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Knobbe Martens Partner Brian Claassen Elected President of Federal Bar...
Knobbe Martens is pleased to announce that partner Brian Claassen has been elected President of the Orange County Chapter of the Federal
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Presentations
Strategic Considerations in United States Design Patent Filings – Knob...
Knobbe Practice Japan Webinar Series
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Current State of the U.S. Patent Law: Risk Mitigation Based on Legal O...
Partners Mauricio Uribe, Dan Altman and Jessica Achtsam gave a presentation on understanding the history and current state of the law inv
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Federal Circuit Review December 2021
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Knobbe Martens Partner Christy Lea to Serve as 2022 President of Oran...
Knobbe Martens, one of the nation’s leading intellectual property law firms, is pleased to announce
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Knobbe Martens Announces Six New Partners
Knobbe Martens, one of the nation’s leading intellectual property law firms, is pleased to announce
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Partner Sheila Swaroop was quoted in "Patent Litigation Trends To Watc...
Partner Sheila Swaroop was quoted in "Patent Litigation Trends To Watch In 2022," which was published by Law360.
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Partner Sheila Swaroop was quoted in "Intellectual Property Law in 202...
Partner Sheila Swaroop was quoted in "Intellectual Property Law in 2021: A Year of Surprises, COVID-Related and Otherwise," which was pub
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When and Where to File Patent Applications
Attorneys Dan Altman and Vlad Teplitskiy authored, "When and Where to File Patent Applications," which was published on the Maple Bus
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Partner Lauren Katzenellenbogen was quoted in "The Biggest Patent Ruli...
Partner Lauren Katzenellenbogen was quoted in "The Biggest Patent Rulings Of 2021," which was published by Law360.
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Federal Circuit Review - November 2021
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Current State of the U.S. Patent Law: Risk Mitigation Based on Legal O...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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Medtronic’s Intellis and Vanta Neurostimulators Receive FDA Approval f...
|Albert J. Sueiras
Medtronic announced that its Intellis™ neurostimulator and the Vanta™ neurostimulator have both received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug ...
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Litigation
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Claim Element With No Antecedent Basis May Be Broader Than the Same El...
|Hans L. Mayer
EVOLUSION CONCEPTS, INC. v. HOC EVENTS, INC. Before Prost, Taranto, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central Distri...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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First-in-Human Porcine Heart Transplant Performed
|Brandon G. Smith
Surgeons at the University of Maryland School of Medicine performed the first successful porcine (pig) to human heart transplant, a procedure refer...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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First-in-Human Porcine Heart Transplant Performed
|Brandon G. Smith
Surgeons at the University of Maryland School of Medicine performed the first successful porcine (pig) to human heart transplant, a procedure refer...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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Acquisition of BK Medical Expands GE Healthcare’s Precision Health Pre...
|Sabing Lee
GE Healthcare announced on December 21, 2021, that it has completed the $1.45 billion acquisition of BK Medical from Altaris Capital Partners. Acc...
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Litigation
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Silence May Support Negative Claim Limitation
|Nima Zargari, Ph.D.Jeremy Anapol
NOVARTIS PHARMACEUTICALS v. ACCORD HEALTHCARE INC. Before Moore, Linn, and O’Malley. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Distr...
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Litigation
PTAB
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A Generic Motivation Is Still a Motivation
|Christopher S. SmithChristie Matthaei
INTEL CORPORATION v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: A “gener...
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Litigation
PTAB
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PTAB Should Analyze Patentability Even if Claims Are Indefinite
|Kenneth K. WangChristie Matthaei
INTEL CORPORATION v. QUALCOMM INCORPORATED Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Indefinite ...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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Baxter Completes $10B+ Acquisition of Hillrom
|Michael R. Christensen
On December 13, Baxter International Inc. (“Baxter”) announced the completion of one of the biggest medtech acquisitions of 2021, acquiring Hil...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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Two Drugs Recalled Due to Manufacturing Issues
|Mark Rubinshtein, Ph.D.
(December 13, 2021) Two pharmaceutical companies have issued recalls in December due to manufacturing issues that may impact the safety and quality...
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