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JUNE 27, 2024

Seven petitions remain undecided and the court will pick them up again when it begins the 2024 term in late September. 23-1231) I’ve previously written about this case which focuses the interplay between statutory provisions and old judge-made doctrines in patent law. This post briefly reviews these cases. Cellect, LLC v.

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MARCH 4, 2024

by Dennis Crouch The Federal Circuit held oral arguments on March 4, 2024 in the important patent case of Celanese Int’l. The question: Under the AIA, does sale of a product by the patent applicant prohibit the patentee from later patenting the process used to make the product? v ITC , 22-1827 (Fed. Garlock, Inc. ,

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MARCH 18, 2024

The patent at issue, originally naming a single inventor (Steve Campbell), claims a lightweight intermodal container system for transporting refrigerated gaseous fluids. 256 to correct inventorship on an issued patent. This ruling aligned patent law with the Court’s prior decision in Petrella v.

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APRIL 16, 2024

by Dennis Crouch Law school civil procedure courses spend very little time on proper venue because, in most cases venue is proper so long as the district court has personal jurisdiction over the defendant. This portion of the bill is entitled the “ Venue Equity and Non-Uniformity Elimination Act of 2024 or VENUE Act.”

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