Patent Flashcards

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Analysis for patent claim

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  1. is the patent valid?
  2. is there infringement?
  3. relief
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Patentable subject matter

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process, machine, manufacture, composition of matter

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unpatentable subject matter (judicially created exceptions) (3)

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abstract ideas, laws of nature, natural phenomena

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Graham test for non-obviousness (3)

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  1. scope and content of prior art
  2. differences between prior art and claims at issue
  3. level of ordinary skill in the art
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Prior art for 1952 act & geographic limits (3)

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  1. patented (US or foreign)
  2. described in printed publication (US or foreign)
  3. in public use or sale (US only)
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prior art for AIA (3)

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  1. patent
  2. printed publication
  3. public use/on sale
    no geographic limit
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secondary considerations for nonobviousness (7)

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  1. commercial success
  2. long-felt need, failure by others
  3. awards/praise
  4. skepticism/teaching away
  5. licensing activity
  6. copying by others
  7. near simultaneous invention
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Alice/Mayo framework used for patent-ineligible claims (2)

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  1. Is it a patent ineligible idea/concept
  2. do the additional elements of the claim contain an inventive concept sufficient to transform the ineligible object into a patent-eligible invention?
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Claim construction - markman hearing evidence

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  1. intrinsic evidence - claims, specification, prosecution history
  2. extrinsic evidence - testimony of inventor/expert/patent attorney, dictionary, treatise
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direct infringement definition

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makes, uses, offers to sell, or sells within US or imports into US

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two step framework for direct infringement

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  1. construe claim language
  2. compare accused product/process to claim using every element rule
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triple identity test

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the infringing product must perform (1)substantially the same function (2) in substantially the same way to (3) obtain substantially the same result

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ebay test for injunctions

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  1. irreparable injury to patentee
  2. inadequate remedy at law
  3. balance of hardships favors patentee
  4. public interest would not be disserved by injunction
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lost profits factors - panduit (4)

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  1. demand for patented product
  2. absence of non-infringing substitutes (market share rule)
  3. manufacturing and market capability to exploit demand
  4. amount of profit would have made but for infringement
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reasonable royalties factors - georgia pacific (3)

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  1. value of invention to accused product
  2. value that factors other than claimed invention contribute to the product
  3. comparable licensing agreements - existing with claimed invention or similar technology
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enhanced damages test - halo

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egregious infringement - malicious, willful, wanton, bad faith, flagrant - characteristic of a pirate