Federal Circuit Holds That Using A Contract Manufacturer Does Not Trigger An On-Sale Bar In The Medicines Co. v. Hospira, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2014-1469, -1504, the Federal Circuit, en banc,…
联邦巡回法院裁定使用合同制造商不会触发专利申请前销售限制条款 在 The Medicines Co. 诉 Hospira, Inc.一案中（上诉案件编号：2014-1469, -1504），联邦巡回法院全体法官共同审理，裁定专利权人的医药制造服务交易没有触发 35 U.S.C. § 102(b)中的专利申请前销售限制条款。 Medicines Co.（“MedCo”）与Ben Venue签订合同，制造商业销售数量的比伐卢定，一种执行MedCo涉案专利权利要求的产品。地区法院裁定这项协议没有触发 § 102(b)中的专利申请前销售限制条款。Hospira提起上诉。在上诉案中，联邦巡回法院陪审团推翻了这一裁决，裁定已经触发了专利申请前销售限制条款。MedCo 申请全体法官共同审理并获得批准。 联邦巡回法院全体法官共同审理，考虑了在Pfaff诉Wells Electronics, Inc一案中最高法院对于专利申请前销售限制条款问题的指导意见。在该案中，最高法院裁定专利申请前销售限制条款适用于在关键日期前，主张的发明(1) 已处于商业出售状态；且 (2) 准备申请专利。在Pfaff案的第一项中，全体法官团裁定不存在无效化销售。Ben Venue作为合同制造商，充当的是一双“实验室手”的角色。MedCo和Ben Venue从双方的协议中获得的商业利益不足以触发专利申请前销售限制条款。缺乏所有权转让以及交易的保密性质对得出交易属于商业性质的结论不利。 联邦巡回法院裁定对国外公司运输产品至美国关联公司的属人管辖权…
Applicant’s Claim of Secondary Meaning in MINIMELTS Melts Down Before the Board Mini Melts opposed Reckitt’s intent-to-use applications for “MINI-MELTS” and “MINIMELTS,” alleging a likelihood of confusion with its own…
Obvious Combinations Do Not Need to Be Physically Combinable In Allied Erecting and Dismantling Co., Inc. v. Genesis Attachments, LLC, Appeal No. 2015-1533, the Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s invalidity…
The PTAB Does Not Have to Consider New Arguments Raised in IPR Reply Briefs In Intelligent Bio-Systems, Inc. v. Illumina Cambridge Ltd., Appeal No. 2015-1693, the Federal Circuit upheld a…
Coca-Cola has Acquired Secondary Meaning in ZERO for Colas In an opposition proceeding before the TTAB, Royal Crown (RC) and Dr. Pepper/Seven Up sought to prevent registration of seventeen applications…
Surname Not Registrable Absent Substantially Exclusive Use As a result of various third-party uses of the surname “Ayoub” for similar services, Applicant’s use of AYOUB did not meet the requirement…
Federal Circuit Construes Claim Term in a Manner that Rendered Claim Language Superfluous In SimpleAir, Inc. v. Sony Ericsson Mobile Commc’ns AB, Appeal No. 2015-1251, the Federal Circuit vacated the…
Federal Circuit Upholds Broad Scope of CBM Review and Explains that an Internet Reference Must be Indexed by a Search Engine to Qualify as a Prior Art Publication In Blue…
Broad JAWS Registration Devours JAWS Cooking Channel Mr. Recipe’s applications to register the marks JAWS and JAWS DEVOUR YOUR HUNGER were refused based on the earlier registration for JAWS, the…
