May 2007 (Part II) – Click for full issue

• Failing to disclose information from co-pending applications yields inequitable conduct
• Displaying invention, without actual operation, not a “public use”
• Post-infringement lost profits recoverable in certain circumstances
• Invalidity challenges dismissed for lack of expert testimony
• Microprocessor can’t literally infringe claim reciting circuitry
• Patent pleading requirements may be impacted by new S.Ct case

May 2007 (Part I) – Click for full issue

• Federal Circuit release its first two post-KSR opinions
• Visual observation of test sufficient to support reduction to practice
• Three district Court cases address impact of MedImmune on declaratory judgments
• Statement of “bioequivalence” to FDA was not an admission of infringement under doctrine of equivalents
• Legal-holiday extension for PTO filings applied to assessing one-year on-sale bar date