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Proper analysis for petition to dismiss under Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA).

Day on Torts

Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , 1, 2022), plaintiffs filed suit against defendant construction company related to defendant’s construction of plaintiffs’ residential home, and defendant filed a counterclaim, which was the claim at issue in this appeal. This two step analysis was not followed by the trial court in this case.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

Patently O

In its petition for writ of certiorari, MacNeil argues it was improper for the Federal Circuit to substitute its own factual findings and reverse the PTAB instead of remanding the case back to the PTAB to reassess the evidence under the proper legal standard for evaluating secondary considerations and their application to the obviousness analysis.

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Obviousness and Pharmaceutical Method of Treatment Claims

Patently O

On appeal, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded the district court’s obviousness judgment, finding legal errors at multiple steps of the analysis. In its analysis here, the Federal Circuit focused on claim construction, and particularly the singular “a” patient requirement in the claims.