RECENTIVE ANALYTICS, INC. v. FOX CORP. - Before Dyk, Prost, and Goldberg. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The Federal Circuit found that claims applying established methods of...more
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT v. SIRIUS XM RADIO INC. - Before Lourie, Dyk, and Reyna. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. The defense of equitable estoppel requires showing that the...more
CQV CO., LTD. v. MERCK PATENT GMBH - Before Cunningham, Chen, and Mayer. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The Board erred by failing to explain why it discarded material and unrebutted evidence that a reference...more
SIERRA WIRELESS, ULC V. SISVEL S.P.A. Before Moore, Schall, and Taranto. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. The Board erred by finding method-claim steps connected by “and” to be conditional and by never...more
A patent’s specification established a naming convention that applied to terms in the patent’s claims. Microchip Technology filed an IPR, arguing all claims of HD Silicon Solutions’ patent were invalid. The challenged patent...more
2/14/2025
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Claim Construction ,
Intellectual Property Litigation ,
Intellectual Property Protection ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Obviousness ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patent Trial and Appeal Board ,
Patents ,
Prior Art ,
USPTO
CROWN PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. v. BELVAC PRODUCTION MACHINERY, INC. - Before Dyk, Hughes, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. Summary: An offer for sale...more
UTTO INC. v. METROTECH CORP. Before Prost, Taranto, and Hughes. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Summary: The district court erred in construing the claims at the motion...more
Before Dyk, Reyna, and Stark. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Summary: When assessing patent eligibility under 35 U.S.C. § 101, combining two abstract ideas does not make...more
Before Dyk, Clevenger, and Stoll. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: An expert witness can testify from the perspective of a POSITA at the time of the invention even if they...more
AMERICAN AXLE & MANUFACTURING, INC. v. NEAPCO HOLDINGS LLC -
Before Dyk, Moore, Taranto. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Summary: Mechanical method claims involving tuning...more
Federal Circuit Summary -
Before Dyk, Reyna, and Taranto, per curiam. Petition for Writ of Mandamus from the District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Summary: In a case pending before TC Heartland was...more
11/16/2018
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Improper Venue ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Remand ,
TC Heartland LLC v Kraft Foods ,
Vacated ,
Venue ,
Waivers ,
Writ of Mandamus
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before PROST, Wallach, and Taranto. Appeal from the Southern District of Indiana.
Summary: In determining whether a party’s actions were “exceptional” under Octane Fitness, the District...more
6/14/2018
/ Abuse of Discretion ,
Appeals ,
Attorney's Fees ,
Clear Error Standard ,
Dismissals ,
Exceptional Case ,
Inter Partes Review (IPR) Proceeding ,
Motion to Dismiss ,
Octane Fitness v. ICON ,
Patent Infringement ,
Patent Invalidity ,
Patent Litigation ,
Patents ,
Prevailing Party ,
Reaffirmation ,
Totality of Circumstances Test
Federal Circuit Summaries -
Before Newman, Bryson, and Moore. Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board.
Summary: Prosecution disclaimer occurred when an applicant explained why claims were amended and the Examiner...more