Spring 2011
Morrison & Foerster Quarterly News
Note from the Editors
In this issue of the IP Quarterly Newsletter,
we examine current topics involving recent
developments in patent law.
The changing tide of • transfer motions in
the Eastern District of Texas favoring
defendants
The proposed• post-grant and inter partes
procedures featured in the Senate and House
patent reform bills
The overhaul of the “short and plain •
statement” standard of Rule 8(a) of the
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for pleading
requirements and the applicability to patent
litigation
A • post-Bilski look at the impact of the
Supreme Court’s “machine-or-transformation”
test as the definitive test for patent eligibility
of method claims
We hope you find the articles interesting and
helpful to you and your company.
In This Issue
Intellectual
Property
2Transfer Motions in the
Eastern District of Texas
Favor Defendants
6Inter Partes Reexamination
Reinvented?
9Pleading Requirements for
Patent Infringement after
Twombly and Iqbal: An
Uncertain Landscape
11 Machine or Transformation:
Now that the Supreme Court
has spoken, has the momentum
swung in favor of eligibility?
14 Intellectual Property News
Editorial Team
Eric M. Acker (858) 720-5109
eacker@mofo.com
Jason A. Crotty (415) 268-6381
jcrotty@mofo.com
Robert A. Saltzberg (415) 268-6428
rsaltzberg@mofo.com
Contributing Editors
Jason A. Crotty
Benno M. Guggenheimer
Parisa Jorjani
Esther Kim
Matthew I. Kreeger
Marc J. Pernick
Robert A. Saltzberg
