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Haynes and Boone, LLP Irvine, CA Document Search Results (6) Sort by:  | Intervening Rights and Invalidity-Argument Estoppel in Litigation After Patent Reexamination
David M. O'Dell, Kenneth G. Parker, Don Tiller; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article October 21, 2011, previously published on October 20, 2011 The Federal Circuit recently resolved two issues of first impression as to how patent reexamination proceedings affect related patent infringement litigation. These two cases, Marine Polymer and Bettcher Industries, are likely to have a significant impact on both litigation and...
|  | Practice Tips Under the Patent Reform Rules
Tom Chen, Dustin T. Johnson, Andrew Lowes, Jeffrey A. Wolfson; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 16, 2011 The long anticipated America Invents Act (the “Act”) was signed into law today. However, given that certain provisions of the Act are now in effect while others do not come online until March 16, 2013, innovating companies and individuals should consider the impact and timing of those...
| | Conformity is a Virtue: The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Proposes Changes to the Duty of Disclosure to Match the Therasense Standard
Randall C. Brown, Tom Chen, Brent A. Folsom, Jeffrey A. Wolfson; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 28, 2011, previously published on July 26, 2011 The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”) has proposed changes to two rules that are designed to streamline the obligations of innovators and their patent practitioners to disclose information to the PTO in patent applications and reexamination proceedings.
| | Patent Reform 2011: It Could Happen to You
Randall C. Brown, Tom Chen, Gregory P. Webb, Jeffrey A. Wolfson; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article July 1, 2011, previously published on June 28, 2011 n June 23, 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives passed House Bill H.R. 1249 (the “Leahy-Smith America Invents Act”) by a vote of 304-117. This follows on the Senate’s 95-5 passage of bill S. 23 (the “America Invents Act”) back on March 8, 2011. As President Obama...
| | The Status Quo Wins: Clear and Convincing Proof is Still Required to Invalidate Patent Claims
David H. Harper, Steven M. Levitan, Kyle Musgrove, Kenneth G. Parker, Phillip B. Philbin; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 15, 2011, previously published on June 13, 2011 The Supreme Court ruled last week in Microsoft Corporation v. i4i Limited Partnership that “clear and convincing evidence” is still the standard of proof required to invalidate a patent. Section 282 of the Patent Act states that “a patent shall be presumed valid” and that...
| | Supreme Court Rejects Fifth Circuit Requirement that Securities Fraud Plaintiffs Must Prove “Loss Causation” at Class Certification Stage
Thad Behrens; Haynes and Boone, LLP;
Legal Alert/Article June 9, 2011, previously published on June 7, 2011 In a unanimous opinion issued yesterday in Erica P. John Fund, Inc. v. Halliburton Co., 563 U.S. (2011), a securities class fraud action, the Supreme Court held that class certification had been improperly denied by the Fifth Circuit based on the absence of “loss causation.” The...
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