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28 01, 2019

January 2019: USPTO Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance

By |2019-10-27T18:37:46-07:00January 28th, 2019|News|Comments Off on January 2019: USPTO Subject Matter Eligibility Guidance

            The USPTO has issued modified subject-matter eligibility (“Section 101”) guidance.  The new guidance recognizes the need for increased clarity and consistency in how Section 101 is applied.  Under current Section 101 case law, an invention may [...]

28 01, 2019

January 2019: Firm News

By |2019-10-27T18:38:11-07:00January 28th, 2019|News|Comments Off on January 2019: Firm News

Weide & Miller issued 88 patents in 2018, leading Nevada based firms.

28 11, 2018

November 2018: Inventor Challenges to Assigned Patents

By |2019-10-27T18:38:31-07:00November 28th, 2018|News|Comments Off on November 2018: Inventor Challenges to Assigned Patents

In the case of Arista Networks, Inc. v. Cisco Sys., Inc. (Federal Circuit, November 9, 2018), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit addressed the issue of whether assignee estoppel applies to prevent an inventor/assignor from [...]

23 08, 2018

June 2018: Foreign Lost Profits for Infringement of US Patents

By |2019-10-27T18:42:41-07:00August 23rd, 2018|News|Comments Off on June 2018: Foreign Lost Profits for Infringement of US Patents

In the case of WesternGeco Ltd. v. Ion Geophysical Corp., the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the Federal Circuit’s rule against extraterritorial lost profits for infringement of U.S. Patents.  The Supreme Court ruled that 35 U.S.C. § 271(f), [...]

23 08, 2018

April 2018: PTAB Partial Decisions in AIA Reviews

By |2019-10-27T18:42:25-07:00August 23rd, 2018|News|Comments Off on April 2018: PTAB Partial Decisions in AIA Reviews

In a close 5-4 decision in SAS Institute Inc. v. Iancu, the Supreme Court found that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s previous practice of agreeing to review some challenged claims and deny review of others in [...]

23 08, 2018

April 2018: Constitutionality of IPRs

By |2019-10-27T18:42:10-07:00August 23rd, 2018|News|Comments Off on April 2018: Constitutionality of IPRs

The America Invents Act created a new vehicle for challengers to attach patents:  the Inter-Parties Reexamination or “IPR”.  In the case of Oil States Energy Services LLC v. Greene’s Energy Group, LLC, Oil States contended that the [...]

23 08, 2018

February 2018: Firm News

By |2019-10-27T18:41:53-07:00August 23rd, 2018|News|Comments Off on February 2018: Firm News

Weide & Miller is listed among the best law firms in the United States by U.S. News.  Weide & Miller is ranked Tier 1 for Patent Law and Patent Litigation for 2018.

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