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Federal Circuit Review - November 2017
Fractured Federal Circuit Holds Patent Owner Does Not Bear Burden of Persuasion in IPR Motions to Amend*/In Aqua Products, Inc. v. Matal, Appeal No. 2015-1177, the Federal Circuit, sitting en banc,...
View ArticlePTAB Issues Order Proposing Claim Amendments to Patent Owner
The PTAB issued an order stating that it would grant Patent Owner’s motion to amend claims upon Patent Owner accepting further claim amendments suggested by the judges in Taiwan Semiconductor...
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Federal Circuit Review - December 2017
Claims Directed to Methods for Streaming Audiovisual Data Held Unpatentable Under § 101*/In Two-Way Media Ltd v. Comcast Cable Communications, Appeal Nos. 2016-2531, 2016-2532, the Federal Circuit...
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Paul Stellman
Education B.S. Mechanical EngineeringTexas A&M University 2004 B.S.Honors magna cum laude, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor SocietyM.S. Mechanical EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of Technology 2006...
View ArticleNAMM 2018
Description The 2018 NAMM Show will take place January 25-28 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA. Stop by the Knobbe Martens booth (#9636) to meet the attorneys who protect music...
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Federal Circuit Review - January 2018
Where Parties Raise an Actual Dispute Regarding Claim Scope, the Court Must Resolve It*/In Nobelbiz, Inc. v. Global Connect, L.L.C., Appeal Nos. 2016-1104, 2016-1105, the Federal Circuit held that...
View ArticleXITRONIX CORPORATION v. KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION
Editor: Paul StewartFederal Circuit Summaries Before Moore, Mayer, and Hughes. Appeal from U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas....
View ArticleKNOWLES ELECTRONICS LLC V. CIRRUS LOGIC, INC.
Editor: Paul StewartFederal Circuit SummariesBefore Newman, Wallach, and Chen. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal BoardSummary: The Federal Circuit upheld the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s...
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Federal Circuit Review - February 2018
Improperly Drafted Employment Agreement Leads to Dismissal of Patent Case Due to Lack of StandingIn Advanced Video Technologies LLC v. HTC Corporation et al., Appeal Nos. 2016-2309, 2016-2310,...
View ArticleIN RE: POWER INTEGRATIONS, INC.
Editor: Paul StewartFederal Circuit SummariesBefore Moor, Mayer, and Stoll. Appeal from the patent Trial and Appeal BoardSummary: The broadest reasonable interpretation of a claim term cannot be so...
View ArticleDell Inc. v. Acceleron, LLC
Editor: Paul StewartFederal Circuit Summaries Before Moore, Reyna, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.Summary: A party in an inter partes review proceeding may not present new...
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Partner Mauricio Uribe was quoted in "What's Happening - Microsoft...
Partner Mauricio Uribe was quoted in "What's Happening - Microsoft Innovation?" an article posted in Law.com. Excerpt: My colleague Caroline recently reported on a new Microsoft initiative announced by...
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The Daily Journal Names Four Knobbe Martens Partners as California’s “Top IP...
Knobbe Martens is pleased to announce that partners Salima Merani, Ph.D., Douglas Muehlhauser, Joseph Re, and John Sganga have been selected by the Daily Journal for inclusion in its annual ranking of...
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Three Knobbe Martens Partners Selected to the 2018 Washington D.C. Super...
Congratulations to partners William R. Zimmerman, Jonathan E. Bachand, and Lincoln S. Essig for being included in Super Lawyers’ 2018 Washington D.C. "Super Lawyers" and “Rising Stars” lists.William R....
View ArticleTEXAS ADVANCED OPTOELECTRONIC (“TAO”) v. RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA...
Editor: Paul StewartFederal Circuit SummariesBefore Dyk, Bryson, and Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.Summary: A plaintiff has no 7th Amendment...
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Partner Perry Oldham was quoted in, "MelRok is seeking patent protection in...
Partner Perry Oldham was quoted in, "MelRok is seeking patent protection in early stage energy Internet of things industry," an article posted by The Patent Investor. Excerpt: "MelRok LLC, the energy...
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Rosaleen H. Chou
Attorney User rosaleen.chou@knobbe.comEducation Georgia State University of Law 2008 J.D.Honors Cum LaudeEconomicsUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 2003 B.A.Honors Highest...
View ArticleXITRONIX CORPORATION v. KLA-TENCOR CORPORATION [ORDER]
Editor: Paul StewartFederal Circuit SummariesBefore Prost, Newman, Mayer, Lourie, Dyk, Moore, O’Malley, Reyna, Wallach, Taranto, Chen, Hughes, and Stoll. Petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en...
View ArticlePOWER INTEGRATIONS, INC., V. FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR
Federal Circuit SummariesBefore Dyk, Clevenger, and Chen. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.Summary: In order to rely on the entire market value rule...
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Three Partners Named to Benchmark Litigation “Under 40 Hot List”
Congratulations to Partners Michelle Armond, Jared Bunker, and Jonathan Bachand for being named leading litigation attorneys in Benchmark Litigation’s 2018 “Under 40 Hot List”.Benchmark Litigation...
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