Brief of New York Intellectual Property Law Association as Amicus Curiae in Support of Neither Party: Octane Fitness, LLC,. v. Icon Health & Fitness, Inc., (U.S. Dec. 09, 2013)
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US Corporate IP Counsel Hear Latest Updates On Patent System
Intelectual Property Watch talks with Partner Charles Macedo. Read the full article here: US Corporate IP Counsel Hear Latest Updates On Patent System
US Supreme Court addresses patent eligibility of isolated DNA and cDNA in Myriad V
Association for Molecular Pathology v Myriad Genetics, Inc, 133 S Ct 2107 (US 2013) (‘Myriad V’), US Supreme Court, 13 June 2013 Abstract The US Supreme Court unanimously ruled that Myriad Genetics, Inc’s claims to isolated, naturally occurring human DNA sequences are not patent-eligible, but that Myriad’s claims to cDNA, which necessarily includes manipulated DNA […]
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IP Watch Turns To Partner Charles Macedo For Comments from the Corporate IP Counsel Meeting
A wide variety of metrics of valuation were listed, taking both a qualitative or quantitative approach. Examples listed were: how often the patent is cited; who cited; length of claims; strength/validity of claims; priority date; geographic coverage; pendency of application; competing technologies; development stage; right to produce/sell/use; scope of areas of application; size of market; […]
ARE Patent Law Alert: Supreme Court Finds Alice’s Computer Implemented Claims To Be Patent-Ineligible Under 35 U.S.C § 101 As An Abstract Idea
On June 19, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously found that the claims of a computer-implemented invention drawn to an abstract idea are not patent-eligible under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Alice Corporation Pty. Ltd. v. CLS Bank Int’l, et al., No. 13-298, 573 U.S. __ (June 19, 2014). Previously, the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
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BNA Patent, Trademark & Copyright Journal cites to partner Charles R. Macedo
The New York Intellectual Property Law Association filed a brief, submitted by
ARE Patent Law Alert: Developments in FRAND: Presidential Veto Prevents ITC Exclusion of Apple Devices Found to Infringe Samsung Standards Essential Patents on Public Interest Grounds
(August 7, 2013). On August 3, 2013 the Obama administration overturned a U.S. International Trade Commission Order barring imports of Apple’s iPhone 4 and iPad 2 that had been found by the ITC to infringe a standards-essential Samsung patent (view file). Exercising its power to veto an ITC Exclusion Order for the first time since […]
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U.S. and Israeli IP law firms team up for live webinar for Israeli tech start-ups on December 18
(Guest post by Michael Kasdan, a former IP attorney at AR&E in New York City) The New York-based law firm of Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP (“AR&E”) has joined with the Israeli Soroker-Agmon firm to offer a series of presentations and webinars for start-ups and early-stage companies on cutting-edge topics concerning intellectual property protection and […]
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IP Law 360 turns to partner Charles R. Macedo for insight on Fresenius USA, Inc. v. Baxter Int’l, Inc.
The Baxter decision encourages accused infringers to come up with ways to delay litigation to give the USPTO more time to invalidate the patent, driving up litigation costs, said Charles Macedo of Amster Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP. “It’s saying that if you challenge long enough, the PTO may come to the rescue,” he said. The […]
ARE Patent Law Alert: Federal Circuit Splits on Section 101 Analysis and Finds Computer Implemented Claims to be Patent-Ineligible
On May 10, 2013, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit released its highly anticipated decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice Corp. Pty. Ltd., No. 2011-1301 (“CLS III”), concerning the patent eligibility of computer implemented claims under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Although the court, considering the case en banc, did agree that […]