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WARF v. Apple Reaffirms Kessler Doctrine: Protecting Products from Duplicative Patent Litigation

York Faulkner

5 days ago
14 min

WARF v. Apple Reaffirms Kessler Doctrine: Protecting Products from Duplicative Patent Litigation

. . . Indeed, the doctrine was established to fulfill a purpose related to, but distinct from, claim preclusion . . . . Introduction ...

When Patent Term Adjustment Meets Obviousness-Type Double Patenting: New Insights from Allergan v. MSN

York Faulkner

Aug 21
14 min

When Patent Term Adjustment Meets Obviousness-Type Double Patenting: New Insights from Allergan v. MSN

. . . In this case, the district court was confronted with just such a situation. There was no dispute that the asserted ’356 patent had...

Secrets Can’t Save Patents: The Federal Circuit’s Latest Ruling on the On-Sale Bar

York Faulkner

Aug 16
8 min

Secrets Can’t Save Patents: The Federal Circuit’s Latest Ruling on the On-Sale Bar

. . . There, the Supreme Court held that “when Congress reenacted the same [on-sale] language in the AIA, it adopted the earlier judicial...

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