Don GeigerAssociateSheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLPWebsitewww.sheppardmullin.comOrganization ProfileFull ProfileConnectEmail858-876-3534 Professional Biography Don Geiger is an associate in the Intellectual Property Practice Group in the firm's San Diego (Del Mar) office. More Legal and Business Bylines From Don Geiger Federal Circuit Touches on Appellate Standing and Prior Art Determinations in the Context of Post-Grant Review Proceedings - (Posted On Tuesday, March 18, 2025) Federal Circuit Clarifies Test for Exception to Increasingly Rare Interference Proceedings - (Posted On Monday, September 16, 2024) Federal Circuit Clarifies Requisite Analysis for Unclean Hands, Inequitable Conduct, Summary Judgement Determinations of Obviousness, and Awards of Fees and Costs - (Posted On Wednesday, August 14, 2024) Federal Circuit Weighs in on Temporal Rigidity of the Bayh-Dole Act’s Licensing Provisions - (Posted On Tuesday, May 14, 2024) Federal Circuit Weighs in on Temporal Rigidity of the Baye-Dole Act’s Licensing Provisions - (Posted On Wednesday, February 28, 2024) Federal Circuit Rules on Inventor-as-Lexicographer Definitions and the Proper Scope of Reply and Sur-Reply Briefing Following Patent Owner Responses to IPR Institution Decisions - (Posted On Wednesday, February 14, 2024) Federal Circuit Rules on Written Description Requirement and Prior Art Statements Supporting a Motivation to Combine - (Posted On Tuesday, February 13, 2024) Federal Circuit Weighs in on Relevance of Primary Reference’s Intended Purpose to a POSITA’s Motivation to Combine - (Posted On Thursday, December 14, 2023) Cyntec Company, Ltd. v. Chilisin Electronics Corp., Chilisin America Ltd. Nos. 2022-1873, (Fed. Cir. October 16, 2023) - (Posted On Sunday, December 10, 2023) Axonics, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc. Nos. 2022-1532, 2022-1533, (Fed. Cir. August 7, 2023) - (Posted On Sunday, December 10, 2023) Pagination Page 1 Next page Next › Current Legal Analysis Talking Sports Law: A Conversation with Former Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Seattle Mariners Fred Rivera [Podcast] by: John S. Wilson , Trevor M. Gates Preparing for the Implementation of Missouri Paid Sick Time: Key Deadlines and Compliance Requirements by: Erin D. Schilling , Rachel H. Berg Top Five Labor Law Developments for March 2025 by: Laura A. Pierson-Scheinberg , Richard F. Vitarelli Court Grants Interlocutory Appeal on AI Fair Use Issue by: James G. Gatto The Lobby Shop: Post Liberation Day Blues [Podcast] by: Caitlin Sickles , Paul Nathanson Countdown To The First Own Risk Assessment by: Kate Bailey The Trump Administration’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Executive Orders: A Brief Primer by: Ariel E. Debin Collinsworth , Ryan E. Roberts Unlocking the Secrets of the Endocannabinoid System: A New Frontier in Therapeutic Cannabis Research for Adolescents by: Jennifer Housden What Should Contractors and Grant Recipients do in Response to the DEI Executive Orders? by: Anne Bluth Perry , Katie A. Calogero How Far Do They Reach? Four Issues Entities Should Consider When Analyzing the Trump Administration Executive Orders Related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion by: Christopher M. Loveland , Daniel J. Alvarado The DOJ’s Final Rule on Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons by: Jeffrey D. Neuburger Venezuela’s TPS Designation: Federal Judge Issues Nationwide Order Temporarily Reinstating Program by: Amanda M. Mullane , Andrea M. Sullivan Trump DEI Executive Orders – Impacts on Small Businesses and Small Business Subcontracting by: Anne Bluth Perry , Nikole Snyder We Aren’t in Kansas Anymore – Dr. Oz Confirmed as Head of CMS by: John H. Henson ONE WEEK AWAY: Critical FCC TCPA Dates Coincide on April 11, 2025– Are YOU Ready? by: Eric J. Troutman Upcoming Events Apr 30 2025 Workplace Horizons 2025 Apr 7 2025 Understanding the Basics of a Class Action Apr 8 2025 Miller Canfield 2025 HR Spring Training - Kalamazoo Apr 8 2025 Wage & Hour Law Under the Second Trump Administration Print