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Partner Andrew Merickel was quoted in "This Is the First Hemp Strain t...
Partner Andrew Merickel was quoted in "This Is the First Hemp Strain to Be Awarded a US Patent," an article published by Leafly.
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What Celgene Corp. v. Peter Means For Biosimilar Developers | Biosimil...
Attorneys Jonathan Bachand and William Adams co-authored "What Celgene Corp. v.
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Partner Jonathan Menkes Joins Ganjapreneur Podcast to Speak on Cannabi...
Partner Jonathan Menkes joined podcast host TG Branfalt for an interview that focuses on what cannabis entr
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Key Terms of Standard Essential Patent Licenses Webinar
Partners Mauricio Uribe and Hironori Kubota presented  "Key Terms of Standard Essential Patent Licenses"
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Partner Karen Cassidy was quoted in "New written description rule set ...
Partner Karen Cassidy was quoted in "New written description rule set out by Federal Circuit in precedentia
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Federal Circuit Review - July 2019
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Issue Preclusion at the ITC: New Developments for Trademark-Based Clai...
Investigations at the International Trade Commission (“ITC”) often involve intellectual property disputes that may also be the subject of parallel ...
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Fourteen Partners Named “Best Lawyers in America®” 2020
Knobbe Martens is pleased to report that 14 partners appear in the 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America®.
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Partner Bridget Smith was quoted in "Patent Offce Asked To Weigh In on...
Partner Bridget Smith was quoted in "Patent Offce Asked To Weigh In on Precedential Panel’s Sway (2)," an a
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Partner Bridget Smith was quoted in "How the drop in PTAB filings may ...
Partner Bridget Smith was quoted in "How the drop in PTAB filings may affect medical device firms," an arti
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Knobbe Martens Attorneys Named 2019 Southern California “Rising Stars”...
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Knobbe Martens Attorneys Named “Top Women Attorneys in Southern Califo...
Knobbe Martens Partners Amy Chun,
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Litigation
Subsequent Examination After RCE and Interference Proceeding Are Not P...
| Alexander D. ZengAdam Powell
MAYO FOUNDATION FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH v. ANDREI IANCU, UNDER SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND DIRECTOR OF THE UNITE...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
FDA Issues Guidance on "Abbreviated" and "Special" 510(K) Pathways
| Tom Cowan
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued two new guidance documents related respectively to an “abbreviated” and a “special” approach...
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Litigation
PTAB
Nexus Analysis May Be Based on Novel Combination of Known Elements Con...
| Sean S. KimMark Kachner
HENNY PENNY CORPORATION v. FRYMASTER LLC Before Lourie, Chen, and Stoll.  Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Summary: With ...
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Litigation
Design Patent Figures Are Not the Only Source of Claim Limitations
| Aaron S. JohnsonMark Kachner
CURVER LUXEMBOURG, SARL v. HOME EXPRESSIONS INC. Before Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of N...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
Partner Bridget Smith was quoted in "Why PTAB filings are dropping and...
Partner Bridget Smith was quoted in "Why PTAB filings are dropping and how they may affect medical device f
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Litigation
Federal Circuit Applies Collateral Estoppel and Avoids Antitrust Issue...
| Lindsay LaddaranJeremy Anapol
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC v. CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. Before Prost, Bryson, and Reyna.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the D...
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Litigation
Court Upholds Patent Damages Award, Giving Patent Owner More Than It R...
| Mark Kachner
A Chicago jury previously awarded Kolcraft Enterprises more than $3 million in damages based on Artsana’s infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,376,993...
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Litigation
State Sovereignty Principles Do Not Allow the State to Bring a Patent ...
| Noorean GillKendall Loebbaka
BOARD OF REGENTS v. BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORP. Before Prost, Reyna, and Stoll.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District ...
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Litigation
PTAB
Decision of PTAB to Reconsider Earlier Decision Instituting Inter Part...
| Mark RubinshteinNicole R. Townes
BIODELIVERY SCIENCES INTL. v. AQUESTIVE THERAPEUTICS, INC. Before Newman, Lourie, and Reyna.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB)....
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Litigation
The Sometimes Limiting Effect of "Wherein" Clauses
| Benjamin HoNicole R. Townes
ALLERGAN SALES, LLC v. SANDOZ, INC. Before Prost, Newman, and Wallach.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey...
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