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The Board Must Provide Reasoned Explanation When Discarding Material, Unrebutted Evidence

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

Where Method Claim Steps Are Connected by “And,” a Covered Method Must Perform Each Step

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

Every Word Counts: Specification Naming Conventions Can Limit Claim Scope

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

A Patent Must Describe What Is Claimed, Not What Infringes

Before Lourie, Prost, and Reyna. Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: A patent was not invalid for lack of written description for failing to describe the specific infringing embodiment...more

Exhibit Combustion: Disavowing Contradictory Statements Contained in Complaint Exhibits

HEALTHIER CHOICES MANAGEMENT CORP. V. PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. Before Taranto, Stoll, and Cunningham. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. Summary: A plaintiff can...more

Claimed Ranges Overlapping the Prior Art Can Lead To Short Patent Shelf-Life

UCB, INC.  v. ACTAVIS LABORATORIES UT, INC. Before Moore, Chen, and Stoll.  Appeal from the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Summary: District court legally erred by applying incorrect anticipation...more

The Patent Ineligibility of Digital Imaging Processing Method Claims

SANDERLING MANAGEMENT LTD. v. SNAP INC. Before Chen, Cunningham, and Stark.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Summary:  The district court properly found that...more

Incorporation by Reference: Patent Portfolio Builder or Destroyer?

ARBUTUS BIOPHARMA CORPORATION v. MODERNATX, INC. Before Reyna, Schall, and Chen.  Appeal from the Patent Trial and Appeal Board. Summary: Arbutus’ patent was anticipated by an earlier Arbutus patent that incorporated...more

“Filtering” Appropriate Claim Construction Reasoning

SSI TECHS., LLC v. DONGGUAN ZHENGYANG ELECTRONIC MECHANICAL LTD. Before Reyna, Bryson, and Cunningham.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. Summary: The district court...more

Developments in Patent Disputes Between Apple and AliveCor

Earlier this year, AliveCor, Inc., a medical device and AI company producing electrocardiogram (ECG) hardware and software for consumer mobile devices, succeeded in convincing an International Trade Commission (ITC) judge...more

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