The new Post-Prosecution Pilot (“P3”) program provides a pathway for patent applicants to make an in-person presentation to a panel of patent examiners as an alternative to existing options for…

Biosimilar Applicants Must Provide Notice of Commercial Launch What You Need To Know Case Background In an opinion released today in Amgen v. Apotex, the Federal Circuit held biosimilar applicants…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has once again been recognized by The Legal 500, an annually published directory of the top legal service providers worldwide, for its outstanding legal work in…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, one of the leading intellectual property law firms in the United States, was recently recognized at the 2016 International Legal Alliance Summit & Awards…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP has been recognized as one of the top 20 law firms globally for intellectual property in the 2016 “Who’s Who Legal 100.” To compile…

PTAB’s Institution Decision Remains Largely Unreviewable – What You Need To Know Summary In its first case addressing an Inter Partes Review (“IPR”), the Supreme Court’s In re Cuozzodecision unanimously upheld the…

Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP, is pleased to announce that partners Stacey Halpern, Catherine Holland, Jonathan Hyman, Susan Natland, Diane Reed, Andrew Simpson, Jeff Van Hoosear and Lynda Zadra-Symes…

Partner Brent Babcock, Chair of the firm’s USPTO Trials & Post-Grant Proceedings group, discussed how PGR’s can be used and what litigants need to know about them following the PTAB’s…

U.S. Supreme Court Relaxes Standard for Awarding Enhanced Damages for Patent Infringement What You Need to Know Summary In a unanimous decision yesterday, the Supreme Court eliminated the requirement that…

On Monday, June 13, 2016, Partners John Carson and Andrew Schwaab conducted a joint U.S.-China Symposium with the leadership of the Chinese State Intellectual Property Office (SIPO), on behalf of…