JD Supra

Patent Infringement Pleading Standards Remain Unsettled Five Years After the Abrogation of Form 18 - Part 1: Inconsistent Federal Circuit Guidance

December 1, 2020 will mark the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abrogation of Form 18—the model complaint that provided the minimum requirements for stating a claim of direct infringement.
IPWatchdog

USPTO Mandates Official Form for PTA Information Disclosure Statements to Automate Assessments of Patent Term Adjustments

“The agency’s decision to mandate use of Form PTO/SB/133 for PTA statements follows a sampling of PTA statements submitted independent of the official form, which revealed a portion of statements that ...
World IP Review

Form 18: much ado about nothing?

Before we look too deeply into our crystal ball we should take a step back to see why anybody even cared about Form 18. Since 1938, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (specifically rule 84 and the ...
JD Supra

Patent Infringement Pleading Standards Remain Unsettled Five Years After the Abrogation of Form 18 – Part 2: Pleading Standards in Delaware

December 1, 2020 marked the five-year anniversary of the Supreme Court’s abrogation of Form 18—the model complaint that provided the minimum requirements for stating a claim of direct infringement.