Federal Circuit Denies En Banc Rehearing in Mentor Graphics v. EVE-USA -
In Mentor Graphics Corp. v. Eve-USA, Inc., Appeal Nos. 2015-1470, 2015-1554, 2015-1556, the Federal Circuit denied Synopsys’ and EVE’s petition for...more
11/14/2017
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Apportionment ,
Arbitration Agreements ,
Assignor Estoppel ,
Calculation of Damages ,
Declaratory Judgments ,
Dismissals ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Employment Contract ,
En Banc Review ,
Ensnarement ,
Foreign Patent Applications ,
Foreign Persons ,
Former Employee ,
Intervenors ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Lost Profits ,
Mexico ,
Misappropriation ,
Motion to Compel ,
Motion to Transfer ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patents ,
Petition For Rehearing ,
Principal Place of Business ,
Standing ,
Subject Matter Jurisdiction ,
Substantial Evidence Standard ,
Trade Secrets ,
Venue ,
Writ of Mandamus
IPR Appellants Must Satisfy Article III Standing -
In Personal Audio, LLC v. Electronic Frontier Foundation, Appeal No. 2016-1123, the Federal Circuit held that standing for an appeal to a federal court is based on the...more
10/24/2017
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Appeals ,
Article III ,
Computer-Related Inventions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Lost Profits ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Standing ,
USPTO
District Court Abused Discretion in Ignoring Federal Circuit Mandate to Reconsider Attorneys’ Fees Under Octane Fitness -
In Adjustacam, LLC v. Newegg, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-1882, the Federal Circuit held that a district...more
9/15/2017
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Adverse Inference Instructions ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Damages ,
Discovery ,
Discovery Disputes ,
Document Productions ,
Exceptional Case ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Judicial Mandates ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Motion to Compel ,
Obviousness ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Reaffirmation ,
Remand ,
Reversal ,
Sanctions ,
Standard of Review ,
Totality of Circumstances Test ,
USPTO ,
Willful Misconduct
District Court Abused Discretion in Not Finding Case Exceptional -
In Rothschild Connected Devices v. Guardian Protection Services, Appeal No. 2016-2521, the Federal Circuit held that a district court abused its discretion...more
8/18/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
BPCIA ,
Commercial Marketing ,
Exceptional Case ,
FRCP 11 ,
Indefiniteness ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Trade Commission (ITC) ,
Judgment on the Pleadings ,
Means-Plus-Function ,
Motion for Sanctions ,
Notice Requirements ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Prior Art ,
Reversal ,
Safe Harbors ,
Sandoz v Amgen ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Section 102
Patent Judgments and Awards -
On July 26, 2017, after eight years of litigation and multiple appeals, a Texas federal court ordered ION Geophysical Corporation (“ION”) to pay WesternGeco L.L.C. (“WesternGeco”)...more
Patent Judgments and Awards -
On August 3, 2017, a Boston jury awarded Philips $10.4 million in damages for ZOLL’s infringement of three patents relating to automated external defibrillators. This represents only a...more
Inter Partes Reexamination Estoppel Attaches On Claim-by-Claim Basis for New Requests and Pending Proceedings -
In In re Affinity Labs Of Texas, LLC, Appeal Nos. 2016-1092, 2016-1172, the Federal Circuit held that the...more
7/12/2017
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Breach of Contract ,
Claim Construction ,
Doctrine of Prosecution Disclaimer ,
Estoppel ,
Ex Partes Reexamination ,
First Sale Doctrine ,
Forum Shopping ,
Impression Products v Lexmark International ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
International Sales ,
Noninfringement ,
Patent Exhaustion ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Owner Preliminary Response ,
Patent Ownership ,
Patents ,
Principal Place of Business ,
SCOTUS ,
State of Incorporation ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Venue
Federal Circuit Affirms Different Invalidity Results at PTAB and District Court -
In Novartis AG v. Noven Pharmaceuticals Inc., Appeal Nos. 2016-1678, 2016-1679, the Federal Circuit held that prior judicial opinions...more
6/8/2017
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Appeals ,
Burden of Proof ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Final Written Decisions ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
JMOL ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Section 101
Patentee’s Unnecessarily Broad Prosecution Disclaimer Affirmed by Federal Circuit -
In Technology Properties Limited LLC v. Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Appeal Nos. 2016-1306, -1307, -1309, -1310, -1311, the Federal...more
5/16/2017
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
AT&T ,
Claim Construction ,
CLS Bank v Alice Corp ,
Disclaimers ,
Equitable Estoppel ,
Evidence ,
Laches ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Prosecution ,
Patent Royalties ,
Patent-Eligible Subject Matter ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
SCA Hygiene Products Aktiebolag v First Quality Baby Products ,
SCOTUS ,
Section 101 ,
Settlement Agreements ,
Sprint ,
Statute of Limitations
Federal Circuit Remands IPR Final Decision For Inadequate Obviousness Analysis, Sidesteps Issue of Proper Claim Construction Standard -
In Personal Web Technologies, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Appeal No. 2016-1174, the Federal...more
4/3/2017
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Appeals ,
Broadest Reasonable Interpretation Standard ,
Claim Construction ,
Component Parts Doctrine ,
Covered Business Method Patents ,
Covered Business Method Proceedings ,
Fairness Standard ,
Forum State ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Life Technologies Corp v Promega Corp ,
Minimum Contacts ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Validity ,
Patents ,
Personal Jurisdiction ,
Reasonable Person Test ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Review
“Common Sense” Alone Is Not a Sufficient Motivation to Combine References -
In In Re: Van Os, Appeal No. 2015-1975, the Federal Circuit held that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s reliance on intuition or common sense...more
3/9/2017
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Burden of Production ,
Divided Infringement ,
Inducements ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Prior Art ,
Product Labels ,
Remand ,
Standard of Review ,
Standing ,
Vacated
PTAB’s Final Written Decision in IPR Must Explain Its Basis for a Motivation to Combine References -
In In Re: Nuvasive, Inc., Appeal No. 2015-1670, the Federal Circuit vacated the PTAB’s obviousness finding in an IPR,...more
2/18/2017
/ Appeals ,
Claim Construction ,
Divided Infringement ,
Doctrine of Equivalents ,
Evidence ,
Induced Infringement ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Pharmaceutical Patents ,
Reversal