ARE Patent Law Alert: On Remand in Akamai, Federal Circuit Reaffirms Single Entity Rule for Divided, Direct Infringement
Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., Nos. 2009-1372, -1380, -1416, -1417 (Fed. Cir. May 13, 2015) On May 13, 2015, in the most recent decision of the Akamai Techs., Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc. saga, a split panel of the Federal Circuit upheld the standard for divided, direct infringement under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a) […]
ARE Patent Law Alert: Patent Trial and Appeal Board Rule Changes
On Tuesday, May 19, 2015, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office amended the rules of practice before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB). These rules clarify and correct many of the procedural aspects of the inter partes review, post-grant review, transitional program for business method patents, and derivation proceedings governed by the 2011 Leahy-Smith […]