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

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When a litigant has filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to the Tennessee Public Participation Act (TPPA), that motion should be analyzed under the provisions of the TPPA rather than under the traditional Tennessee Rule of Civil Procedure 12 analysis. Rock Creek Construction, Inc. , The Court of Appeals quoted Tenn. In Reiss v.

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Supreme Court on Patent Law: November 2023

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by Dennis Crouch The Supreme Court is set to consider several significant patent law petitions addressing a range of issues from the application of obviousness standards, challenges to PTAB procedures, interpretation of joinder time limits IPR, to the proper scope patent eligibility doctrine. More detail on each case below: MacNeil v.

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Obviousness and Pharmaceutical Method of Treatment Claims

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by Dennis Crouch In April 2024, the Federal Circuit issued a significant decision vacating a district court’s judgment that Janssen Pharmaceuticals’ dosing regimen patent claims were nonobvious. The case involved Janson’s U.S. Overall, this is a bad case for pharmaceutical formulary patents. Janssen Pharms.,