Patent Law

Wyeth v. Kappos: Appellate Panel Confirms that PTO Is Miscalculating (Undercalculating) Delays in Prosecution and the Corresponding Patent Term Adjustment
Wyeth and Elan Pharma v. Kappos (as USPTO Director) (Fed. Cir. 2009) The Federal Circuit has decided an important case involving the length patent term adjustments (PTAs) that are granted due to PTO delays in patent prosecution...

Dave Kappos as Next PTO Director
Although the Obama administration has not directly asked my opinion, I would certainly support David Kappos as the nominee for the next PTO director. Kappos is a longtime IBM patent guru and currently holds the title of VP and Assistant...

Could New Wyeth Layoffs Spell Trouble for Wyeth 401k Members
Trenton, NJ: A new round of job cuts at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals announced yesterday adds further impetus for current, or former employees of Wyeth holding retirement funds in a Wyeth Savings Plan or Wyeth Union Savings Plan to investigate the possibility of an ERISA breach.

Wyeth v. Levine Post-Script
Pharmalittle brings news of an interesting post-script to the Supreme Court's decision in Wyeth v. Levine (pdf) last March. In Wyeth, Diana Levine won a $7.4 million damages award against Wyeth after losing her arm to gangrene from an improper...

Tafas v. Kappos: Cleaning Up
Tafas & GSK v. Kappos (Fed. Cir. 2009) (En banc order) After a two-year battle and under the new leadership of David Kappos, the PTO recently withdrew its proposed rules package that would limit the number of continuation applications and...

Kappos: Earn Accelerated Examination Rights by Abandoning Worthless Applications
One portion of my prior post on PTO Director Kappos' speech at the IPO annual meeting seems to have created some confusion. In particular, many questioned how Kappos planned to implement a system of "easing the acceleration of valuable cases...

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