June 05, 2014
Public interest groups may be dissuaded from using America Invents Act proceedings to challenge patents, after a Federal Circuit decision Wednesday — in Consumer Watchdog's case against Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation over its stem cell patent's potentially impeding effect on research — created a new hurdle by effectively barring the groups from appealing decisions in those cases, attorneys say.
June 04, 2014
The Federal Circuit on Wednesday dismissed an appeal by a consumer group aimed at invalidating the first four claims of a patent for human embryonic stem cells, finding the organization doesn't have standing to bring the issue to court.
March 13, 2014
A Federal Circuit panel on Thursday seemed unimpressed with Consumer Watchdog's claims that it was substantially injured when the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office refused to invalidate a University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell patent, saying the harm amounted to little more than "mere speculation."
January 23, 2014
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office told the Federal Circuit last week that parties without a "concrete" interest in a patent cannot appeal USPTO review decisions, urging the court to toss an appeal by a consumer group challenging the validity of a stem cell patent.
December 02, 2013
A Federal Circuit panel on Monday questioned whether a consumer watchdog group has standing to continue its quest to invalidate a University of Wisconsin-Madison stem cell patent, saying the group hasn't shown injury or harm that would justify its appeal.
November 27, 2013
The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and a consumer group challenging its patent on stem cells recently sparred over whether the group has standing at the Federal Circuit, raising an issue that could limit the ability some patent challengers have to appeal decisions by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.