On August 7, in Axonics, Inc. v. Medtronic, Inc., the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) was required to consider an inter partes review (IPR) petitioner’s arguments that were raised for the...more
On December 16, in Adasa Inc. v. Avery Dennison Corporation, the Federal Circuit upheld patentability of claims reciting an RFID transponder with storage for a particular type of serial number—affirming the district court’s...more
On December 15, in Uniloc 2017 LLC v. Netflix, Inc. (nonprecedential), the Federal Circuit affirmed a Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) determination that a claim of Uniloc’s U.S. 6,584,229 patent was unpatentable as...more