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Association Amicus Briefs



  • Hyatt v. Kappos, No. 2007-1066.  Brief Amicus Curiae New York Intellectual Property Law Association in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant’s Combined Petition for Rehearing or Rehearing En Banc.

  • Ariad Pharmaceuticals v. Eli Lilly, No. 2008-1248.  Amicus brief in support of neither party on Federal Circuit's rehearing en banc to consider existence and scope of written description requirement separate from enablement requirement.

  • Shire v. Sandoz.  Federal Circuit Appeal No. 2009-1180, amicus brief in support of plaintiff-appellee's position that a claim construction rendered by a district court in a case that subsequently settled should not have a preclusive effect against the patent owner in subsequent litigation relating to the patent.

  • Princo v. ITC and U.S. Philips Corporation. Federal Circuit Appeal No. 2007-1386, motion for leave to file an amicus brief supporting intervenor's motion for rehearing en banc and in opposition to appellant's motion for rehearing en banc, and motion for leave to file an overlength brief.

  • Princo v. ITC and U.S. Philips Corporation. Federal Circuit Appeal No. 2007-1386, amicus brief in opposition to appellant's motion for rehearing en banc with respect to the Fed Cir panel's affirmance of the ITC's rejection of a defense of patent misuse predicated on an allegation of patent bundling, and in support of intervenor's motion for rehearing en banc.

  • Tafas v. Doll. Appeal No. 2008-1352. Amicus Brief supports Tafas/GSK's petitions for a panel rehearing and a rehearing en banc.

  • Tafas et al. v. Dudas et al. - Fed Cir Appeal No. 2008-1352, amicus brief in support of plaintiffs-appellees' position that the USPTO's final rules on continuations, requests for continued examination and numbers of claims in applications are unlawful as being beyond the PTO's rulemaking authority.  

  • Finisar Corp. v. DirectTV Group, Inc., reply amicus brief in support of neither party on cross-appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, November 5, 2007 (not entered by by the court)

  • Finisar Corp. v. DirectTV Group, Inc., amicus brief in support of neither party on cross-appeal to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, June 20, 2007.

  • KSR International co., v. Teleflex Inc. and Technology Holding Co. , amicus brief in support of Respondents on writ of certiorari to the US Supreme Court, October 16, 2006.

  • Medimmune, Inc. v. Genentech, Inc., et al. , amicus brief in support of Respondents on writ of certiorari to the US Supreme Court, July 26, 2006.

  • Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. Independent Ink, Inc.,
    amicus brief in support of petitioners on writ of certiorari to the US Supreme Court, August 4, 2005.

 


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