IP at the Supreme Court Series: Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.
April 28, 2014
4:00pm | Room 603
Reception to Follow
In PIJIP’s ongoing Supreme Court Series, a panel of counsel for amici and parties will discuss the case on the afternoon following oral argument before the Court.
Panel:
- Nathan Kelley, Deputy General Counsel for Intellectual Property Law and Solicitor, USPTO, Counsel for Amici Curiae Supporting Respondent, United States
- James E. Geringer, Partner, Klarquist Sparkman LLP, Counsel for Petitioner, Nautilus, Inc.
- Charles Duan, Director, Patent Reform Project, Public Knowledge, Counsel for Amici Curiae Supporting Petitioner, Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge
- Gregory Dolin, Associate Professor and Co-Director of the Center for Medicine and Law, University of Baltimore
Moderated by Prof. Michael Carroll, American University Washington College of Law
Issues:
(1) Whether the Federal Circuit’s acceptance of ambiguous patent claims with multiple reasonable interpretations – so long as the ambiguity is not “insoluble” by a court – defeats the statutory requirement of particular and distinct patent claiming; and (2) whether the presumption of validity dilutes the requirement of particular and distinct patent claiming.
Update:
Decision: June 2, 2014
Argument: Transcript; Audio
All briefs available on SCOTUSblog: Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments, Inc.