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Federal Circuit Grants En Banc Review in Tafas v. Doll

By Donald Zuhn, Kevin Noonan, Chris Singer, Sherri Oslick, and Jason Derry

By Kevin E. Noonan -- The Federal Circuit today ordered en banc review of Tafas v. Doll, vacating the panel decision of March 20, 2009. The Court's decision was reported per curiam and Judge Lourie did not participate in the decision to rehear the appeal en banc. The Court in its order noted that plaintiff-appellees Tafas and Glaxo SmithKline had requested rehearing by the original panel and rehearing en banc (see Patent Docs reports on Tafas Petition and GSK Petition), and that the Court had invited briefing from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office as appellant and amici. The Court...

Full post as published by Patent Docs on July 07, 2009 (boomark / email).