John L Cordani Jr

October 23, 2019 | Connecticut Law Tribune

State court is just where you might have to head for certain patent law disputes involving licensing agreements.

By John L. Cordani Jr.

4 minute read

April 20, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

There is a deep and undeniable divide between the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which has persisted for nearly a decade. The frequency with which the Supreme Court overturns Federal Circuit patent law precedent that seeks to treat patent law as "special" or to erect rigid tests in spite of a patent statute's flexible language has increased exponentially in recent years.

By Fatima Lahnin and John L. Cordani Jr.

7 minute read

April 20, 2015 | Connecticut Law Tribune

There is a deep and undeniable divide between the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which has persisted for nearly a decade. The frequency with which the Supreme Court overturns Federal Circuit patent law precedent that seeks to treat patent law as "special" or to erect rigid tests in spite of a patent statute's flexible language has increased exponentially in recent years.

By Fatima Lahnin and John L. Cordani Jr.

7 minute read

April 21, 2014 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Part of the complexity inherent in a patent infringement suit is that infringement (or noninfringement) and most defenses challenging the validity of a patent proceed on a claim-by-claim basis.

By JOHN R. HORVACK Jr., JOHN L. CORDANI Jr. and DAMIAN K. GUNNINGSMITH

7 minute read

April 17, 2012 | Texas Lawyer

The Supreme Court?s most recent patent law decision, Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs Inc., limits the scope of the intellectual subject matter that is eligible for patent protection under 35 U.S.C. � 101. As a result, Prometheus has not been warmly received by the patent bar. For example, the case has been the subject of a five-part-tirade guest post on the prominent patent law blog Patently O.

By John R. Horvack Jr. and John L. Cordani Jr.

11 minute read

April 16, 2012 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Patent lawyers are clever draftsman and even the novice patent prosecutor quickly learns how to write a claim to make a simple invention seem like the work of an engineering genius and well-deserving of patent protection.

By JOHN R. HORVACK Jr. and JOHN L. CORDANI Jr.

11 minute read