The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed a district court order excluding expert validity testimony based on collateral estoppel stemming from an inter partes review (IPR) proceeding of a related patent,...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded a district court’s grant of summary judgment, finding that the language used in an invention assignment clause was subject to more than one reasonable...more
Addressing a final determination by the US International Trade Commission of no violation of § 337, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed that the complainant had not satisfied the economic prong of the...more
Addressing a determination by its chief administrative law judge (CALJ) finding a violation of § 337, the US International Trade Commission reversed and held that the complainant had not satisfied the economic prong of the...more
4/11/2024
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Design Patent ,
Domestic Industry Requirement ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Popular ,
Section 337
Addressing a decision by the US International Trade Commission finding a violation of Section 337 based on importation of certain TV products, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed that the patent holder had...more
2/1/2024
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Domestic Industry Requirement ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Investigations ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Research and Development ,
Roku ,
Section 337 ,
Standing
Addressing a decision by the US International Trade Commission finding a violation of Section 337, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit agreed with the Commission on a slew of issues, including its determination...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a US International Trade Commission (Commission) decision that found no violation of Section 337 due to noninfringement. The Court disagreed with the Commission that...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a decision by a federal district court denying a defendant’s motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin a parallel International Trade Commission (ITC)...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a US International Trade Commission (ITC) decision upholding a civil penalty for violating a consent order based on a patent that was later found to be invalid...more
Addressing a US International Trade Commission (ITC) decision finding a § 337 violation as to one patent but no violation as to four other patents, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reiterated that a technical...more
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a US International Trade Commission (ITC) decision that a respondent qualified as an importer under § 337 despite not being the actual importer of record, based on the...more
3/12/2020
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Comcast ,
Control Test ,
Importers ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Section 337
Addressing orders entered by the International Trade Commission (ITC) against imported ATMs, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that expenditures up to 10 years before the complaint may be used to establish...more
8/2/2019
/ Appeals ,
Dismissals ,
Domestic Industry Requirement ,
Imports ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Mootness ,
Patent Expiration ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Substantial Evidence ,
Sufficient Nexus
Addressing an inter partes review (IPR) petition filed by respondents to an earlier-filed International Trade Commission (ITC) Section 337 investigation, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) declined to treat the petition...more
Addressing an International Trade Commission (ITC) refusal to enter an exclusion order against defaulting respondents, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit reversed, holding that the ITC is required to grant relief...more
2/1/2019
/ Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) ,
Appeals ,
Default Judgment ,
Distributors ,
Exclusion Orders ,
Foreign Entities ,
Initial Determination (ID) ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Motion for Relief ,
Pleadings ,
Public Interest ,
Reversal ,
Supplemental Information
Addressing a US International Trade Commission (ITC) decision refusing to reassess its imposition of a civil penalty for a violation of a consent order, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that its earlier...more
Addressing construction of claims including means-plus-function claim elements, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit overturned an International Trade Commission (ITC) plain and ordinary meaning construction in...more
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..Federal Circuit Rules It’s Own Standards Apply When Considering Preliminary Injunctions
..Preliminary Testing of Medical Devices in Animals Enables Their Use in...more
12/28/2012
/ America Invents Act ,
Claim Construction ,
Competition ,
Copyright ,
Infringement ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Assertion Entities ,
Patent Reform ,
Patents ,
Pay-For-Delay ,
Permanent Injunctions ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Reissue Patents ,
Restitution ,
Trade Secrets ,
Trademarks ,
Walker Process Claims