Inequitable conduct claims can add upwards of a million dollars to patent litigation, and adverse rulings can tank legal careers and corporate profits. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal ...

The Federal Circuit upheld a district court’s finding of inequitable conduct on the basis that appellants and its lawyers intentionally withheld material information involving the on-sale bar from the ...

On September 1, in Belcher Pharmaceuticals, LLC v. Hospira, Inc., the Federal Circuit affirmed the unenforceability of a patent on grounds the patentee engaged in inequitable conduct during ...

Law360 (January 29, 2009, 12:00 AM EST) -- Subsidiaries of Sanofi-Aventis have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on a decision that upheld a lower court's finding that Aventis' patents for its ...

Frederick Frei and Sean Wooden analyse case law around inequitable conduct one year after the landmark decision in Therasense v Becton Dickinson, and find that the defence remains viable The May 25 ...

During patent prosecution, an inventor wrote to his attorney in the margin of a draft declaration: “I am not sure it is a good idea to disclose this document.” The district court called this “a rare ...

In its much-anticipated decision in Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dickinson and Co., et al., the Federal Circuit (the U.S. appeals court with jurisdiction over patent cases) in May substantially raised ...

“When a person having a duty of candor and good faith has engaged in serial misconduct during the prosecution of the same or related patents, it is not enough for a court to consider each individual ...

The New Plague: False Claims Liability Based on Inequitable Conduct During Patent Prosecution Gregory Michael (University of California), William J Newsom (Cooley LLP) & Matthew Avery (Baker Botts LLP ...

Chief Judge Paul Michel of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit used his speech at the AIPLA to appeal to patent practitioners to help the Court clarify the doctrine of inequitable conduct. He ...

Law360 (September 24, 2020, 7:19 PM EDT) -- Tesla hit rival electric car maker Nikola Corp. with counterclaims of inequitable conduct and invalidity in California federal court Wednesday in Nikola's ...