Deirdre Wells’ Post

IAM wrote an interesting article about the Federal Circuit's recent decision in LKQ Corp. v. GM Global Tech. I am honored they reached out to speak with me for their piece. #DesignPatents #KSRStandard #FederalCircuit

Very proud to be a part of the team that prepared reexams for our client, Get-Grin. The USPTO granted all three of the reexamination requests! The granted reexams also resulted in a full stay of the patent litigations. Read our announcement to learn more. https://lnkd.in/gkN4cGiU #USPTO #Reexams

I am proud to be part of the team that secured a victory for our client, Teva Pharmaceuticals, in a patent-infringement lawsuit filed by Vanda Pharmaceuticals. In December 2022, Chief Judge Colm Connolly of the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware found all four of Vanda’s asserted patents invalid as obvious. The Federal Circuit affirmed that decision in May 2023, and on April 22, 2024, the U.S. Supreme Court denied Vanda’s petition to review that decision, cementing Teva’s win. Read more about this case: https://lnkd.in/eFGPgX5v

The Federal Circuit year end review is ready for download!

Proud to be a part of this fabulous trial team.

Congrats to the team! Oour litigation team successfully represented Teva Pharmaceuticals in securing a non-infringement victory. On December 29, 2023, the district court held that Teva does not infringe the two patents asserted at trial, finding that Corcept Therapeutics had failed to show that direct infringement is likely or that Teva’s label would induce infringement. #Litigation #IntellectualProperty

I am thrilled to share that we secured a victory for our client SweeGen Inc. at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit for its natural non-caloric sweetener that is used in food and drinks. The Federal Circuit affirmed a district court decision that granted SweeGen’s motion for Summary Judgment of patent invalidity, holding all claims of the asserted patents invalid for inadequate written description under 35 U.S.C. § 112, and further holding certain claims invalid for claiming ineligible subject matter under 35 U.S.C. § 101. #IntellectualProperty #PatentInfringement

Wondering why the Fed. Cir. again remanded the case between Columbia Sportswear and Seirus Innovation involving Columbia’s design patent for heat-reflective material? Read the update in the article “Another Remand in the Eight-Year Columbia Sportswear Saga,” published by Thomson Reuters Westlaw Today to learn more!

Did you know that a design patent application can claim priority to a utility patent application? An initial disclosure in a utility patent application may be sufficient to support a future continuation of a design patent. Watch our On-Demand webinar that dives into everything you wanted to know about design patents. https://lnkd.in/ghpYSkVa #DesignPatents #DesignLaw #IntellectualProperty