Swearing Behind: Overcoming Asserted Prior Art in PTAB Proceedings, Part 2
This two-part article discusses the various legal and evidentiary requirements for antedating and removing prior art that patent owners should consider when their pre-AIA patents are challenged based on a prior art publication or activity that is not otherwise subject to a statutory bar. Part Two discusses the legal requirements for removing prior art that discloses an inventor's own work and the evidentiary requirements for swearing behind prior art.
'Simplistic and Deeply Flawed': JPMorgan Chase Wants Workers' Benefits Suit Axed
The banking giant, represented by Goodwin Procter, argued that the workers seeking to represent a class of JPMorgan employees enrolled in its health care plan hadn't suffered the type of concrete injuries required to support the lawsuit. The employees had signed up for benefits and received them, and were just speculating on how much their premiums and costs could have been, its lawyers said in a motion to dismiss in Manhattan federal court.