Bid for Position, LLC v. AOL, LLC, 601 F.3d 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (BRYSON, Newman & Moore)BidforPosition04072010

MAJOR ISSUES: prosecution history disclaimer; doctrine of equivalents Read CPLRG™ 0045

Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior Univ. v. Roche Molecular Sys., 131 S. Ct. 2188 (June 6, 2011) (ROBERTS, Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, Alito & Kagan; SOTOMAYOR, concurring; BREYER & Ginsburg, dissenting) StanfordUniversityv.RocheMolecular06062011

MAJOR ISSUES: ownership of inventions and patent rights; initial ownership vesting in inventor; employee inventions; federally-funded inventions; universities as federal contractors

“Since 1790, the patent law has operated on the premise that rights in an invention belong to the inventor.” Read CPLRG™ 0070

Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University v. Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., 583 F.3d at 832, CPLRG 0003 (Fed. Cir. 2009) (LINN, Prost & Moore), aff’d, 131 S. Ct. 502 (2011) stanfordroche093020091

MAJOR ISSUES: Standing–Ownership Counterclaim by Accused Infringer–State Statute of Limitations
Assignment Agreement–Assignment of Present Interest in Future Inventions–Equitable Title–Earlier Agreement to Assign Right in the Future–Bona Fide Purchaser–Bayh-Dole Act

Update:  On June 6, 2011, the Supreme Court affirmed this decision.  See CPLRG 0070.

Read CPLRG™ 0003

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH v. Barr Laboratories, Inc. 592 F.3d 1340, 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 1624 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (LINN & Prost; DYK, dissenting-in-part)

Boehringer01252010

MAJOR ISSUES: Double patenting; retroactive terminal disclaimer after first patent expired; Section 121 safe harbor; examiner restriction requirement in grandparent application; divisional of divisional application Read CPLRG™ 0019