South Bend, IN – A patent infringement lawsuit that was originally filed in the District Court of Delaware was transferred to the Northern District of Indiana. Patent lawyers for Gian Biologics LLC of Delaware filed a patent infringement suit in the District Court of Delaware alleging Biomet, Inc. of…
Washington, D.C. – The United States House of Representatives has passed H.R. 1249, the Leahy-Smith American Invents Act, which is said to be the most dramatic change to patent law since the 1950s. The Senate’s patent reform bill passed in March, and Indiana Intellectual Property Law News blogged about…
Washington, D.C. – Yesterday the United States Senate passed a landmark patent reform bill that will adopt a first-inventor-to-file system. Senate Bill 23 will also create an independent funding system and create a post-grant review process. The Senate has been looking at patent reform since 2005. Indiana Senators Dan…
In an action that would affect patent applicants in Indiana and other states, the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 3, 2011, approved an Amendment to S. 23, patent reform legislation to implement a first-inventor-to-file system, revise provisions on damages awards, create a new post-grant review system, and grant the…