In a precedential decision issued on August 13, 2024, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that a first-filed, first-issued, later-expiring claim cannot be invalidated by a ...

The patents at issue were five patents Teva had listed in the Orange Book for its ProAir® HFA (albuterol sulfate) Inhalation Aerosol. The patents are described in the Federal Circuit opinion as ...

“Inferential claiming is a strategic tool in patent drafting that, when used effectively, can provide broad and flexible protection for an invention.” In patent law, claims define the scope of an ...

“The inherently transitory, distributed, and dynamic nature of SaaS…makes it challenging to obtain patent claims for SaaS inventions that are directly infringed, requiring careful and strategic claim ...