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A Wake Up Call about Obviousness-type Double Patenting – the Effect of In re Cellect

What many seem to have understood from Gilead Sciences, Inc. v. Natco Pharma Limited (Fed. Cir. 2014), has been clearly set forth in the recent...

UPC Agreement Ratification by Germany

Germany has ratified the Agreement on a Unified Patent Court. This ratification begins the countdown under Article 89 of the UPC Agreement which will enter...

Ryan Pool to Present at AIPLA Annual Meeting

MWZB is proud to announce that partner Ryan Pool will be presenting at the AIPLA Annual Meeting on practical solutions to 101 issues in Biotech...

MWZB is #1 At Maintaining Dependent Claims

Independent Patent Analytics Company Juristat has identified MWZB as the best firm in the US for maintaining client’s dependent claims.  Juristat states that this is...

Patent Enforcement on Amazon

Do you sell products in an online marketplace?  Are you interested in applying for patent protection but not sure if your products justify the time...

“Adapted to” Survives Means-Plus-Function Presumption

During prosecution, “adapted to” claim language can often pose problems.  See, for example, MPEP §2114.04 which indicates that such language may be questionable as to...

Your Trademark Home Registration May (Still) Provide a Softer Landing

You have a trademark in your home country and are thinking of expanding to the USA. But in the quite recent past we have witnessed...

Written Description: Are We Headed for a New Era of Heightened Messier Requirements?

At least pharmaceutical patents in the US may be headed for more stringent application of written description requirements as well as a more confusing unfocused...

University Professor Sues Students for Copyright Infringement

Chapman University professor David Berkovitz has sued his students, as “John Does,” for publishing his midterm and final exams on the platform Course Hero. According...

Positive Times for Negative Limitations: Part 2

Just this month, the Federal Circuit again took up the issue of a negative claim limitation.  But, this time, it was from a different perspective,...
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