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IRVINE, CALIF., September 26, 2022 – Knobbe Martens is pleased to announce that Legal Media Group (LMG) has again recogn
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Four Knobbe Martens Partners Recognized As World’s Leading IP Strategi...
IRVINE, CALIF., September 19, 2022 – Knobbe Martens is pleased to announce that four partners have been recognized for t
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Alan Laquer Named Among The Recorder’s “Lawyers on the Fast Track”
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Knobbe Martens Named Inter-Partes Review Firm of the Year at LMG Life ...
IRVINE, CALIF., September 9, 2022 – Knobbe Martens is pleased to share that the firm was named “Inter Partes Review Firm of the Year” at
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Baraa Kahf Authors “Congress Should Act to Rescue the ACPA from Irrele...
Partner Baraa Kahf authored the article, "Congress Should Act to Rescue the ACP
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Knobbe Martens Expands Diversity Scholarship Program
Announces launch of 2L program and significant increase of grants for diverse scholars
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The Recorder Publishes Irfan Lateef and Ben Shiroma Article on Associa...
Partner Irfan Lateef and associate
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Partners Ben Katzenellenbogen and Paul Stewart Discuss Considerations ...
In the latest installment of Knobbe’s monthly series published in Law360 on noteworthy Federal Circuit opinions from the previou
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Baraa Kahf and Jessica Achtsam to be Recognized at 2022 OCCDL Diversit...
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Knobbe Martens Secures Complete Victory for Pavemetrics in Patent Infr...
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Michael Friedland Authors “Questions to Ask to Avoid Exclusion of Trad...
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Medtronic Completes Acquisition of Cardiac Mapping Company Affera
|Christopher L. Lewis
Medtronic recently announced that its acquisition of Affera, Inc. has been completed. The acquisition was previously announced to be for $925 milli...
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Vacated Vacatur Terminates Termination
|Matthew FriedrichsJeremiah S. Helm, Ph.D.
POLARIS INNOVATIONS LIMITED v. BRENT Before Prost, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Summary: Affirming the Board’...
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Patent Term Adjustment Under 35 U.S.C. 154(b)(1)(C)(iii) Requires Reve...
|Ashley C. MoralesJustin J. Gillett
SAWSTOP HOLDING LLC V. VIDAL Before Newman, Linn, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia Su...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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FDA Publishes New Monkeypox and Medical Devices Web Page
|Arash Pia
The FDA has published new web pages about Monkeypox and medical devices. The new web page, titled Monkeypox and Medical Devices, includes informati...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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AI and Cancer Diagnostics
Rather than simply reading radiological scans, Ibex Medical Analytics is employing its artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cancer detection soluti...
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Duplicative-Litigation Doctrine: Proper Motion Practice Is Essential t...
|Fred FeyziKendall Loebbaka
ARENDI S.A.R.L. v. LG ELECTRONICS INC. Before Prost, Chen, and Stoll. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary...
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The Applicant-Action (Or Inaction) Exception
|Hans L. Mayer
GILBERT P. HYATT v. UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE Before Moore, Prost, and Hughes. Appeal from the District Court for the Eastern Di...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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Federal Circuit Upholds Lower Court Decision in Par Pharmaceutical, In...
The Federal Circuit has affirmed that Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc. did not infringe Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. patents, easing Eagle’s path to market ...
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Missing Experience Undermines Expert’s Rebuttal of Obviousness Argumen...
|Kenneth McNeillAndrew Morrell, Ph.D.
BEST MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. v. ELEKTA INC. Before Hughes, Linn, and Stoll. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Expert t...
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Medical Devices & Procedures
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Teleflex to Acquire Standard Bariatrics
|Brittany M. Penn
Teleflex announced on August 22, 2022 that it has reached an agreement to acquire Standard Bariatrics. Teleflex agreed to acquire Standard Bariatri...
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