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EDVA District Court Judge Payne denied the accused infringers’ motion to stay a patent infringement suit pending the outcome of reexamination of the patents-in-suit in ePlus, Inc. v. Lawson Software, Inc., Civil Action No. 3:09-cv-620 (E.D.Va. March 31, 2010). ePlus filed a patent infringement suit in May, 2009, against Lawson Software, Inc., and others
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Ex parte reexamination appeals: For FY 09 ending September 30, 2009 the BPAI docketed 119 ex parte reexamination appeals; disposed of 96 and ended the fiscal year with 78 ex parte reexamination appeals in inventory. BPAI pendency was 5.9 months down 1.1 months in FY 08. The pendency from Notice of Appeal to decision was…
Generally, a claim examined by the U.S.P.T.O is given its broadest reasonable interpretation in light of and consistent with the specification of the application or patent in which it appears (hereinafter “broad reasonable standard”). The rationale for applying the broad reasonable standard is that claims of applications and patents examined by the U.S.P.T.O can be…
This is part two of a three part a series of guest postings by Robert J. Spar, former Director of the Office of Patent Legal Administration. Bob will be one of featured faculty at PLI’s “Reissue and Reexamination Strategies and Tactics with Concurrent Litigation 2010” conference to be held in San Francisco, CA on January…
