FALL 2016: Patent Law - Course Schedule

FALL 2016
Patent Law
Course Schedule

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DATE CLASS DESCRIPTION READING MATERIALS PATENT PRESENTATIONS NOTES
08/23/16 1 Introduction to Law and Intellectual Property
ST: Hiring an Attorney and Should I Go to Law School? None. Handout 1 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
08/30/16 2 Patent Law Background; Utility pt. 1; Anticipation
ST: Invention Disclosure Chapter 3: 133-134, 134 (Lowell v. Lewis), 135-136 (notes 2 & 5)
Chapter 4: 169, 169-175 (Titanium Metals Corp. of America v. Banner), 175-179 (notes 1 & 5), 179-189 (Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)
Handout 2 - PPT or PDF Randy C. - Miracle Blanket, U.S. Patent No. 6,868,566 Note: None.
09/06/16 3 Utility pt. 2; Novelty Under the AIA pt. 1
ST: Reading a Patent Chapter 3: 143-144 (§3.2), 153 (note 5), 153-166 (In re Fisher)
Chapter 5: 193-196 (§5.1), 200-202 (notes 1 & 3), 202-206 (Metallizing Engineering Co. v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts), 206-209 (notes 1, 3, & 4), 209-214 (Pfaff v. Wells Electronic, Inc.), 216 (notes 3), Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Prods., Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2013)(reference only), The Medicines Company v. Hospira, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016), Voter Verified, Inc. v. Premier Election Solutions, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012), 228-230 (notes 1-4), 233 (note 1)
Handout 3 - PPT or PDF Randy C. - System and Method for Packaging Preference, U.S. Patent No. 7,407,089 Note: None.
09/13/16 4 Novelty Under the AIA pt. 2; Novelty Pre-AIA; Eligibility pt. 1
ST: Patent Searching Chapter 5: 234 (§5.3), 234-230 (City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholoson Pavement Co.) 240-243 (notes 3-7)
Chapter 6: 245-246, 246-248 (§6.1), 253-254 (notes 3 & 5), 255-259 (§6.3), 264 (§6.3[d]), 290-292 (§6.4)
Chapter 2: 67-68, 68 (§2.1), 68-75 (Diamond v. Chakrabarty), 76-79 (notes 2, 4, and 5), 79-88 (Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc.), 88-91 (notes 1, 2, 4, & 5), Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015)(reference only) Handout 4 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
09/20/16 5 Nonobviousness pt. 1; Eligibility pt. 2
ST: Attorney Client Privilege
Lecturer: Tim Clise
Chapter 7: 293-296 (§7.1), 305-313 (Graham v. John Deere Co.), 314-315 (notes 2, 3, & 5), 315-331 (KSR International Co. v. Teleflex), K-Tec, Inc. v. Vita-Mix Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2012), 387-389 (notes 2-4)
Chapter 2: 104-105 (§2.2), 105-115 (Bilski v. Kappos), 115-118 (notes 1, 2, & 4), 118-129 (Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Intl), 129-130 (notes 1 & 2) Handout 5 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
09/23/16 --10/07/16 *** TEST 1: Classes 1-4 N/A Test - HERE N/A Test is due on 10/07 by 11:59 p.m. standard time. Make sure to e-mail your examination with subject "Test 1 - [Your Name]" to canisr@mst.edu.
09/27/16 6 Nonobviousness pt. 2; Eligibility pt. 3
ST: Public and Private Pair Chapter 7: USPTO Obviousness Guidelines 2010
Chapter 2: HERE (reference only)
Handout 6 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
10/04/16 7 The Patent Specification pt. 1; Claims pt. 1
ST: Claim Drafting
Chapter 8: 397 (8.1), 406 (note 5), ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharmaceuticals LLC (Fed. Cir. 2010), Magsil Corp. and MIT v. Hitachi (Fed. Cir. 2012)
Chapter 9: 475-476, 477-482 (Ex Parte Fressola), 483-484 (note 3), 484-485 (9.2), 485-492 (Catalina Marketing International v. CoolSavings.com, Inc.), 492 (note 1), 492-495, Accent Packaging, Inc. v. Leggett & Platt, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013)
Handout 7 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
10/11/16 8 The Patent Specification pt. 2; Claims pt. 2
ST: Drafting a Patent Application and Jobs in Patent Law
Lecturer: Tim Clise
Chapter 8: 426 (8.2), 435-436 (notes 4 & 6), The Gentry Gallery, Inc. v. The Berkline Corp., 461 (§8.3), 468-472 (notes 2 & 5)
Chapter 9: 506 (note), 506-508, 508-518 (Al-Site Corp. VSI International, Inc.), 521-528 (Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. v. International Game Technology), 528 (note 1), Williamson v. Citrix (Fed. Cir. 2015)(en banc)(reference only), 530-531, 531-532 (§9.3), 537-544 (Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.), 545 (notes 2 & 3), Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc., Media Rights Technologies, Inc. v. Captial One Financial Corp., (Fed. Cir. 2015)
Handout 8 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
10/18/16 9 Prosecution pt. 1; Infringement pt. 1
ST: Interviewing an Application Chapter 10: 551-552, 552-554 (§10.1), 555 (Transco Products Inc. v. Performance Contracting, Inc.), 556-557 (notes 1-5), 557-564, 564 (§10.2), 564-577 (Ethicon, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp.), Shukh v. Seagate Teachnology, LLC, (Fed. Cir. 2015), 601-602 (§10.4), 606-609 (notes 1 & 3)
Chapter 11: 643 (§11.1), 647 (note 3), 648 (§11.2), p. 668 (notes 3-6), Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., 668-683 (Phillips v. AWH Corporation), 683-684 (notes 1 & 3)
Handout 9 - PPT or PDF None. Note: Class to originate from Rolla at Alex's Pizza. Dinner included. Please arrive at 6:30 p.m.
11/1/16 --> 11/18/16 *** TEST 2: Classes 5-9 N/A Test - HERE N/A Test is due on 11/18 at 11:59 p.m. You may use an optional partner as discussed in class. Make sure to e-mail your examination with subject "Test 2 - [Your Name1] & [Your Name2]" to canisr@mst.edu.
10/25/16 10 Prosecution pt. 2; Infringement pt. 2
Chapter 10: 579 (§10.3), 579-600 (Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dikinson and Co.), 600 (note 1), 622-630 (§10.5), Antares Pharma, Inc. v. Medac Pharma Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2014)
Chapter 11: 693-694 (§11.3), 694-697 (Graver Tank v. Linde Air Products Co.), 698-708 (Warner-Jenkinson Company v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.), 708-710 (notes 1 & 3), Ring & Pinion Service Inc. v. ARB Corp. Ltd., (Fed. Cir. 2014), 710-711 (§11.4), 717, 718-726 (Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd.), 726-728 (notes 1-3), 737, 737-738 (Wilson Sporting Goods Co. v. David Geoffrey & Associates)
Handout 10 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
11/01/16 11 Infringement pt. 3; Design Patents
ST: Patent Opinions Lecturer: Tim Clise
Chapter 11: 739-740 (§11.5), 748 (note 1), 763-769 (Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.), Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2015)(en banc remand), 770 (note 4)
Chapter 15: 1003-1007 (§15.1), 1018-1019 (note 2), Ex Parte Strijland
Chapter 13: 907-929 (In re Seagate), 919 (note 1)
Handout 11 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
11/08/16 12 Infringement pt. 4; Additional Defenses; Remedies
Chapter 11: NTP, Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd. (reference only), Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (reference only), Eli Lilly & Co. v. American Cyanamid Co. (reference only)
Chapter 12: 797-798, 806-811 (Madey v. Duke), Merck KGaA v. Integra LifeSciences I, LTD (reference only), 822, 822-830 (A.C. Aukerman Co. v. R.L. Chaides Construction Co.), SCA Hygiene v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, (Fed. Cir. 2015)(en banc)(reference only), 838-840
Chapter 13: 843, 844 (§13.1), 844-849 (eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., 898-899, 899-900 (Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp.)
Handout 12 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
11/15/16 13 International; Post Grant Procedures
Lecturer: Tim Clise
Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc. v. RPOST Communications Ltd CBM2014-00010, Paper No. 20 (PTAB Apr. 22, 2014) Handout 13 - PPT or PDF None. Note: None.
11/22/16 N/A Thanksgiving Holiday None N/A None. Note: None.
11/29/16 14 Final Review
N/A Handout 14 - PPT or PDF Note:
Presentations:
Makinna L - Disablement of user device functionality 8,994,492

12/02/16 --> 12/13/16 Final Final Examination: Classes 1-14 None Final Examination - HERE. Document used to enter your answers available HERE. You may not use a partner for this exam. N/A Note: Make sure to e-mail your examination to canisr@mst.edu with your name in the subject line. The exam is due on 12/13 by noon central time; late exams will not be accepted. Have a great winter break.
12/06/16 15 Case Law Update USPTO-Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decisions, Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016), Trireme Medical, LLC v. Angioscore, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016), Rosebud v. Adobe (Fed. Cir. 2016) Handout 15 - PPT or PDF Note:
Presentations:
John K - Multicolored LED lighting method and apparatus 6,016,038
Mike M - Desalination device and associated method 7,974,076
Ellen T - Brake light apparatus 6,163,256
Tim D - Safety harness 6,006,700
Rashed A - Secondary battery 9,508,973
Will D - Autonomous coverage robot 9,483,055
Austin V - Solar panel 6,329,589
Reno R - Interactive training device 7,485,075
Abdulaziz A - Mobile terminal comprising lid unit with key device 9,510,468
Jennifer M - Wound care compositions comprising borate (B2O3) glass-based particles 9,486,554
Tanner S - Electronic shifter for a bicycle 6,698,307

DATE	CLASS	DESCRIPTION	READING	MATERIALS	PATENT PRESENTATIONS	NOTES
08/23/16	1	Introduction to Law and Intellectual Property ST: Hiring an Attorney and Should I Go to Law School?	None.	Handout 1 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
08/30/16	2	Patent Law Background; Utility pt. 1; Anticipation ST: Invention Disclosure	Chapter 3: 133-134, 134 (Lowell v. Lewis), 135-136 (notes 2 & 5) Chapter 4: 169, 169-175 (Titanium Metals Corp. of America v. Banner), 175-179 (notes 1 & 5), 179-189 (Schering Corp. v. Geneva Pharmaceuticals, Inc.)	Handout 2 - PPT or PDF	Randy C. - Miracle Blanket, U.S. Patent No. 6,868,566	Note: None.
09/06/16	3	Utility pt. 2; Novelty Under the AIA pt. 1 ST: Reading a Patent	Chapter 3: 143-144 (§3.2), 153 (note 5), 153-166 (In re Fisher) Chapter 5: 193-196 (§5.1), 200-202 (notes 1 & 3), 202-206 (Metallizing Engineering Co. v. Kenyon Bearing & Auto Parts), 206-209 (notes 1, 3, & 4), 209-214 (Pfaff v. Wells Electronic, Inc.), 216 (notes 3), Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. v. Sunbeam Prods., Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2013)(reference only), The Medicines Company v. Hospira, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016), Voter Verified, Inc. v. Premier Election Solutions, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2012), 228-230 (notes 1-4), 233 (note 1)	Handout 3 - PPT or PDF	Randy C. - System and Method for Packaging Preference, U.S. Patent No. 7,407,089	Note: None.
09/13/16	4	Novelty Under the AIA pt. 2; Novelty Pre-AIA; Eligibility pt. 1 ST: Patent Searching	Chapter 5: 234 (§5.3), 234-230 (City of Elizabeth v. American Nicholoson Pavement Co.) 240-243 (notes 3-7) Chapter 6: 245-246, 246-248 (§6.1), 253-254 (notes 3 & 5), 255-259 (§6.3), 264 (§6.3[d]), 290-292 (§6.4) Chapter 2: 67-68, 68 (§2.1), 68-75 (Diamond v. Chakrabarty), 76-79 (notes 2, 4, and 5), 79-88 (Mayo Collaborative Services v. Prometheus Labs., Inc.), 88-91 (notes 1, 2, 4, & 5), Ariosa Diagnostics, Inc. v. Sequenom, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2015)(reference only)	Handout 4 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
09/20/16	5	Nonobviousness pt. 1; Eligibility pt. 2 ST: Attorney Client Privilege Lecturer: Tim Clise	Chapter 7: 293-296 (§7.1), 305-313 (Graham v. John Deere Co.), 314-315 (notes 2, 3, & 5), 315-331 (KSR International Co. v. Teleflex), K-Tec, Inc. v. Vita-Mix Corp. (Fed. Cir. 2012), 387-389 (notes 2-4) Chapter 2: 104-105 (§2.2), 105-115 (Bilski v. Kappos), 115-118 (notes 1, 2, & 4), 118-129 (Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Intl), 129-130 (notes 1 & 2)	Handout 5 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
09/23/16 --10/07/16	***	TEST 1: Classes 1-4	N/A	Test - HERE	N/A	Test is due on 10/07 by 11:59 p.m. standard time. Make sure to e-mail your examination with subject "Test 1 - [Your Name]" to canisr@mst.edu.
09/27/16	6	Nonobviousness pt. 2; Eligibility pt. 3 ST: Public and Private Pair	Chapter 7: USPTO Obviousness Guidelines 2010 Chapter 2: HERE (reference only)	Handout 6 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
10/04/16	7	The Patent Specification pt. 1; Claims pt. 1 ST: Claim Drafting	Chapter 8: 397 (8.1), 406 (note 5), ALZA Corp. v. Andrx Pharmaceuticals LLC (Fed. Cir. 2010), Magsil Corp. and MIT v. Hitachi (Fed. Cir. 2012) Chapter 9: 475-476, 477-482 (Ex Parte Fressola), 483-484 (note 3), 484-485 (9.2), 485-492 (Catalina Marketing International v. CoolSavings.com, Inc.), 492 (note 1), 492-495, Accent Packaging, Inc. v. Leggett & Platt, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2013)	Handout 7 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
10/11/16	8	The Patent Specification pt. 2; Claims pt. 2 ST: Drafting a Patent Application and Jobs in Patent Law Lecturer: Tim Clise	Chapter 8: 426 (8.2), 435-436 (notes 4 & 6), The Gentry Gallery, Inc. v. The Berkline Corp., 461 (§8.3), 468-472 (notes 2 & 5) Chapter 9: 506 (note), 506-508, 508-518 (Al-Site Corp. VSI International, Inc.), 521-528 (Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Ltd. v. International Game Technology), 528 (note 1), Williamson v. Citrix (Fed. Cir. 2015)(en banc)(reference only), 530-531, 531-532 (§9.3), 537-544 (Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.), 545 (notes 2 & 3), Interval Licensing LLC v. AOL, Inc., Media Rights Technologies, Inc. v. Captial One Financial Corp., (Fed. Cir. 2015)	Handout 8 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
10/18/16	9	Prosecution pt. 1; Infringement pt. 1 ST: Interviewing an Application	Chapter 10: 551-552, 552-554 (§10.1), 555 (Transco Products Inc. v. Performance Contracting, Inc.), 556-557 (notes 1-5), 557-564, 564 (§10.2), 564-577 (Ethicon, Inc. v. United States Surgical Corp.), Shukh v. Seagate Teachnology, LLC, (Fed. Cir. 2015), 601-602 (§10.4), 606-609 (notes 1 & 3) Chapter 11: 643 (§11.1), 647 (note 3), 648 (§11.2), p. 668 (notes 3-6), Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. v. Sandoz, Inc., 668-683 (Phillips v. AWH Corporation), 683-684 (notes 1 & 3)	Handout 9 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: Class to originate from Rolla at Alex's Pizza. Dinner included. Please arrive at 6:30 p.m.
11/1/16 --> 11/18/16	***	TEST 2: Classes 5-9	N/A	Test - HERE	N/A	Test is due on 11/18 at 11:59 p.m. You may use an optional partner as discussed in class. Make sure to e-mail your examination with subject "Test 2 - [Your Name1] & [Your Name2]" to canisr@mst.edu.
10/25/16	10	Prosecution pt. 2; Infringement pt. 2	Chapter 10: 579 (§10.3), 579-600 (Therasense, Inc. v. Becton, Dikinson and Co.), 600 (note 1), 622-630 (§10.5), Antares Pharma, Inc. v. Medac Pharma Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2014) Chapter 11: 693-694 (§11.3), 694-697 (Graver Tank v. Linde Air Products Co.), 698-708 (Warner-Jenkinson Company v. Hilton Davis Chemical Co.), 708-710 (notes 1 & 3), Ring & Pinion Service Inc. v. ARB Corp. Ltd., (Fed. Cir. 2014), 710-711 (§11.4), 717, 718-726 (Festo Corp. v. Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki Co., Ltd.), 726-728 (notes 1-3), 737, 737-738 (Wilson Sporting Goods Co. v. David Geoffrey & Associates)	Handout 10 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
11/01/16	11	Infringement pt. 3; Design Patents ST: Patent Opinions Lecturer: Tim Clise	Chapter 11: 739-740 (§11.5), 748 (note 1), 763-769 (Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc.), Akamai Technologies, Inc. v. Limelight Networks, Inc., (Fed. Cir. 2015)(en banc remand), 770 (note 4) Chapter 15: 1003-1007 (§15.1), 1018-1019 (note 2), Ex Parte Strijland Chapter 13: 907-929 (In re Seagate), 919 (note 1)	Handout 11 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
11/08/16	12	Infringement pt. 4; Additional Defenses; Remedies	Chapter 11: NTP, Inc. v. Research in Motion, Ltd. (reference only), Microsoft Corp. v. AT&T Corp. (reference only), Eli Lilly & Co. v. American Cyanamid Co. (reference only) Chapter 12: 797-798, 806-811 (Madey v. Duke), Merck KGaA v. Integra LifeSciences I, LTD (reference only), 822, 822-830 (A.C. Aukerman Co. v. R.L. Chaides Construction Co.), SCA Hygiene v. First Quality Baby Products, LLC, (Fed. Cir. 2015)(en banc)(reference only), 838-840 Chapter 13: 843, 844 (§13.1), 844-849 (eBay Inc. v. MercExchange, L.L.C., 898-899, 899-900 (Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. United States Plywood Corp.)	Handout 12 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
11/15/16	13	International; Post Grant Procedures Lecturer: Tim Clise	Experian Marketing Solutions, Inc. v. RPOST Communications Ltd CBM2014-00010, Paper No. 20 (PTAB Apr. 22, 2014)	Handout 13 - PPT or PDF	None.	Note: None.
11/22/16	N/A	Thanksgiving Holiday	None	N/A	None.	Note: None.
11/29/16	14	Final Review	N/A	Handout 14 - PPT or PDF		Note: Presentations: Makinna L - Disablement of user device functionality 8,994,492
12/02/16 --> 12/13/16	Final	Final Examination: Classes 1-14	None	Final Examination - HERE. Document used to enter your answers available HERE. You may not use a partner for this exam.	N/A	Note: Make sure to e-mail your examination to canisr@mst.edu with your name in the subject line. The exam is due on 12/13 by noon central time; late exams will not be accepted. Have a great winter break.
12/06/16	15	Case Law Update	USPTO-Recent Subject Matter Eligibility Decisions, Arendi S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016), Trireme Medical, LLC v. Angioscore, Inc. (Fed. Cir. 2016), Rosebud v. Adobe (Fed. Cir. 2016)	Handout 15 - PPT or PDF		Note: Presentations: John K - Multicolored LED lighting method and apparatus 6,016,038 Mike M - Desalination device and associated method 7,974,076 Ellen T - Brake light apparatus 6,163,256 Tim D - Safety harness 6,006,700 Rashed A - Secondary battery 9,508,973 Will D - Autonomous coverage robot 9,483,055 Austin V - Solar panel 6,329,589 Reno R - Interactive training device 7,485,075 Abdulaziz A - Mobile terminal comprising lid unit with key device 9,510,468 Jennifer M - Wound care compositions comprising borate (B2O3) glass-based particles 9,486,554 Tanner S - Electronic shifter for a bicycle 6,698,307