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In The Medicines Company, Federal Circuit Clarifies the Meaning of Offer For Sale

The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc, held that to invalidate a patent under the “on sale” bar of 35 U.S.C. § 102(b), the claimed invention “must be the subject of a commercial sale or offer for sale, and that a commercial sale is one that bears the general […]

ARE Patent Law Alert: Federal Circuit Denies Mandamus in Heartland Over Patent Venue

On Friday, April 29, 2016, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (“the Federal Circuit”) denied a petition for writ of mandamus by TC Heartland, LLC (“Heartland”) to dismiss or transfer an action for lack of personal jurisdiction, holding that would not alter its precedent concerning venue and jurisdiction. Background Kraft Foods, Inc. […]