Recently Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg for the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware approved and adopted Magistrate Judge Lloret's Markman decision in its entirety, finding Plaintiff Kyowa Hakko Bio Co.'s (KHB) asserted patent claims invalid as indefinite. KHB had asserted infringement of its U.S. Patent RE45,723 allegedly covering an Ajinomoto process for manufacturing glutamic acid commonly used as an additive in food products.
Eric Schweibenz and John Kern were featured in the June Edition of Virginia Lawyer Magazine highlighting their recent Aisin Seiki decision (see page 59).
Although long overdue, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) released its Final Rule Patent Term Adjustment Reductions in View of the Federal Circuit Decision in Supernus Pharm., Inc. v. Iancu (85 Fed. Reg. 36335-36342, June 16, 2020). Unfortunately, the Final Rule does not fully address Supernus.
Todd Baker, Lisa Mandrusiak, Chris Riccuiti, and Michael Casey will be attending the 2020 PTAB Bar Association Annual Conference on March 10-12, 2020.
Eleven Oblon attorneys have been named to the 2020 edition of Best Lawyers in America.
Oblon's Patent Prosecution practice and partners from the firm's Chemical, Electrical & Mechanical and Litigation practices have received top national rankings in the 2019 edition of IAM Patent 1000: The World's Leading Patent Professionals.
