No back-peddling on prosecution disclaimers (Azurity v. Alkem, Fed. Cir. Case No. 23-1977)
In Azurity v. Alkem the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) affirmed the District of Delaware's ruling that Alkem's...
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Don't shoot yourself in the foot: European file history in US patent claim interpretation (K-fee v Nespresso)
In the US, the principle of file wrapper estoppel is well established. Submissions made in US patent prosecution may be highly...
Strict US written description requirement applied to CAR-T-cell therapy (Juno v Kite)
In the US, functional antibody claims have increasingly failed to satisfy the strict "written description" sufficiency requirement. The...
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