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Scott Graham

Scott Graham

Scott Graham focuses on intellectual property and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He writes ALM's Skilled in the Art IP briefing. Contact him at [email protected].

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August 14, 2019 | Law.com

Skilled in the Art: Sidley Gives Amgen a $10 Billion Boost + PTAB Still Leery of Ride Hailing Patent

No damages are in play in Immunex v. Sandoz, but Amgen's market cap popped $10 billion Monday on news that it successfully defended two patents on its rheumatoid arthritis drug Enbrel.

By Scott Graham

7 minute read

August 05, 2019 | The Recorder

Tech, Patent Holders Squaring Off Over FRAND Framework

The Federal Circuit will rule for the first time on how judges should analyze entire portfolios of standard-essential patents. Orrick, Wilson Sonsini, Williams & Connolly and Finnegan Henderson are among the firms lobbying the court as amici curiae.

By Scott Graham

7 minute read

August 02, 2019 | Law.com

Skilled in the Art: Federal Circuit Gets to Core of $440M Apple Appeal + Will UC Litigation Funding Deal Embolden Other Schools?

The full Federal Circuit has signed off on a $440 million patent infringement judgment against Apple.

By Scott Graham

7 minute read

July 31, 2019 | Law.com

Skilled in the Art: Federal Circuit Tees Up AIA Retroactivity + Nevro Makes Lemonade From Patent Lemons + Wilson Sonsini Takes on Amazon

The Federal Circuit has answered a question left open by the Supreme Court's Oil States ruling.

By Scott Graham

9 minute read

July 30, 2019 | National Law Journal

Federal Circuit: No PTAB Immunity for Pre-AIA Patents

Inter partes review is enough like its predecessors not to represent an unconstitutional taking, Chief Judge Sharon Prost writes for the court.

By Scott Graham

4 minute read

July 29, 2019 | The Recorder

Google Settles IP Case Over High-Altitude Balloons

Arizona-based Space Data had argued that Google's "Project Loon" rode on its trade secrets. Judge Beth Labson Freeman ruled earlier this year that Space Data had just enough to get past summary judgment.

By Scott Graham

3 minute read

July 26, 2019 | Law.com

Skilled in the Art: Alice Van Winkle Awakes After Long Slumber + The Magnetic Tape Wars Call a Truce

Facebook and Twitter are trying to squash the last remnants of a seven-year-old patent case.

By Scott Graham

6 minute read

July 24, 2019 | The Recorder

Bio-Rad Wins Order Excluding Competitor's Gene Sequencing Technology Products

A Weil team persuaded U.S. District Judge Richard Andrews to enjoin 10x Genomics from marketing six products that infringe patents developed by the University of Chicago.

By Scott Graham

3 minute read

July 24, 2019 | Delaware Business Court Insider

Flachsbart & Greenspoon Rekindles Patents From the Beginning of the Millennium

Thanks to changes in the law of inequitable conduct, Flachsbart & Greenspoon and Phillips Goldman persuade Judge Richard Andrews that decades-old lighting patents can be revived.

By Scott Graham

3 minute read

July 23, 2019 | The Recorder

PTO Skeptical of Ride-Sharing Patents Asserted Against Lyft and Uber

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board found RideApp Inc. and professor Stephen Dickerson's patents indefinite, but they will get their day in court. In the long run, they'll have to sell U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar on why the PTAB was wrong.

By Scott Graham

3 minute read