Annual ISDC Reporting
Client Alert | less than 1 min read | 11.07.19
The annual Interagency Suspension and Debarment Committee recently issued its annual report to Congress. The report, found here, contains details of the state of the federal suspension and debarment program for Fiscal Year 2018 (note the significant timelag). The report notes a focus on cybersecurity contractor compliance issues, and proposals to modernize/streamline lead agency coordination. Otherwise, total numbers of suspensions, proposed debarments, and debarments continued to decline year-over-year, while pre-notice interactions with contractors continued to comprise a significant portion of SDO offices’ dockets.
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Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.26.25
From ‘Second’ to ‘First:’ Federal Circuit Tackles Obvious Claim Errors
Patent claims must be clear and definite, as they set the boundaries of the patentee’s rights. Occasionally, however, claim language contains errors, such as typographical mistakes or incorrect numbering. Courts possess very limited authority to correct such errors. The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has emphasized that judicial correction is appropriate only in rare circumstances, where (1) the error is evident from the face of the patent, and (2) the proposed correction is the sole reasonable interpretation in view of the claim language, specification, and prosecution history. See Group One, Ltd. v. Hallmark Cards, Inc., 407 F.3d 1297, 1303 (Fed. Cir. 2005) and Novo Indus., L.P. v. Micro Molds Corp., 350 F.3d 1348, 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2003).
Client Alert | 5 min read | 11.26.25
Client Alert | 6 min read | 11.25.25
Brussels Court Clarifies the EU’s SPC Manufacturing Waiver Regulation Rules
Client Alert | 3 min read | 11.24.25
