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The Federal Circuit explained that “[f]or genus claims using functional language, like the binding function of the [single chain antibodies]

「期間延長の申立ては . . . 好意的に受け止められることはない。」EDVA Local Rule 7(I) はじめに あなた、またはあなたの会社は、バージニア東部地区のロケット・ドケットにおいて訴訟を提起されたか、あるいはそこで訴訟の脅威にさらされていないだろうか。どのような話を聞いていたとしても、バージニア東部地区連邦地方裁判所が独特かつ特別な法廷であることは事実である。全米各地の裁判所に日常的に出廷する弁護士であれば、連邦民事訴訟規則という包括的な枠組みが存在するにもかかわらず、各裁判所によってローカルな実務慣行が異なることを十分に理解している。EDVAロケット・ドケットが例外的なのは、事件処理の迅速さ（実際に速いのだが）だけでなく、急速なペースの訴訟環境においても高水準の弁護活動を要求する卓越性の伝統において一切の妥協を許さない点にある。 バージニア東部地区連邦地方裁判所の迅速さは、ロケット・ドケットで訴訟を開始する前に十分な事前準備を行い、ある程度の奇襲効果を享受できる原告に特別な優位性を与えると広く書かれ、語られている。しかし、経験

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“‘Petitioner’s argument on rehearing amounts to a contention that we overlooked Petitioner’s invitation to formulate arguments on their...

The court ruled that “regardless of the forum, prior art patents and publications enjoy a presumption of enablement, and the patentee . ....

This case provides a sobering and cautionary example of the strictness with which the Board and Federal Circuit interpret the procedural...

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An accused infringer in Japanese courts, depending on the circumstances, may assert a variety of defenses to allegations of patent...

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Historically, Japan has had a bifurcated system for adjudicating patent rights—issues of patent infringement were resolved in the...