Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Dyk, Reyna, and Wallach. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Extrinsic evidence can be used to find that an allegedly anticipating reference necessarily includes...more
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Moore, Plager, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
Summary: In challenging compliance with the marking requirement of §...more
12/20/2017
/ § 287 ,
Appeals ,
Burden-Shifting ,
IP License ,
License Agreements ,
Motion for JMOL ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Marking ,
Patent-in-Suit ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
Vacated
The Federal Circuit upheld an IPR final written decision by the PTAB holding that MindGeek’s claims were unpatentable in Skky, Inc. v. MindGeek, S.A.R.L., No. 2016-2018 (Fed. Cir. June 7, 2017). ...more
The Federal Circuit affirmed-in-part and reversed-in-part the PTAB’s final written decisions on Wasica’s tire pressure monitoring patents in Wasica Finance GmbH v. Continental Automotive Sys., Inc., No. 2015-2078 (Fed. Cir....more
The Federal Circuit affirmed the PTAB’s final written decisions holding that claims directed to Novartis’s dementia drug compositions containing Exelon were obvious in Novartis AG v. Noven Pharm. Inc., No. 2016-1679 (Fed....more
4/19/2017
/ Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Clear and Convincing Evidence ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Novartis ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation
The Federal Circuit reversed the PTAB’s final written decision holding that claims from Nidec Motor Corp.’s patent were anticipated in Nidec Motor Corp. v. Zhongshan Broad Ocean Motor Co. Ltd., Case No. 2016-1900 (Fed. Cir....more