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Golden Hour Data Systems, Inc. holds U.S. Patent No. 6,117,073 (“the ’073 patent”) for an integrated emergency medical transportation database system.  In March of 2009, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas found that inequitable conduct has been committed, based upon the pre-TheraSense1 standard, and concluded that the ’073 patent was unenforceable.  See 2:06-cv-00381 at Document... READ MORE

On August 16, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit handed down its opinion in the case of Ass’n for Molecular Pathology v. U.S. Patent & Trademark Office (No. 2010-1406) (see PDF here). At issue in this case was whether Myriad Genetics, Inc.’s claims for certain compositions of matter (isolated DNA... READ MORE

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion yesterday in the case of Mayo Collaborative Servs., dba Mayo Med. Labs., et al. v. Prometheus Labs., Inc. (No. 10-1150) (March 20, 2012) (see PDF here).  The Court reversed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and held that the patent claims at issue... READ MORE