Implants Enabling

Posted on November 19, 2012 by Warren Woessner

In Edwards Lifesciences AB v. Corevalve, Inc. (now a part of Medtronic), Appeal No. 2011-1215-1257 (Fed. Cir. Nov. 13, 2012), Corevalve challenged the validity of US Pat. No. 5,411,552 directed to a “transcather heart valve” on the basis that the … Continue reading →

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Bard v. Gore: Joint Inventors or Just One?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Warren Woessner

In view of the recent petition for cert. filed by W. L. Gore, asking the Supreme Court to review the standards for joint inventorship, the February panel decision in Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. v. W. L. Gore & Assoc., Inc., … Continue reading →

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Voter Verified Decision Elaborates on Internet Publication

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Warren Woessner

Yesterday a panel of Judges (Lourie, Reyna and Wallach) in Voter Verified, Inc. v. Premier Election Solutions, Appeal nos. 2011-1559, 2012-1016 (Fed. Cir. November 5, 2012) expanded on the Fed. Cir.’s earlier decision In re Lister, 583 F.3d 1307 (Fed. Cir. … Continue reading →

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Federal Circuit to Address Computer-Implemented Inventions En Banc

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Warren Woessner

On October 9, 2012 the Fed. Cir. decided to revisit the divided panel decision in CLE Bank Int’l v. Alice Corp., Appeal No 11-10-1 (Fed. Cir. July 9, 2012) en banc. (A copy can be found at the end of … Continue reading →