Patent Law

Therasense: Background Documents For Those Preparing Amicus Filings

By Dennis Crouch

The Federal Circuit recently granted Abbott's request for an en banc rehearing of its Therasense decision. The rehearing will focus on the fundamental elements of inequitable conduct.  Inequitable conduct is a non-statutory (i.e., judge-made) doctrine and the court is entertaining arguments on how it should re-structure the doctrine.

The following documents will be helpful to anyone planning to file an Amici brief in the case:

Court Opinions on Inequtiable Conduct:

• Order re Petition for Rehearing En Banc.PDF (187 KB)
• Federal Circuit Panel Decision.pdf (225 KB)
• DistrictCourtDecision.pdf (330 KB)

Party Briefs Requesting Rehearing:

• Petition for Rehearing En Banc of Plaintiffs-Appellants Abbott.PDF (630 KB)
• Bayer_s Response to Abbott_s Petition for Rehearing.PDF (501 KB)
• BD_s Response to Abbott_s Petition fo Rehearing.pdf (811 KB)
• Reply of Plaintiffs-Appellants Abbott.PDF (233 KB)

Amicus Briefs on Rehearing Request:

• Amici Curiae Nine Intellectual Property Law Professors.pdf (927 KB)
• Amici Curiae Ole K. Nilssen.pdf (1671 KB)
• Amici Curiae The Honorable Bruce A. Lehman.pdf (3654 KB)
• Amici Curiae Washington Legal Foundation.PDF (472 KB)

Arguments to the Original Panel:

• Audio File of Oral Arguments
• Appellant Opening_Brief to Merits Panel NO APPX.pdf (730 KB)
• Bayer_s Response on Merits Panel.pdf (689 KB)
• BD_s Response on Merits Panel.pdf (727 KB)
• Appellant Reply Brief to Merits Panel.pdf (445 KB)

Download all the documents in a big zip file.

Full post as published by Patently Obvious on May 13, 2010 (boomark / email).