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Daniel Hegner to Present on Functional Claiming

Updated: September 4, 2018 Daniel Hegner’s presentation on Functional Claiming: Pitfalls and How To’s has been expanded to the Indi… Read More

Christopher Francis and Daniel Hegner Featured as Panelists on Strafford Live CLE Webinar: Using Broadest Reasonable Interpretation to Your Advantage in Patent Prosecution

Southfield, MI (August 30, 2018) – Christopher Francis and Daniel Hegner, both members of Bejin Bieneman, are the featured panelists on a… Read More

Bejin Bieneman to Host Its 6th Annual IP Seminar Co-Sponsored by Dennemeyer IP Group at the Detroit Athletic Club

Southfield, MI (August 6, 2018) – On September 13, 2018 starting at 3pm, Bejin Bieneman PLC along with Dennemeyer IP Group will host its 6… Read More

Upcoming Webinars

Functional Claiming: Pitfalls and How To’s

October 18, 2018 at 12:00 pm EDT

Recent decisions under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 112, and 103 come into focus when viewed through a common lens. During the October webinar, Daniel Hegner of Bejin Bieneman discusses the convergence of federal court and PTAB dec… Register

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B2 IP Report

Thales Saves Step-Counter Patent Claims in E.D. Texas

September 25th, 2018

Patent claims directed to counting steps in an exercise session, including accounting for an incline of a surface on which a user is stepping, have survived a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. Uniloc USA Inc. v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Civ…

Another Unsupported Patent Royalty Rejected

September 21st, 2018

Expert testimony on patent royalties that is unsupported by evidence is excluded. Dominion Assets LLC v. Masimo Corp., Case No. 14-cv-03002 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 1, 2018). Plaintiff Dominion alleged infringement by Defendant Masimo of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,3…

DDR and Enfish Can’t Save Software Fault Recovery Claims

September 17th, 2018

Claims directed to “software fault recovery” are patent-ineligible under 35 U.S.C § 101, said the court in Atticus Research Corp. v. MMSoft Design Ltd., No. 4:17-CV-3387 (S.D. Texas Sept. 6, 2018), granting a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss all…

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