Welcome to WHDA Patent Law

U.S. Patent Reform Information:

Representative Publications:

AMP v. U.S.P.T.O.: Oral Argument at the Federal Circuit, Patent Law Practice Center (2011), by Ryan B. Chirnomas

"About IP Matters, This Is The Person We Need To Ask" Vol. 3, (Japan 2010), by Ken-Ichi Hattori

Major Funai TV Patent, Once Held Valid by CAFC, Brought Down in Reexamination, IPWATCHDOG (2010) by Scott M. Daniels

CAFC Finds HFC Patent Valid: Honeywell Was Not "Another Inventor" under § 102(g)(2), Patent Law Practice Center (2010) by Scott M. Daniels

Microsoft Files Another Reexam Against $290 Million i4i Patent, IPWATCHDOG (2010) by Scott M. Daniels

Do You Have What It Takes to Bring Suit at the ITC? — Standing and the ITC’s Domestic Industry Requirement, IPWATCHDOG (2010) by Scott M. Daniels jointly with Merritt Blakeslee

Trial Judge Terminates Injunction After PTO Issues Advisory Action in Reexamination, IPWATCHDOG (2010) by Scott M. Daniels

CAFC Rules For False Marking Plaintiff In Stauffer Case, Patent Law Practice Center (2010) by Scott M. Daniels

Rambus Wins Limited Exclusion Order at ITC against NVIDIA, despite Pending Reexaminations, Patent Law Practice Center (2010) by Scott M. Daniels

The Application of KSR to Pharmaceutical Cases, Patent, Vol. 61 (May 2008) by Scott M. Daniels, Shuji Yoshizaki, and Kumiko Ide

Introduction to European Patent System, Hatsumei Kyokai (2002), (2nd Ed. 2008), by Sadao Kinashi

Introduction to U.S. Patent Claims., (Japan 2007), by Sadao Kinashi

"Why Wait for Oppositions?" IDEA, vol. 47, No. 3 (2007) by Scott Daniels and Kate Addison

“Recent CAFC Trends” JIPA Program (2005), by Scott Daniels

Every Rule Has Its Exception: Interpreting Transition Terms (2004), by Scott Daniels

Introduction to U.S. Patent System, Kogyo Chosakai (2001), (2nd Ed. 2004), by Sadao Kinashi

Essentials of Drafting U.S. Patent Specifications and Claims, 4th Edition (2000), co-authored by Scott Daniels

CAFC Statistics for Intellectual Property Today (December 1999), by Ken-Ichi Hattori

CAFC Annual Report (every year since 1997), by Ken-Ichi Hattori

“Novelty and Nonobviousness” NGB Program (1997), by Scott Daniels

American Lawyer’s Jokes (1996), by Ken-Ichi Hattori

3000 Days In The Firm (1994), by Ken-Ichi Hattori

Discovery (1993), by Ken-Ichi Hattori

American Federal Courts (1990), by Ken-Ichi Hattori

“Protecting U.S. Intellectual Property Rights at the ITC", Hatsumei (1989), by Scott Daniels

The ITC (1988), by Ken-Ichi Hattori

Representative Lawsuits Handled:

Automotive Parts, 337-TA-651 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Nitrile Gloves, 337-TA-608, 612 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Engines, Components Thereof, and Products Containing the Same, 337-TA-585 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Electric Robots and Component Parts Thereof, 337-TA-530 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Tool Handles, Tool Holders, Tool Sets and Components Thereof, 337-TA-483 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Organic Photoconductor Drums and Products Containing the Same, 337-TA-411 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Polymer Geogrid Products and Processes Thereof, 337-TA-303 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Track Lighting System Components, Including Plugboxes, 337-TA-286 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Certain Amorphous Metal Alloys, 337-TA-143 (U.S. International Trade Commission)

Haase v. Pearl River (E. D. Tex. 6:06 - CV - 197)

Nidec v. LG Innotek (E.D. Tex. 6:07 - CV - 108)

Trounson Automation v. Yasakawa Electric, Sanyo Denki, Elecktro Beckhoff GmbH, et al. (E.D. Tex. 2:05 - CV - 355)

American Honda Motor Co. v. Coast Distribution System (N.D. Cal. 6-4752)

Parker-Hannifin v. Seiren (Del. C.A. No.07-104-MPT)

Olin v. Furukawa (CT.C.A. No. 302 CV 0184)

THK v. NSK et al. (IL.C.A. No. 90 C 6049)

CVI et al. v. COF et al. (MD.C.A.No. PJM-94-760)

Terumo v. Cook et al. (VA.C.A. No. 94-471-A)

Semmler v. Honda (CAFC Appeal No. 97-1390)

Mobil v. Exxon (USPTO – Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences)

Davis v. Saito (USPTO - Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences)

Expert Witness Cases:

Caruso v. Gonza et al., (PA.C. A. No. 2181)

Hybritech Incorporated & Beckman Instruments Inv. v. Abbott Laboratories

The Salk Institute Biotechnology/Industrial Associations, Inc. v. Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery et al., (San Diego Superior Court Case No. 668176)

NEC v. Inter Digital